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Figure B

Playing Compound Word Dominoes

1. Dominoes are placed face down on a table and mixed up. Each player draws seven Tiles. The person having the first alphabetical Double Tile starts. If no player has a Double Tile, players take turns drawing until a Double Tile is drawn. That will be the first move and is laid face up on the table.
2. The other player, or the player to the left of the beginning player, tries to make a compound word using the word on the Double Tile and one of his or her own. If they can do this, they may lay their tile between the Double Words or at either end (Figure C). If they cannot make a compound word they must draw another Tile from the table.
3. The next player may make a compound word using the original Double Tile (as there are still places to play, or they may use the new word on the other end of the first Tile played (Figure D).
4. Play continues until all the Tiles are used. For a quicker game only use 30 Tiles, but be sure to have 7 or 8 sets of doubles among those 30 Tiles.

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Figure B

Supplies Used: Cardstock, Colored Computer Paper, Black Marking Pen, Poster Board, Glue

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Die-cut 50 or more LG Domino Tiles from cardstock or construction paper. A normal Domino game has 91 Tiles.
2. Computer generate a list of compound words to place on the Tiles, making sure each word will fit into a 1 1/2" square.
3. Attach two words on each Tile by adhering the squares to the Domino Tile with glue or other adhesive. Alternately, handwrite the words onto each tile (Figure A).
   
4. Include 8 to 10 sets of doubles (the same word on both halves of a Tile) when creating the Domino Tiles (Figure B).