2. Story Game Directions Game Preparation Game Pieces Play the Game Objectives Credits Copyright Notice

3. Story Jhoy wants to go on her dream vacation to Boracay. The only problem is her mother said she has to make all her grades 90 above if she really wants to go. She has a 90 above grades in all of her subjects except her Language arts. Help Jhoy bring her grade up before the summer vacation will come. Home page

4. Game Directions The goal of the game is to help Jhoy make a “90 above” on 5 assignments to achieve that grade. You may start on any blank square. There is no ending square, the first person to correctly answer 5 assignments is the winner. To play you roll the dice and move clockwise around the board. If you land on a quiz square, pick any number and answer the corresponding question. Questions may only be answered correctly once. If you land on a chance square, pick up a chance card and follow its directions. Return

5. Game Preparation Gameboard: Print out slides 44-47, cut off the edges, then tape together “Chance” Cards: Print out slides 48-49 (preferably on heavy stock with a distinct color), then cut into individual question cards Home Page

6. Time to play “Jhoy’s Safe Summer Vacation”! Home PageGame Directions 1 23 111213 45 1415 678 16 910 17181920 21 22 232425 Click the beach ball to see your question. (It only links to the proper slide when the hand pointer is showing.)

7. Game Pieces Return

8. Question #1 Jhoy has trouble with adverbs and adjectives. She always gets them confused. Help her figure our if careless is an adverb or adjective. Richard is careless. Adjective Adverb

9. Question #2 On a grammar quiz, Jhoy is asked if New York is a noun or a pronoun. Help her figure out which one it is. Noun Pronoun

10. Question #3 Jhoy is taking a spelling test and she doesn’t know how to spell the word. Listen to the word and help her spell it correctly. Click speaker to hear word. Click here to see the word spelled correctly.

11. climate Back to the Questions

12. Question #4 Jhoy is taking a punctuation test. She isn’t sure where the comma goes, can you help her out? Wow I can’t believe how much Samantha has grown! Wow I can’t believe how much Samantha, has grown! Wow I can’t believe, how much Samantha, has grown! Wow, I can’t believe how much Samantha, has grown! Wow I can’t believe how much, Samantha, has grown! A B C D

13. Question #5 Jhoy can’t figure out which word is possessive, can you help her out? The dog’s slobber got all over me. dog’s me slobber all C B A D

14. Question #6 C B A D The dog was barking very loud, but I wondered what he saw. The dog was barking very loud, and I wondered what he saw. The dog was barking very loud, then I wondered what he saw. The dog was barking very loud, I wondered what he saw. Help Jhoy decide which is the best way to combine these two sentences. The dog was barking very loud. I wondered what he saw.

15. Question #7 Help Jhoy pick out which sentence is compound. C B A D The class has a pet hamster and I took him home last night. Roger is good at jumping rope. It was extremely hot yesterday afternoon. My computer broke last night.

16. Question #8 Help Jhoy complete this sentence. _________ going to the grocery store, do you want to come? C B A D There They’re We Their

17. Question #9 Last week an author ______ to our school and talked about his new book. C B A D come came go comes

18. Question #10 Jhoy can’t decide which sentence is a complete sentence, help her out. C B A D The big dog under the tree. The noise was terribly. The festival at the school down the road. Ansley rode a horse for the first time yesterday.

19. Question #11 Help Jhoy un-jumble this sentence: pair bought a Mandi shoes of pink Click picture to see answer.

20. Mandi bought a pair of pink shoes. Back to the Questions

21. Question #12 Help Jhoy decide if this is a complete sentence. “Why are you screaming?” asked the old woman. Yes No

22. Question #13 Help Jhoy un-jumble the following sentence lives Pierce the beach on Click picture to see answer.

23. Pierce lives on the beach. Back to the Questions

24. Question #14 Help Jhoy figure out which noun is possessive. The baby’s outfit is so cute. C B A D baby’s outfit is cute

25. Question #15 Help Jhoy decide which verb goes in the blank. Yesterday I _______ a new dress to wear to the wedding. C B A D buy bought purchase get

26. Question #16 Jhoy is having a trouble to spell a word on his spelling test, listen to the word and try to help him. Click speaker to hear word. Click here to see answer.

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28. Question #17 Help Jhoy figure out which word goes in the blank. I love going to ______ my brother play football. C B A D sea see watched cheer

29. Question #18 Jhoy can’t decide which noun is possessive, help her figure out the correct answer. Laura’s dogs were big and fluffy. C B A D Laura’s dogs big fluffy

30. Question #19 Jhoy can’t figure out which is a complete sentence, help her out. C B A D I came to see. The big bunny wore a red hat. Yesterday I liked. When I went to the store.

31. Question #20 Jhoy is confused and can’t figure out which word is the antonym of: cold C B A D hot ice warm freezing

32. Question #21 Help Jhoy decide which word is an adjective. I saw a beautiful butterfly at the Botanical Garden. C B A D Garden Botanical butterfly beautiful

33. Question #22 Help Jhoy spell her spelling word correctly. Click speaker to hear the word. Click the picture to see if you got the word correct.

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35. Question #23 Jhoy can’t figure out how to un-jumble the words below, can you help her? bad there night a thunderstorm was last Click here to see the answer.

36. There was a bad thunderstorm last night. Back to the Questions

37. Question #24 Jhoy is having trouble with a word on her spelling test. Help her spell it correctly. Click speaker to hear word. Click here to see the word spelled correctly.

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39. Question #25 Help Jhoy figure out which word is an adverb. I was in a hurry, so I worked quickly. C B A D hurry so worked quickly

40. YOU GOT IT!! Back to the Questions

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42. Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Erin Minter, University of Georgia, June 22, 2006 “Jake’s Dream Vacation”. Home Page

43. Educational Objectives Grade Level –Third Grade Subject Area Objectives –Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge in recognizing pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, possessive nouns. –Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge for sentence composition. –Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge in spelling words on the third grade level. Home Page

44. Copyright Copyright 2006 Erin Minter Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there. Home Page

45. Quiz Chance

46. Quiz Chance

47. Quiz Chance

48. Quiz Chance

49. You did an extra credit assignment. Add 1 to the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You missed a day of school. There was a pop quiz. Take 1 away from the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You forgot to turn in an assignment. Take 1 away from the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You did an extra credit assignment. Add 1 to the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You forgot to turn in an assignment. Take 1 away from the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. The teacher caught you cheating. Take 2 away from the total number of “A’s” you have gotten.

50. Your teacher found you helping out another student. Add 1 to the number of “A’s” you have gotten. You forgot to write your spelling words for homework. Take 1 away from the number of “A’s” you have gotten. The teacher caught you cheating. Take 2 away from the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You took two AR tests and made both 100%. Add 1 to the total number of “A’s” you have gotten. You stayed in during recess to study for a test. Add 1 to the total number of “A’s” you have gotten.