Build It 3rd 4th 5th Grade Reading and Grammar Card Games

“Build It” games are easy-to-learn reading games that are fun and engaging to ALL students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Students get to build a pizza, an ice cream sundae, a dinner plate, and MORE! These upper elementary reading comprehension activities are perfect for partner work, small groups, or reading centers. There are 40 themed games included and 40 reading and grammar task card sets. Once you teach students how to play the game, they can play it over and over again with a variety of skills. This is the MEGA BUNDLE!

What Is Build It?

Students get to “build” a different theme in every game. They add a piece each time they answer a question correctly. The first one to finish wins!

What’s Included?

• 40 Build It Games
• 40 Sets of Reading Task Cards
• easy to play
• easy to differentiate
• color and black & white versions
• answer keys

40 BUILD IT GAMES:

• Build a Baseball Field
• Build a Basketball Court
• Build a Football Field
• Build a Soccer Field
• Build a Volleyball Court
• Build an Ice Hockey Rink
• Build an Aquarium
• Build a Transportation Scene
• Build a Pet Shop
• Build a Dog Park
• Build a Campsite
• Build a Beach Scene
• Build a Fall Scene
• Build a Snow Day
• Build a Spring Scene
• Build a Farm
• Build a Garden
• Build a Park
• Build a Swimming Pool
• Build a Town
• Build a Carnival
• Build a Castle
• Build a Comic
• Build a Dinosaur Scene
• Build a Pirate Island
• Build a Robot
• Build a Space Scene
• Build a Theme Park
• Build a Treasure Map
• Build an Ocean Scene
• Build a Birthday Party
• Build a Breakfast
• Build a Dinner Plate
• Build a Dozen Donuts
• Build a Grocery Cart
• Build a Kid’s Bedroom
• Build a Pizza
• Build a Science Lab
• Build an Artist Studio
• Build an Ice Cream Sundae

40 SKILLS INCLUDED (40 Sets of Reading and Grammar Task Cards):

1. Identify Nouns
2. Identify Pronouns
3. Identify Verbs
4. Identify Adjectives
5. Identify Adverbs
6. Abstract Nouns and Concrete Nouns
7. Identify Prepositions
8. Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
9. Identify the Parts of Speech
10. Regular and Irregular Verbs
11. Commonly Misspelled Words
12. Prefixes and Suffixes
13. Identify Fragments
14. Frequently Confused Words
15. Punctuation at End of Sentence (?, !, or .)
16. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
17. Verb Tenses
18. Commas in a List
19. Capitalize Words
20. Using Quotation Marks
21. Make Inferences
22. Lesson and Message / Moral of the Story
23. Meaning of Idioms
24. Figurative Language (similes, hyperboles, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia)
25. Fiction Context Clues
26. Poetry
27. Character Traits
28. Point of View (1st and 3rd Person)
29. Compare and Contrast Fiction Text
30. Identify Similes and Metaphors
31. Main Idea
32. Nonfiction Text Evidence
33. Identify Text Structures
34. Nonfiction Text Features
35. 1st and 2nd Hand Accounts
36. Author’s Purpose
37. Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Text
38. Cause and Effect
39. Sequencing Events
40. Nonfiction Context Clues

You can pair any set of task cards with any game! OR, replace any set of task cards with your own set. These games are made to flexible and fit what content you are currently teaching. Many of the task cards come with short reading comprehension passages for students to read. Then, students answer a question about the given paragraph.

HOW TO PLAY BUILD IT:

• Step 1: Each player gets a background to build their theme on. Playing cards and building pieces go in the middle.
• Step 2: Each time you get an answer correct, you earn a piece for your game mat.
• Step 3: Chance cards are provided to spice up gameplay. You never know who’s going to win with these included!
• Step 4: The first person to finish getting 10 items on their game mat wins!

CHANGE THE CONTENT:

Don’t teach reading? Haven’t covered one of the concepts yet? No problem! Simply swap out the set of task cards you don’t need with a set you’d like to use instead.

The 40 Build It Games can be used with ANY set of task cards (reading, math, science, social studies)….the possibilities are endless!

CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENTS

Simple, printable directions are included for you to place next to each game.

2 VERSIONS INCLUDED

Choose between a color version for vibrant colors or black and white to save on ink for each Build It Game. You can also choose between print and digital! The digital version is in Google Slides and is no prep.

LET KIDS COLOR

Short on time? Print the black and white version and let kids color their own decorations.

All Reading and Grammar Build it games are aligned to common core standards and Texas TEKS.

These Build It Games are great as reading comprehension activities, informational review games, ELA reading centers, language arts review, grammar practice, 3rd grade reading comprehension games, 4th grade reading comprehension games, 5th grade reading comprehension games, ELAR partner activities, literature whole class games, independent reading games, and more.

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More Build It Games:

Grammar Build It Games ( Set 1)

Grammar Build It Games (Set 2)

Fiction Build It Games (Reading)

Nonfiction Build It Games (Reading)

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade