Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good LiteracyCenter-in-a-Bag™ Base Word Match, a hands-on activity thatstrengthens your students’ structural analysis skills.

ObjectiveStudents identify base words and inflections.

Meeting State StandardsThis type of practice in identifying base words and inflectionshelps students meet grade-level expectations and prepare forstandardized testing. Base Word Match can also help improvestructural analysis skills.

This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• 32 Learning Deck Cards™

• 4 Base Word Mats• Center Task Card• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide

With Base Word Match, early readers have fun while identifyingbase words and suffixes. Readers need many opportunities towork actively with words and word parts to become proficient atdecoding to derive meaning. Through repeated play, Base WordMatch makes identifying base words and suffixes automatic!

Managing the Center-in-a-Bag• Display the Center Task Card.• Copy and file this Activity Guide for future use.• Demonstrate how to tidy the center when the activity is

complete.• Store the center materials in the bag and hang it

alongside other Centers-in-a-Bag.

Introducing Base Word MatchBase Word Match provides a fun setting for students topractice identifying base words and common suffixes. The 32Cards have words with 6 common suffixes–s, es, ed, ing, er, andest. Four colorful Mats have 8 base words printed on spaces toplace Cards during play. Each Mat has different words, makingthis game perfect for repeated play and practice.

Model the ActivityBegin by modeling the activity, discussing every step withstudents. Tell students they will be finding base words withsuffixes s, es, ed, ing, er, and est. Give each player a Mat. Pointout that the base words to find are printed on the Mats.Shuffle the Cards and place them face down in a stack. Draw aCard and say the word then its base word, for example “helping,help.” Demonstrate how the player with that base word has thechance to place the Card on his/her Mat face up. If there arenot 4 players, the word may not be on a player’s Mat, so thatCard would go to a discard pile. Now, with teacher guidance, havestudents take turns drawing Cards and identifying base wordsand suffixes, making sure they say the word and then just thebase word each time. As students’ confidence and knowledgegrow, allow them to work independently.

Center Task CardPost this at the literacy center in a visible position. The studentor helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions.Refer to the shaded section at the top of the Card for centerpreparation, including needed materials.

Base Word MatchTwo to four studentsObject: Identify base words and inflectionsMaterials: Learning Deck Cards™, one Base Word Mat per player1. Each player gets a Mat. Shuffle the Cards and place them

face down in a stack.2. Taking turns, players draw a Card. The player says the

word and then its base word, for example “inches, inch.”3. If the player’s Mat has the base word, he or she places

the Card over that box, with the word facing up. If thebase word isn’t found, the Card goes in a discard pile.

4. When all Cards are used, turn over the discard pile andstart taking Cards from the top.

5. Continue playing until all the boxes are covered.

Base Word Match

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Helping Teachers Make A Difference® © 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304615

Base Word MatchBase Word Match Mats

Mat 1 Mat 2 Mat 3 Mat 4be new help bike

carry find eat pumpkin

end hug fit sleep

full cover hard inch

pass move tall nice

teach sad uncle fox

big coach close need

witch save bed talk

Learning Deck Cards™

s es ed ing er estbeds

bikes

covers

eats

finds

pumpkins

uncles

coaches

foxes

inches

passes

witches

carried

ended

fitted

needed

saved

talked

being

helping

hugging

sleeping

fuller

harder

mover

nicer

sadder

teacher

biggest

closest

newest

tallest