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Brief Description
Students use letter tiles from a Scrabble® game to
calculate the spelling word with the highest mathematical value.
Objectives
Students will
- correctly spell words.
- accurately calculate the mathematical value of each spelling word.
- figure out which spelling word has the highest value.
Keywords
Spelling, Scrabble, addition, game, value, mathematics
Materials Needed
- Scrabble® letter tiles (Option: Print out, photocopy,
and cut tiles from Scrabble
Graphics, or create your own letter tiles work sheet.)
- pencil and paper
Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students use letter tiles from a Scrabble game (or other sources, see Materials Needed section above) to build their spelling words for the week. Challenge students to use tiles to create those words; then add up the value of the letters in each word to learn which of the week's spelling words has the highest mathematical value.
For example, if students' spelling words include forest and blank, the values are:
Note: Letter values appear in parentheses.
F (4) + O (1) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) = 9
B (3) + L (1) + A (1) + N (1) + K (5) = 11
So far, the word blank has the largest value. Students continue to figure the value for the other words on their weekly spelling lists to learn which word has the highest mathematical value.
Extension Activities
- Older students might arrange their words to create a crossword
puzzle on a Scrabble board game sheet. They use the DOUBLE
and TRIPLE LETTER SCORE and DOUBLE and TRIPLE WORD SCORE
squares on the board to figure the total for the entire
spelling list. Who comes up with the highest score?
- Play a game of Scrabble
Concentration.
- Learn about creating a Scrabble
in School Club.
Assessment
Students spell and calculate with at least 85 percent accuracy.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-NUM.PK-2.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
MATHEMATICS: Connections
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-CONN.PK-12.3 Recognize and Apply Mathematics in Contexts Outside of Mathematics
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Originally published 05/23/2003
Links last updated 10/02/2007
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