Worth it Wednesday {Camp Go-Together: Associations and Analogies}

This week's Worth it Wednesday includes a product from The Speech Bubble, "Camp Go-Together: Associations and Analogies"

I have so many students on my caseload this year working on associations. If you're in need of something to help you target those goals, look no further than here!

There are three different games:

Association Cookout

      This is a leveled activity. 16 cards have multiple choice answers and 16 cards have no choice. The student must decide "how _____ and _____ go together". There are also "bug spray" cards that cause the student to lose a turn.

Hike the Association Trail

      There are 24 cards in this section. Your student is asked to pick a word that is associated with another word. "What word is associated with ____?" The student is given 3 choices for each questions, illustrated with a picture in addition to the word. The "poison ivy" cards cause you to lose a turn.

Pack your Bag

      This is another leveled activity. 24 cards have multiple choice answers and 24 cards have no choice. This game focuses on analogies. "______ is to _______ as _______ is to _______". The prompt "How are they related?" appears on all cards. This game includes backpacks to use as game mats. Each mat has 5 small pictures along the side of items to "collect". Cards have the target items on them. The first person to collect all needed items wins!

What I love:

• There is an included reference mat that is extremely helpful! It talks about what an association is and the different ways things can be associated. Group, use, size, etc.... I always have this out on the table to help my students.
• There are leveled games. Sometimes, your kiddos just need a little extra help. I love that two of the games include leveled cards to help those students just learning about analogies. It also helps the student put to use all the different ways items can be associated.
• Synonyms for associated are used in the questions. We often interchange these words when we talk about associations out loud, so why not interchange them during the activity? Questions are phrased with "How do they go together?", "How are they related?", and "How are they associated?"
• "How are they related?" question on all analogy pages. Analogies are hard for my students (even though they are almost exactly like associations, just worded different). This question on the cards reminds my students to think about how those first two items are related so they can determine what item will be related to the given term. 

The preceding thoughts are solely mine and were written on my own terms. No person asked me to write this review. 

Hopefully you'll be able to use this with your students as much as I have! You can find this product here. While you're at it, check out The Speech Bubble's blog, Facebook, and TpT page.