Days of the week dominoes
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Remembering and spelling names of days card games.
Lesson Plan Content:
Days of the week dominoes
Instructions for teachers
Cut up the cards so that the beginning of one day is on the right and the end of the day before is on the left of each card, but only cutting across the table, not down the middle. Students work together to put all the cards together in a ring with the days in order, and/ or deal the cards out and play a game of dominoes.
One week version
|
day |
M |
|
onday |
Tu |
|
esday |
Wed |
|
nesday |
Th |
|
ursday |
Fr |
|
iday |
Sat |
|
urday |
Sun |
Four weeks version
Cut up the cards so that the beginning of one day is on the right and the end of the day before is on the left of each card, but only cutting horizontally and down the middle of the table, not between the other cells of the table. Students work together to put all the cards together in a ring with the days in order, and/ or deal the cards out and play dominoes.
|
day |
M |
onday |
Tu |
|
esday |
Wed |
nesday |
Th |
|
ursday |
Fr |
iday |
Sat |
|
urday |
Sun |
day |
M |
|
onday |
Tu |
esday |
Wed |
|
nesday |
Th |
ursday |
Fr |
|
iday |
Sat |
urday |
Sun |
|
day |
M |
onday |
Tu |
|
esday |
Wed |
nesday |
Th |
|
ursday |
Fr |
iday |
Sat |
|
urday |
Sun |
day |
M |
|
onday |
Tu |
esday |
Wed |
|
nesday |
Th |
ursday |
Fr |
|
iday |
Sat |
urday |
Sun |
Days of the week spelling practice
Without looking at the cards or below, try to write the ending of each of these days of the week.
Mon________________
Tues________________
Wed________________
Thurs________________
Fri_________________
Sat________________
Sun_________________
--------------------------cover, fold or cut--------------------------------
Use these mixed answers to help with the spelling task above.
day
day
day
day
day
nesday
urday
Check with the cards.
--------------------------cover, fold or cut--------------------------------
Without any help, try to write the ending of each day of the week here.
M________________
Tu________________
W________________
Th________________
F_________________
Sa________________
Su_________________
--------------------------cover, fold or cut--------------------------------
Use these mixed answers to help with the task above, then check your answers.
ay
day
edne
esd
iday
nda
nday
o
r
rday
sday
tu
urs
y
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Without looking above or below, write the start of each of these days. They are already in the right order.
_____________________day
_____________________day
_____________________nesday
_____________________day
_____________________day
_____________________urday
_____________________day
--------------------------cover, fold or cut--------------------------------
Use these mixed answers to help with the spelling task above.
Fri
Mon
Sat
Sun
Thurs
Tues
Wed
Check with the cards.
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