![]() I get much more enthusiasm for spelling practice with these games. Feel like stacking (a la Upwords)? That’s ok with us too. We score 1 point/tile laid down, another point for each tile in a word you crossed and I give an extra five if you create a word that uses (and you verbalize) a spelling rule we’ve worked on. ![]() We’ll each take 15 tiles to start and spell words, allowing crossovers. For my advanced students, I can use the soup tiles for a free form Scrabble game (similar to Bananagrams ). In short, there are lots of ways to work on manipulation of sound.Īdvanced Tailoring: One of the tough aspects of commercial spelling games is the jump from super, super easy (in essence, strictly a matching task) to shockingly complex. For instance, if our word was “bed” and they spelled “b-blank-d” we might talk about how that could also represent “bid” or bad.” The blank “wild” tiles are awesome since we had a chance to talk about what other word that spelling might represent. Having me spell the same word also allowed me to make some “errors” that they would later correct. Regardless, we both spelled the same word (there are plenty of tiles for this). I simply grabbed a dry erase board and we did some decoding, or maybe we tried a few sight words. Scooped a fly? All of your tiles go back in the pot, even those you had in your spelling line.Ī Tailored Approach: The issue I was having is that the word choices either weren’t easy enough or hard enough or specifically targeting the rules we had addressed. Each player draws a card, decides which of the five words they plan to spell and then you’re off! Players scoop tiles with their ladle, sort the letters, take what they need and dump those they don’t back in the pot. The “Real” Way to Play: There’s a big soup pot of letter tiles, including several blanks (“wild”) and two orange flies (ick). ![]() With a couple of modifications, it’s been perfect! Broth Option - If you don't have any vegetable broth you could always used chicken broth.I bought the Scrabble Alphabet Scoop game a few years ago, used it a few times and then it just sort of got lost in the back of the closet.īut I’ve been working on spelling with some students and I hunted it down to see if it would work for my current kiddos.Vegetarian Option - If you want to make this dinner vegetarian, then leave out the meat all together for a vegetarian alphabet soup.Right Way Down and Other Poems, chosen by Rebecca M. Our first anthology has been made possible through generous funding by the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. Established in 2023, we publish books for children to spark a love of poetry and wordplay. Meat Option - You can swap this out with ground turkey for a healthier option. Alphabet Soup Books is based in Perth, Western Australia.Looking for a few substitutions? It's easy to swap things in and out of soup recipes. It adds the perfect flavor to compliment the soup! Substitutions To serve, add some freshly grated parmigiano reggiano cheese on top of the bowls of soup. If you want to add more pasta you will need to add more vegetable broth. You may be tempted to add more than ½ cup of alphabet pasta, but I promise you the puff way up and absorb a lot of liquid. Add the alphabet pasta and cook an additional 10 minutes. Pour in the diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, Italian seasoning and add back in the ground beef.īring this to a low rolling boil for 10 minutes. You want to take the bite out of the vegetables and start getting them tender during this step.Īdd the rest of the vegetables potatoes, green beans and corn. ![]() Using olive oil, saute the onions, carrots and celery for 5-10 minutes. Brown the ground beef and drain any fat out. ![]()
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