Lesson 10: Happy Families/ Go Fish Game
By Karen Pichel, pictures by Julia Filipone
These cards are large (4 per A4 page).
Print the slides.
Preparation: Cut out and glue the cards onto
heavy paper, lamination optional.
To play: Shuffle the cards. Deal each player
four cards and put the remaining pile of
cards face down in the middle. Players try
to assemble families of four cards by asking
the other player(s) for the card they want
by name (example: “Do you have “cap” from
the “c” family?”) If the player gets what
s/he requested, she gets another turn. If
not, the other player says, “No, Go Fish” and
the first player draws a card from the pile.
Lay down each family of four cards as it is
assembled; the learner should read the 4
words and state their meanings. Play until all
the cards are laid out in families. The player
with the most families wins. (Try to let the
learner outsmart you.)
“r”
red
rat
rabbit
ran
“r”
ran
rat
rabbit
red
“r”
rabbit
rat
red
ran
“r”
rat
rabbit
ran
red
“m”
mask
men
man
mad
“m”
men
mask
man
mad
“m”
man
men
mad
mask
“m”
mad
mask
men
man
“s”
spit
sit
sad
stand
“s”
sit
spit
sad
stand
“s”
stand
spit
sit
sad
“s”
sad
spit
sit
stand
“i”
I
in
isn’t
is
“i”
is
I
in
isn’t
He is sad.
“i”
in
I
isn’t
is
“i”
isn’t
in
I
is
“n”
nap
nest
net
Ned
“n”
nest
nap
net
Ned
“n”
net
nap
nest
Ned
“n”
Ned
nap
nest
net
“b”
bad
bat
best
basket
“b”
bat
bad
best
basket
“b”
best
bat
bad
basket
“b”
basket
bat
bad
best
“a”
and
ask
ants
are
“a”
ants
and
are
ask
“a”
are
and
ants
ask
“a”
ask
and
ants
are
“p”
pits
pin
pat
pan
“p”
pat
pin
pits
pan
“p”
pin
pits
pat
pan
“p”
pan
pin
pits
pat
“t”
tin
tent
test
ten
“t”
tent
tin
test
ten
“t”
test
tin
tent
ten
“t”
ten
tin
test
tent
“th”
this
that
the
them
“th”
the
this
that
them
-‫ה‬
“th”
them
this
that
the
“th”
that
this
the
them
“h”
hand
his
hat
hen
“h”
his
hand
hat
hen
“h”
hen
hand
his
hat
“h”
hat
hand
his
hen
“d”
did
Dad
rabbit
desk
“d”
Dad
did
that
desk
“d”
didn’t
did
Dad
desk
“d”
desk
did
Dad
didn’t
“c”
cat
cap
can
can’t
“c”
cap
cat
can
can’t
“c”
can
cat
cap
can’t
“c”
can’t
cat
cap
can