Description
Challenge your students with this fun word game with tiles similar to Scrabble™! Each of these fun and engaging Tile Tangle task cards features 7 letter tiles, each with a traditional Scrabble™ point value.
Students use the tiles to create as many words as possible and then total their points. Older students will only need the cards, but you may want to have real Scrabble™ tiles available for younger students to manipulate. To add differentiation, there are also 7 challenge cards which can be used with any other card in the set. You can even use more than one challenge card at a time. In addition, there are 4 different answer sheets to accommodate all grade levels and abilities.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
✍️ PRINT:
- 32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)
- Black-line
- Color
- Recording Sheets
- Answer Keys
DIGITAL:
- Google Slides
- ***Easel Activity (only available if you purchase on TPT)
DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:
- Digital or Print
- 7 Challenge Cards to extend the lesson
- Multiple versions of the recording sheet included
Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE!
This resource is part of a money-saving bundle!
NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
Use these cards at a center, station, or display with a document camera for the whole class. Students can play individually or competitively in groups. If you have students who want to know every possible word combination, you can plug the seven letters into the website listed on the second page for a full list.
Teacher Tip
- Download our FREE Task Card Handbook to learn 31 different ways you can use this resource!
Here’s what teachers are saying:
✏️ “Thank you for this resource! LOVE how open-ended it is! LOVE the fact that it includes a math element when you ask the students to find the value of each of their words. I encouraged students can challenge themselves each day (eg. find at least five words, find a word worth ____ points).” -Janelle B.
✏️ “I was using these with my low reading group (28 students) when the principal came in to observe me. She put away her notes and started to play with the students, and she was smiling. Great purchase and the students love it.” -Marjorie C.
✏️ “These are fun and easy for my entire class to play. We try to beat our own record for how many words we can create with each card.” -Lauren S.
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Common Core Standards:
- CCSSL.1.2d – Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
- CCSSL.1.2e – Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
- CCSSL.2.2d – Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage -> badge; boy -> boil).
- CCSSL.3.2e – Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
- CCSSL.3.2f – Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
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About the Author
Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
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Kaitlin K. –
A great choice to add for students during independent or partner word work. Students really enjoy Tile Tangle and there are so many different opportunities with the challenge cards and variety of different letters on each task card.
Natasha Wilson –
My students really enjoyed this center resource. I will continue to use this center resource.
Honey N ‘Me –
My students found these activities very engaging. We used the tasks cards a starter as the students came into class. My students have been very engaged each day for an entire week. Thanks for sharing this great idea.
Lauren M. –
A really fun game that is perfect to leave for independant work or for work with a sub. Thank you!
Lauren M. –
A really fun game that is perfect to leave for independant work or for work with a sub. Thank you!
Shannon Markham –
I used this during reading centers. If a student was completed with their work they got to do tile tangle. They have really enjoyed it so far.
Shannon Markham –
I used this during reading centers. If a student was completed with their work they got to do tile tangle. They have really enjoyed it so far.
Lauren S. –
These are fun and easy for my entire class to play. We try to beat our own record for how many words we can create with each card.
Jennie H. –
Perfect task cards that go along with the ELA standards…for my virtual students I took screenshots of each card, placed in Google Slides and set it to present mode, so they could follow along/answer questions with the simultaneous in-person students
Blue Cottage Reading –
This is such a fun set! My students love it when I bring out these cards. We use these for a fun activity at the end of a lesson.