Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good Stuff®
Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe, a fun learning game. Using the
traditional game of Tic-Tac-Toe, you can now offer your students
a great way to practice adjectives.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
For Item # 303366:
• 36 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
open-ended and therefore more challenging than side 2. Side 1
shows a picture representing an adjective. Below the picture, a
noun phrase is printed with the adjective left out. When using
side 1, players read the word, look at the picture, and then say
an adjective that completes the phrase and correctly
describes the picture.
Side 2 (no border) has only one correct answer. Side 2 shows the
same picture and phrase as side 1, as well as two adjectives to
choose from. Players read both words, look at the picture, and
say which adjective completes the phrase and correctly
describes the picture. The two adjectives often have opposite
meanings, but not always. The player must think about the
meaning of both adjectives to determine which is a better match
for the picture.
For Item # 304060:
• 36 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
• Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket Chart
• 9 “X” Cards and 9 “O” Cards
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Using Descriptive Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes or otherwise modifies a
noun. Adjectives can be describing words as well as articles (a,
an, the), demonstrative adjectives (this, these, etc.), possessives
(my, their, etc.), numbers, and many other types. This game
provides practice in the first type of adjective studied,
descriptive adjectives.
Before playing Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe, explore descriptive
adjectives. Adjectives can describe color, size, shape, texture,
sound, taste, time, age, emotion, quality, or personality. They can
express opinion or fact.
Look at adjectives in phrases and sentences. An adjective is often
positioned directly before the noun, making it easy to identify.
friendly faces
big house
To identify adjectives in context, a helpful exercise is to identify
any nouns in the sentence first. Then ask questions about the
person, place, or thing. For example:
snail
“Snail. Slimy snail.”
shiny
silver
key
“Key. Shiny key.”
Acceptable Answers
This game is meant for practicing descriptive adjectives, but
players might say other types of adjectives as their answers
when using side 1. For example, a student might say my as the
adjective to complete a phrase, and this is technically correct;
my is a possessive adjective. However, ask students to think of
a descriptive adjective similar to one in the Adjectives List
provided on the back.
Always encourage students to be creative in their descriptions
(for example, they should not always rely on color and size
descriptions), as long as their answers are accurate.
Meets State Standards
I fell asleep in the green room.
“What color was the room?”
The sand felt scratchy on my feet.
“How does the sand feel on my feet?”
This type of grammar practice helps students meet grade-level
expectations and prepare for standardized testing on adjectives.
Playing Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe also helps students develop
their vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar skills.
Oral Language Component
Sometimes adjectives appear after linking verbs such as is or
was. Ask students to help you find the adjective in a sentence,
and then repeat it in a phrase in which the adjective precedes
the noun:
Today my teacher is happy.
“How does the teacher feel today?”
“That's right; she is happy. She's a happy teacher.”
Using the Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
The two sides of the Cards offer two different ways to play the
game. Side 1 (blue border) of the Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards is
Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe requires students to think and
speak in front of a group. Given the fun, familiar game setting,
Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe also increases confidence in
speaking aloud.
Management
• Store the Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards along with other sets of
Tic-Tac-Toe Cards that you've purchased, keeping the subject
areas in separate file folders.
• For students who need a reminder of the rules while playing in
small groups, make copies of the game instructions for them
to use.
All activity guides can be found online:
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Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
Adjective Level 1 Tic-Tac-Toe
Adjectives List
Players: Two Teams of 4 to 6 players
Materials: 9 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards, Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket
Chart, X and O Cards, timer or watch (optional)
Object: To say adjectives that complete the noun phrases on the
Cards in order to fill three spaces in a horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal row with X or O Cards.
1. Select nine Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards. Set up the Tic-Tac-Toe
Pocket Chart, leaving the spaces empty.
2. Give X Cards to one team and O Cards to the other. The
players should sit in the order in which they will play.
3. Explain the game and provide the rules. The first answer the
player gives will count. If you wish, set up a timer and state a
time limit. Encourage players to use strategy to block the
other team.
4. The first player from team 1 takes a turn. Hold up a Card,
showing side 1 or side 2. The player looks at the picture. If
using side 1, the player says an adjective that completes the
noun phrase to describe the picture. If using side 2, the player
says which of the two adjectives best completes the noun
phrase to describe the picture. If the player answers correctly,
he or she gets to place one of the team's X or O Cards in a
space on the board. If not, the turn is over.
5. The first player from team 2 takes a turn, and so on.
Here are some adjectives that can be used in the sentence
frames. There are many more possibilities. Add adjectives to the
list as students think of them.
Tic -Tac -Toe
X
snail
O
X
O
O
shiny
silver
key
6. The first team to get three X's or O's in a row wins the game
and gets to go first next time.
