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11/14/09

I'm going to camp....

My fifth graders love this game! I decide ahead of time what type of pattern my chosen words will have and then I tell the kids what I am taking to camp. They each get to say what they are taking to camp and I tell them, "yes" or "no" based on my pattern. The goal of the game is for the children to guess the pattern of the game.

Some suggested patterns:

Words with double letters--examples: bookeeper, school, cheese, moose
Words that begin with the first letter of that specific students first name--examples: Issaic can take ice cream, Kayla can take a kite, Alexis can take an alligator
Items that you buy in multiples--examples: rice (big bag of grains), earrings, shoes, 12 pack of cokes, box of pencils
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1. Respect Yourself
2. Respect Others
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We will meet as a class and decide what these rules mean for us and then we will create our own sub-group of rules under each of the three previously stated rules.

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