Word Study

Games

-a and –e vowel patterns

By Flamingo
Fabulous

Lessons 23 – 26
#23 Short/Long –a Race the Fast Lap
#24 Short/Long –a Race in the Rain
#25 Long –a Patterns Get to the Train Station
#26 Short/Long –e Feeling Sheepish
 Word Study Games
By Flamingo Fabulous

I designed these games for use with the Words

Their Way program, but you can use them with
any developmental spelling program by looking for
vowel and spelling patterns that meet your needs.
They work well mounted on 11x17” construction
paper or as file folder games.

Lesson numbers and word lists correspond to

Appendix D in Words Their Way: Word Study for
Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (4 th
Edition).

Clip art by BaBaPuffBaby

Font by Kimberly Geswein Fonts LLC.

Graphics by Ashley Hughes

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Race the Fast

Lap
Short and Long –a Game
Lesson #23
race
slap

plane fast Flat tire!

Lose a turn.
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jack name space.

Directions:

•Roll the dice and move

hat
your piece along the
path.

•Read the word you

land on and tell if the
word has a Long or
Short –a pattern.
START
•Write the word on your
recording sheet in the END
correct column.

page

cape what lap

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tax fail
The wind blew
your umbrella
maze inside out!

Lose 1 turn.

fast pail

sail
Race in the base
Rain
You forgot

hat
your rain boots
at home. Go Short and Long –A
back to START.
Game
Lesson #24

made shade

flag plain
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flat

lake
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gain
Directions:

•Roll the dice and

tape move your piece rain
along the path.

•Read the word you

sat land on and tell if
nail
the word is Long or
Short -a.

Spot a •Write the word on

last
rainbow!
your recording
Move ahead sheet in the correct
2 spaces.
column.

late wave

wait
plan
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Get to the Train Station!

shave

Long –a Game
Lesson #25
tail

plain wave
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Directions:
•Roll the dice and move your
piece along the train tracks.
•Read the word you land on
and tell which Long –a
pattern it belongs to.

flake
Long –a Patterns: chain
a_e ai ay oddball

pay stage
brain
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ahead 2 he
spaces.
men
west

peel Feeling Sheepish

Short and Long –e

step Game
Lesson #26

Go back to
START.

she

week

well
START
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END
turn.
yet

peek
creep

me Directions:
best
•Use the spinner to
move spaces on the
bed game board.
bell
•Read the word you
land on and tell if the
speed word has a Long or
Short –e pattern.
sheet
•Write the word on your
recording sheet in the
help correct column.
left
Go
back 3 belt
spaces.
keep she