7. Discuss any challenges before playing another game.
Variations
• Instead of leaving the nine spaces empty at the beginning of
the game, fill them in with Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards. A
player who wants to put an X or O Card in a particular space
must be able to give the correct answer for that Card.
• Two students play against each other. They take turns
pulling Cards out of a box and get an X or an O to place
whenever they give correct answers.
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adorable
big
bitter
blue
bright
brown
bumpy
burning
caring
cheap
cheerful
clean
clear
closed
cloudy
cold
comfortable
cool
cozy
crisp
cushy
cute
dangerous
dark
delicious
dirty
drippy
dry
dull
elderly
empty
excited
expensive
fast
ferocious
fierce
fluffy
foggy
folded
fresh
friendly
full
fun
funny
furry
gentle
giant
glad
gold
greedy
green
grey
happy
hard
healthy
high
hot
huge
hungry
icy
juicy
lazy
light
little
long
loud
loving
lucky
mean
messy
metal
mighty
neat
new
nice
noisy
old
open
orange
pointy
pricey
proud
puffy
quick
quiet
red
rocky
rough
round
sad
salty
sandy
scratchy
shallow
sharp
shiny
short
silver
sleepy
slimy
slithery
sloppy
slow
small
smelly
smiley
smooth
sneaky
soft
sore
sour
spicy
square
starving
sticky
stiff
stinky
strong
sunny
surprising
sweet
tall
tart
tasty
thick
thin
tidy
tired
turquoise
warm
weak
wet
wild
wooden
yellow
young
yucky
yummy
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Adjective Level 2 Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good Stuff®
Adjective Level 2 Tic-Tac-Toe, a fun grammar game. Using the
traditional game of Tic-Tac-Toe, you can now offer your students
a great way to practice adjectives in context.
understanding of grammar. Students having difficulty naming
adjectives benefit from a word wall or other displayed list of
adjectives from which to choose. They will earn an X or an O as
long as the word makes sense in the context of the sentence.
Acceptable Answers
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
For Item # 303911:
• 36 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Every side 1 sentence has one descriptive adjective; however, other
types of adjectives do appear. In Game 1, students might give
other types of adjectives in their answers. For example, a student
might name my as the adjective in the sentence, and this is
correct; my is a possessive adjective. Although this answer should
be counted as correct, take the opportunity to ask the student
to find the descriptive adjective also in the sentence.
For Item # 304042:
• 36 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
• Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket Chart
• 9 “X” Cards and 9 “O” Cards
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Identifying and Using Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes or otherwise modifies a
noun. Adjectives can be describing words as well as articles (a,
an, the), demonstrative adjectives (this, these, etc.), possessives
(my, their, etc.), numbers, and many other types. This game
provides practice in the first type of adjective studied,
descriptive adjectives.
To identify adjectives in context, a helpful exercise is to identify
any nouns in the sentence first. Then ask questions about the
person, place, or thing. For example:
What is the condition of the room?
Is this an older person or a younger person?
How is the cat feeling?
How does the sky look?
The adjective is often positioned directly before the noun,
making it easier to identify. However, there are many
exceptions. By asking students to think about semantics,
rather than simply look for the word that precedes the noun,
you teach them to rely on analytical skills in order to recognize
sentence structure. For example:
The noodles my dad made were delicious.
“How does the speaker describe the noodles? How did the
noodles taste?” When students identify the adjective,
delicious, repeat it in a phrase in which the adjective precedes
the noun:
“That's right. The noodles were delicious.
They were delicious noodles.”
Side 1 (yellow borders) and side 2 (no borders) of the Adjective
Tic-Tac-Toe Cards offer two different versions of the game. Game
1, which involves identifying the adjective in a sentence, is played
using side 1. The more challenging game, which asks students to
read a sentence frame and complete it with an appropriate
adjective, requires students to call on their own vocabularies and
When playing Game 2, remember that many words can function
as adjectives depending on their placement in the sentence.
Almost any noun can function as an adjective if it modifies a
noun. For example, consider the sentence frame This ___ table is
made of metal. The player might say a modifier such as kitchen
(“This kitchen table...). This answer is correct though kitchen is
not usually an adjective. Ask the player to think of a descriptive
adjective similar to one on the Adjectives List.
Meets State Standards
This type of grammar practice helps students meet grade-level
expectations and prepare for standardized testing on adjectives.
Playing Adjective Level 2 Tic-Tac-Toe also helps students develop
their vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar skills.
Oral Language Component
Adjective Level 2 Tic-Tac-Toe requires students to read
sentences and think aloud in front of a group. When using side 1,
require that students read the entire sentence aloud before they
state the adjective. This helps train students to pay attention
to context. Given the fun, familiar game setting, Adjective Level
2 Tic-Tac-Toe also increases confidence in speaking.
Management
• Store the Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards along with other sets of
Tic-Tac-Toe Cards that you've purchased, keeping the subject
areas in separate file folders.
