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Silly Sentence Match-Ups

A snake on a pancake? An elephant in a tractor? In this game, your child will make silly sentences about animals in strange places. Get ready for some silly match-ups!

Prepare Your “Silly Sentence Match-Ups” Game

  1. Download the “Silly Sentence Match-Ups” game.
  2. Select the pages for the level(s) you wish to play and print the animal and place cards back to back on card stock.
  3. Cut out the cards along the dotted lines.
Silly Sentence Match-Ups game download

Playing “Silly Sentence Match-Ups”

Are you ready? This could get a bit silly!

Silly Match-Ups game cards scattered on table

Select the animal and place cards you want to review with your child. The animals cards are marked with a paw print on the back and the place cards are marked with a compass rose. You’ll notice that the paw print and compass rose symbols are color-coded for each level. Shuffle and place the cards face down in two piles, one for animals and one for places.

Stack of game cards in a pile

Have your child draw one card from each pile.

Child holding phonogram card and creating the sounds

Now let him read the resulting silly sentence.

A completed silly match-up sentence

Continue playing until your child has successfully read all the silly sentences. For more practice (and more fun!), shuffle the cards and play again!

Try “Silly Sentence Match-Ups” Game Options

  • To play with multiple children, create draw piles for each child.
  • To play with children who are in different levels, include animal and place cards from each child’s current level and lesson.

What’s your favorite way to review reading? Let me know in the comments below!

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Danielle Bayliss

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This game looks like a lot of fun. I’ll have to keep it in mind for when my child is reading more fluently. (He’s still learning his letters and blending.’

Con Dee

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Great idea. I will try this.

Vera

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Looks like a neat activity!

Cathleen

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Looks fun!

Karen Origer-Greco

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Looks like a fun activity.

Sarah

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What a great, interactive reading game. Thanks!

amy

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looks like so much fun!

Kayla

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Looks great!! Thanks for the freebie. Will be using it this year

Stacey

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Wonderful, Kayla! I hope you have so much fun using it this year.

Brittany

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This looks great! Thanks for the freebie!

Stacey

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You are welcome, Brittany! I hope you have lots of fun with them.

Shelly

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Even my 4th and 5th graders enjoy this activity

Robin E. Williams

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Oh, great to hear, Shelly! Thank you. We love hearing that our activities are enjoyed.

Kara

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I appreciate how thorough this series is

Robin E. Williams

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Thank you, Kara!

Hannah

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My boys will absolutely love this game! This would cause tons of giggles and sentence building fun at my house.

Robin E. Williams

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Hannah,
Thank you for letting us know your boys enjoyed this game! We love hearing that!

Kay

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So fun! No doubt my child would fine this funny.

Stacey

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Thanks, Kay! I’m glad he’ll have lots of fun while learning.

Amanda

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I think I’m going to try this with my youngest!!! She’d love this!

Stacey

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Fantastic, Amanda! I hope she has so much fun!

Jess

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My kids and I had so much fun playing this game!

Stacey

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I’m so glad you had fun playing Silly Sentence Match-Ups, Jess!

Jessica

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This was such a big hit with my boys!

Aimy

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Love this! Thanks for making learning fun!

Stacey

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You are so welcome, Aimy!

Ahuva

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This looks like fun! Is the purpose to practice phonics?

Stacey

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Great question, Ahuva! Yes, the purpose is to practice phonics, work on reading comprehension, and fluency. I hope you have lots of fun with them!

Jordan Smart

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So helpful! I love these things

Catherine

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My daughter loves reading activities like these matches and my son loves having his funny bone tickled, so they will both love these!

Stacey

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Fantastic, Catherine! I’m glad to hear they’ll really enjoy them.

Bethany

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I’m going to use this in my classroom this upcoming year!

Stacey

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Wonderful, Bethany! I hope all the kids have so much fun!

Johana

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Can’t wait to try it!

Leela

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They look like a lot of fun.

Robin E. Williams

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Thank you, Leela!

Angela

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Thank you so much for an opportunity to use these free resources. They are fun and engaging for students.

Robin E. Williams

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You’re welcome, Angela!

Brandi

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Love freebies! Thanks

Robin E. Williams

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You’re welcome, Brandi!

Cindy

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My kid had a good laugh doing this!

Robin E. Williams

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Cindy,
Thank you! We love hearing that!

Danielle

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I’m going to use this activity with my stubborn reader this week to help beat the summer slide!

Robin E. Williams

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Oh, great idea for this activity, Danielle!

Another really good one that gives reading practice while still being enjoyable is our Fun with Emojis! activity.

Stephanie

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Trying these with my child this week! Thank you

Stacey

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You’re so welcome, Stephanie! I hope you have lots of fun with them! I’d love to hear how it goes.

Sherri

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So excited to introduce my Grandson to All About Spelling!

Stacey

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Thank you, Sherri! Please let us know if you have any questions as you start All About Spelling. We’re happy to help!

ASHLEY

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We are excited to start using All About Spelling! We have had great success so far with All About Reading.

Stacey

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I’m so glad to hear that you had great success with All About Reading, Ashley! Please feel free to let me know if I can help in any way as you get started with All About Spelling. I’d be happy to help in any way I can!