Animal Shapes

A Homemade PowerPoint Game

By

Vincent Ariemma

Maggie Bell

UNC Charlotte

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Copyright Notice

Game Preparation

Objectives

Game Pieces

Animal Shapes

You are taking a trip to the zoo. You will start with two animal tickets. As you travel around the park you will stop at each animal house, when you stop you will give the zoo one ticket to see the animal. Then you will be asked a question about what each animal is playing with if you answer correctly you will be given two animal tickets, but if you answer incorrectly you will lose the one you gave. You want to collect as many animal tickets as you can, they player with the most tickets at the end of the game will be the winner.

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Animal Ticket

Animal Ticket

Game Directions

The goal of the game is to get the most tickets by answering the questions correctly.

To play the game you have to move along the game board and answer questions about shapes and color at each animal house you stop at.

You must answer one question about the shape and color in each house to move on to the next house. This means you will answer two questions at each house.

To win the game you have to answer questions correctly and have the most Animal Tickets at the end.

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Game Preparation• Game Board: Print out slides 10-11, cut off edges, then tape

together

• Game Pieces: Print out slide 5, cut into individual pieces

• Game Tickets: Print out slide 6, cut into individual piece

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Animal Tickets

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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game

at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Vincent Ariemma and Maggie Bell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, January 31, 2007. “Animal Shapes”.

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Educational Objectives• Audience

– Kindergarten age students

• Subject Area Objectives– Competency Goal 3: The learner will make connections through

the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.

– Competency Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

– Competency Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

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Copyright• Copyright 2003 Vincent Ariemma and Maggie Bell

• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.

• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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Time to play “Animal Shapes”!

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Monkey House

Question 1

Question 2

Bear Cave

Question 1

Question 2

Elephant

Question 1

Question 2

Giraffes

Question 1

Question 2

Question 1

Question 2

Lions and Tigers

Penguins

Question 1

Question 2

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Board 1

Game Board 2

Time to play “Animal Shapes”!

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ZOOSTART

Zebra

Question 1

Question 2

Reptile

Bird Cage

Aquarium

Question 1

Question 2

Question 1

Question 2

Question 1

Question 2

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Zebra Question 1

What is the boy’s shirt?

A. Green

B. Red

C. Yellow

BOY

Zebra Question 2

What is this shape?

A. Triangle

B. Square

C. Circle

Monkey House Question 1

What is this shape?

A. Square

B. Triangle

C. Circle

Monkey House Question 2

What is the color of the monkey?

A. Brown

B. Yellow

C. Blue

Bear Cave Question 1

What is the color of this bear?

A. Green

B. Brown

C. Purple

Bear Cave Question 2

What shape is this?

A. Square

B. Circle

C. Star

Giraffe Question 1

What is this shape?

A. Triangle

B. Heart

C. Star

Giraffe Question 2

What color is this giraffe?

A. Yellow

B. Green

C. Orange

Elephant Question 1

What shape is this?

A. Circle

B. Diamond

C. Heart

Elephant Question 2

What color is this elephant?

A. Gray

B. Blue

C. Red

Lions and Tigers Question 1

What color is this lion’s hair?

A. Yellow

B. Purple

C. Green

Lions and Tigers Question 2

What is this shape?

A. Heart

B. Triangle

C. Rectangle

Penguin Question 1

What Color is the penguin’s hat?

A. blue and orange

B. red and green

C. purple and gold

Penguin Question 2

What shape are the wheels on the skateboard?

A. Circle

B. Square

C. Triangle

Reptile Question 1

What color is the snake’s jacket?

A. Green

B. Purple

C. Red

Reptile Question 2

What shape is this?

A. Rectangle

B. Circle

C. Square

Birdcage Question 1

What color are the owl’s wings?

A. Brown

B. Gray

C. Orange

Birdcage Question 2

What shape is the owl’s eye?

A. Circle

B. Triangle

C. Square

Aquarium Question 1

What color is the goldfish’s water?

A. Brown

B. Blue

C. Red

Aquarium Question 2

What shape are the shark’s fins?

A. Circle

B. Rectangle

C. Triangle

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Take a Closer Look…..

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GREAT JOB!

YOU ARE CORRECT!

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