• The Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards have adjective sentences on
side 1 and the same sentence frames with the adjectives
missing on side 2. If playing the side 1 version, and you need to
know which word is the adjective, you can check which word is
left out on side 2. If playing the side 2 version and you need an
example of a correct answer, you can look at side 1; however,
there is never just one correct answer when playing side 2.
• Make an enlarged copy of the Adjectives List on the back,
below, for students to refer to when playing side 2. You can also
make copies of the game instructions for students to use
when playing in small groups.
All activity guides can be found online:
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© 2009 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #303911
Adjective Level 2 Tic-Tac-Toe Cards
Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Game 1
Players: Two teams of 4 to 6 players
Materials: 9 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards, Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket
Chart, X and O Cards, timer or watch (optional)
Object: To identify adjectives in sentences in order to fill three
spaces in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row with X or O Cards.
1. Select nine Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards, and place them in
the spaces of the Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket Chart with side 1
facing forward.
2. Give X Cards to one team and O Cards to the other. The
players should sit in the order in which they will play.
3. Explain the game and provide the rules. The first word the
player names will count as his or her answer. If you wish, set
up a timer and state a time limit. Encourage players to use
strategy in blocking the other team.
4. The first player from team 1 selects a space and reads the
sentence aloud (for example, “Mom said I couldn't get the
sweater because it's expensive.”), and names the adjective in
the sentence. If the player correctly names the adjective,
expensive, he or she gets to place one of the team's X or O
Cards in a space on the board. If not, the turn is over.
5. The first player from team 2 takes a turn, and so on.
6. The first team to get three X's or O's in a row wins the game
and gets to go first next time.
7. Discuss any adjectives that were especially challenging to
identify before playing another game.
Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Game 2
Players: Two teams of 4 to 6 players
Materials: 9 Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards, Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket
Chart, X and O Cards, timer or watch (optional)
Object: To think of adjectives to complete sentence frames in
order to fill three spaces in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row
with X or O Cards.
1. Select nine Adjective Tic-Tac-Toe Cards, and place them in the
spaces of the Tic-Tac-Toe Pocket Chart.
2. Give X Cards to one team and O Cards to the other. The
players should sit in the order in which they will play.
3. Explain the game and provide the rules. The first word the
player names will count as his or her answer. If you wish, set
up a timer and state a time limit. Encourage players to use
strategy in blocking the other team.
4. The first player from team 1 selects a space and reads the
sentence frame aloud (for example, “Mom said I couldn't get
the sweater because it's blank.”), and names an adjective that
sensibly completes the sentence. The player should repeat the
sentence with the adjective filled in. If the player has named an
appropriate adjective, for example pricey, he or she gets to
place one of the team's X or O Cards. in a space on the board.
If not, the turn is over.
5. The first player from team 2 takes a turn, and so on.
6. The first team to get three X's or O's in a row wins the game
and gets to go first next time.
7. Discuss any sentence frames that were especially
challenging before playing another game. Review the adjective
players named.
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Variations
• Start with a blank board and hold up the Adjective Tic-TacToe Card each time a player takes a turn. If the player gives
a correct answer, the team gets to put the X or O in
whichever space they want.
• Two students play against each other. They take turns
pulling Cards out of a box and get an X or an O to place if
they give the correct answer.
• Players get to choose the space for the other team, and a
player from the other team must respond. If either team
gets three spaces in a row, that team wins. Otherwise,
when the board is full, whichever team has the most X's or
O's wins.
Adjectives List
Here are some adjectives that can be used in the sentence
frames. There are many more possibilities. Add adjectives to the
list as students think of them.
achy
angry
awesome
beautiful
big
bored
brave
broken
brown
chilly
circular
clean
cold
cotton
courageous
cute
delicious
difficult
dirty
dusty
easy
elementary
expensive
favorite
ferocious
foggy
frightening
fun
funny
furry
gloomy
good
happy
hard
healthy
heavy
hot
hungry
icy
injured
little
long
loud
loving
mean
muddy
mushy
nearby
new
newborn
nice
observant
old
older
orange
pointy
pretty
pricey
proud
rainy
rectangular
red
relaxing
ripe
rotten
round
sad
salty
scary
sharp
shiny
short
sick
skillful
sleepy
small
smart
smashed
smooth
snowy
soft
soiled
sore
sparkling
spicy
square
stiff
strong
sturdy
sweet
talented
tall
terrific
tiny
tired
upset
vicious
wet
white
wild
windy
wonderful
wooden
wool
yellow
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