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Crazy Eights! CVC Game Instructions Two to six players
Object of the game: To use all the cards in your hand and go out first by matching short
vowel words.
1. Copy onto tagboard, cut out and laminate.
2. Shuffle the deck and deal five cards to each player. Have students read their cards to
themselves before the game begins. Decide on the order of play.
3. Place all the remaining cards in a stack facedown in the middle of the table. This stack
will be the draw pile.
4. Turn over the top card and place it face up next to the Draw pile. This will be the Play
pile.
5. The first player reads the card by stating the vowel printed in red and reading the
word, for example, "/a/ as in cat." If Player 1 has a card that matches the short vowel,
Player 1 places it on top of the pile saying, "/a/ as in hat." If the player does not have a
card that matches that spelling pattern, the player draws a new card. If the card picked
is a match, Player 1 can put it down on the play pile; if not, Player 1 keeps the card and
the turn is over.
6. If a player does not have a match but has a Switch It Card, the player can change the
spelling pattern being matched. For example, if the Play pile has hat on top and the
player has fun, dig, big, and bed in hand, a Switch It card could be used to change the
vowel to /i/ as in dig, and dig becomes the new card on top of the Play pile.
7. If the player does not have a match but has a Draw 2 Card, the player can lay that
card, and the next person in play has to draw two cards and lose their turn for that
round.
8. Players take turns matching short vowels and reading the words aloud. If necessary,
shuffle the Play pile, turn it over, and continue playing until one player is out of cards.
9. The first player without any cards left is the winner.
Extensions:
Add extra oral language practice:
1. After playing the game, have students read words and sort according to their short
vowel sound.
2. Have students play another game where they have to find the words that rhyme. This
can also be played like Go Fish.
3. During play, have students say a rhyming word along with the word card that they
lay down.
4. After the game, distribute a sorting grid with 5 columns (one for each vowel) and
have them sort words. Use the cards to do a blind sort. Select a card, read the word on it
and have students write it onto their sorting sheet. They can add additional words in
each column of their own.
cat mat hat
cab tab lab
cat
cab lab
mat hat
tab
can man pan
lap map nap
can man pan
lap map nap
tag bag rag
bet get jet
tag bag rag
bet get jet
pen ten men
bed red fed
pen ten men
bed red fed
beg leg peg
rip dip tip
beg leg peg
rip dip tip
sit hit bit
pin fin tin
sit hit bit
pin fin tin
pig dig big
pop hop mop
pig dig big
pop hop mop
dot cot got
job sob bob
dot cot got
job sob bob
rod pod nod
mud bud cud
rod pod nod
mud bud cud
rug hug mug
run fun sun
rug hug mug
run fun sun
rub tub cub
rub tub cub