‘ai’ Spelling Find and Sink Game
You will need: My Words Put the following
• My Words Grid and Enemy Words 1 ships on your
Grid (one of each per person) 2 d r a i n a defensive grid
3 f by marking the
• Pencil 4 r appropriate letters
5 a horizontally or
Instructions: i
6 vertically.
Play this game in pairs. Each player marks their My 7 p a i n d
Words Grid with four ‘ai’ words. Two 4 letter ‘ai’ words, 8 Battleship (6 squares)
a five letter ‘ai’ word and a six letter ‘ai’ word. The first 9 n a i l a f r a i d
player calls out a grid position using the letters and 10
Ship (5 squares)
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numbers, like “B5”. The other player either says “Hit” d r a i n
or “Miss,” depending whether their word is there. Mark Enemy Words
Rowboat (4 squares)
the square on your Enemy Words Grid with ‘H’ for hit 1
p a i n
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or ‘M’ for miss. Only have one shot at a time. Once you n a i l
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have hit all of the letters in your partner’s word, they 4 H
will read it to you and you must spell it. If you spell it 5
correctly, the ship sinks. If you spell it incorrectly, your 6 H = hit
partner gets to write the word back into their grid in 7 M M= miss
another area. 8
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Keep playing until all of one person’s words have sunk. 10
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My Words Enemy Words
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Battleship (6 squares) Ship (5 squares) Rowboat (4 squares)
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My Words Enemy Words
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2 2
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5 5
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A B C D E F G H I J A B C D E F G H I J
Battleship (6 squares) Ship (5 squares) Rowboat (4 squares)
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