Directions For Play

Set Up:

• Write the following words on popsicle sticks or index cards. (Notice the silent consonant has been removed.)

  1. wr:  _ _ite,  _ _rong,  _ _estle,  _ _aps,  _ _eath,  _ _inkle,  _ _rench,  _ _eck

  2. kn: _ _ife,   _ _eel,  _ _ead,  _ _it,  _ _ock,  _ _ot,  _ _ight,  _ _uckle,  _ _ob

  3. sc: _ _issors,   _ _ene,  mu_ _le,  _ _ent,  _ _ience,  cre_ _ent,  de_ _end

  4. rh: _ _ino,   _ _yme,   _ _ythm,  _ _ombus,  _ _inestone, 

  5. mb: li_ _,  cru_ _s,  la_ _,  com_ _,  thu_ _,  cli_ _,  plu_ _er,  bo_ _,  to_ _,  nu_ _

  6. gn: _ _at,  _ _aw,  si_ _,  _ _ome,  desi_ _,   resi_ _,  forei_ _,  _ _arl

• Set up the bowling pins (for added fun a set of glow in the dark pins cand be used) in a triangular shape in a spacious area of the room. (For middle school students, setting the pins further apart or slightly off center from one another will add more of a challenge to the game. Traditional set up may be a little too easy depending on the group of students in the class.)

Game Play:

• Have one student select a popsicle stick/index card. The student reads the word and tells the teacher what silent consonant letters fill in the blanks.

• If the student is correct, they get a chance to bowl. If they are incorrect they should select again or lose a turn. (If using one set of pins, students should only be given one ball to bowl. If using a double set, students can be given two tries per correct answer.)

• Students earn one point for each pin knocked down. (Bonus points can be awarded at the teacher’s discretion if all pins are knocked over.)