What it is: Today I was looking for fun interactive games for students to play to practice “not” contractions. I have used iKnow That: Alien Word Mine to practice the not contraction, but was looking for another opportunity for students to practice. I searched for some fun activities and came up blank. I decided to make an offline game that students could play as a class called “I have, who has?”. In this card game, each student chooses a game card. Each game card starts with the separate words (for example: can not) and has a contraction (for example: aren’t). Students stand in a circle holding there game card. Choose one student to begin by reading their card: “I have can not, who has aren’t?” The student holding the card with “are not” responds: “I have are not, who has don’t?”. Play continues until all matches have been made.
How to integrate I Have, Who Has Contraction Game into the classroom: There are several ways to play the I have, Who has Contraction Game. The first way is to play as a class, with students reading the cards aloud and creating matches. The game could also be played more like a dominoes game where students match up all the cards end to end with the correct contraction match. I have, Who has can be played for multiple subjects. For math facts the cards could read “I have 5+5 who has 12?” The student holding “5+7” would respond “I have 5+7, Who has 9?” and so on. This game can be adapted for matching states and capitals, math facts, parts of speech, vocabulary practice, etc. Students have a great time playing “I have, Who has?” as a class. It is a fabulous listening game and helps practice a variety of learning.
Tips: I have attached my Contraction Game here. Download and play with your students!
Leave a comment if you have found other contraction games that your students enjoy or your adaptations of “I have, Who has?”
I LOVE this idea! I can see it working for so many different things!
Thanks!
WOW! What a very clever idea. I will definitely share this with the teachers in my building. I came across this on twitter. I am so glad I follow you.
Hi Kelly,
What a great idea. This game will be perfect for my Grade Two students!
This is a simple contraction match up game from Oswego that I’ve used on my IWB.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=jwildecontraction2
Shame it doesn’t have a timer as I know my students would love it more (there is the option of using a seperate timer of course!)
Not sure if this is a silly question but is it possible to print your contractions game? I couldn’t find an option to do this.
Thanks
Kathleen
Oops, I put my comment on the wrong page b/c I didn’t see a comment area (see comment on photo). Anyway, I suggest trying http://www.studystack.com for creating these contraction games. It’s a great flashcard maker that then uses your words/terms/images to create matching games, crossword puzzles, hangman, etc. Just type your non contraction onto the term or answer side and the contraction on the other. My kids love using it. You can easily make your “I have, who has” game there as well. BTW, my class loved playing that game and we used it to practice not only math facts but science terms and social studies people as well.
I am always looking for great activities to reinforce spelling rules.Kelly you have done it again. Found a great resource that I can use. Thankyou!
I’m glad that you can use it!
I like the contraction match up, thank you! I will email you a version that you can print.