Lesson 10: Happy Families/ Go Fish Game By Karen Pichel, pictures by Julia Filipone These cards are large (4 per A4 page). Print the slides. Preparation: Cut out and glue the cards onto heavy paper, lamination optional. To play: Shuffle the cards. Deal each player four cards and put the remaining pile of cards face down in the middle. Players try to assemble families of four cards by asking the other player(s) for the card they want by name (example: “Do you have “cap” from the “c” family?”) If the player gets what s/he requested, she gets another turn. If not, the other player says, “No, Go Fish” and the first player draws a card from the pile. Lay down each family of four cards as it is assembled; the learner should read the 4 words and state their meanings. Play until all the cards are laid out in families. The player with the most families wins. (Try to let the learner outsmart you.)

“r” red rat rabbit ran “r” ran rat rabbit red “r” rabbit rat red ran “r” rat rabbit ran red

“m” mask men man mad “m” men mask man mad “m” man men mad mask “m” mad mask men man

“s” spit sit sad stand “s” sit spit sad stand “s” stand spit sit sad “s” sad spit sit stand

“i” I in isn’t is “i” is I in isn’t He is sad. “i” in I isn’t is “i” isn’t in I is

“n” nap nest net Ned “n” nest nap net Ned “n” net nap nest Ned “n” Ned nap nest net

“b” bad bat best basket “b” bat bad best basket “b” best bat bad basket “b” basket bat bad best

“a” and ask ants are “a” ants and are ask “a” are and ants ask “a” ask and ants are

“p” pits pin pat pan “p” pat pin pits pan “p” pin pits pat pan “p” pan pin pits pat

“t” tin tent test ten “t” tent tin test ten “t” test tin tent ten “t” ten tin test tent

“th” this that the them “th” the this that them ה - “th” them this that the “th” that this the them

“h” hand his hat hen “h” his hand hat hen “h” hen hand his hat “h” hat hand his hen

“d” did Dad rabbit desk “d” Dad did that desk “d” didn’t did Dad desk “d” desk did Dad didn’t

“c” cat cap can can’t “c” cap cat can can’t “c” can cat cap can’t “c” can’t cat cap can