Chunks - A Word Building Game (Using Onsets and Rimes)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 10.5 x 2 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000CBURKU
• Our recommended age: 6 - 10 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,551 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Product Description

Grades 1 - 4. Create thousands of words using the most commonly found onsets & rimes. Put the tiles face-down on a table and children turn over one of each to see if they made a word. Plays like Concentration and develops power in phonics, spelling, word recognition, vocabulary development and visual memory. A perfect classroom game for small groups and centers and ideal for family fun. Onsets are the beginnings of one syllable words and rimes are the endings of one syllable words. Includes 70 tiles of the most common rhymes and 70 onsets tiles.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic game for a variety of reading and age levels!, September 11, 2008

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Aaron Garner - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chunks - A Word Building Game (Using Onsets and Rimes) (Toy)

I homeschool my 3 children, one is a beginning reader, the second is a struggling reader and my third is fantastic reader, but awful in spelling, so finding an educational game that they can all play is always a challenge. This game works for all 3 children! My beginner reader is learning beginning AND advance phonics, my struggling reader is continuing to work on his skills and improving rapidly the more we play, and my advance reader must read the word, then turn the word over and spell it to keep the word! On top of those benefits, we often keep the computer nearby and "look-up" any potential words that we don't think are actual words, but turns out that they are ... so then we get a vocabulary lesson as well! Needless to say - I LOVE this game and highly recommend!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars phonics made fun, March 14, 2007

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James Guilford (MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chunks - A Word Building Game (Using Onsets and Rimes) (Toy)

I really like playing with Chunks with my [...] son. We learn to make silly words and real words and at the same time learn some needed skills for reading. Chunks are easily sorted into easy word groups and harder word groups (blends).By having the beginning sound(s) separate from the ending, you can work on rhyming as well.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chunks word building game, February 29, 2008

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Jessie - Teacher (Kansas) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chunks - A Word Building Game (Using Onsets and Rimes) (Toy)

This game is fantastic! I use this game with my special education students 1-4th grade. It is fun, rules are simple, and the students are excited to play the game.

The tiles are divided in to Onsets and Rimes (beginning and ending sounds). Students draw an Onset and Rime tile. If they make a word, they keep the tiles. Next turn, the students continue to draw two tiles but can also use the tiles they have won to form new words. If they can form a new word with the tiles, then they can keep them. Student with the most tiles wins. Game play is very simple and straight forward. This would make an excellent center for reading time. I highly recommend this game to every elementary teacher that teaches reading.