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THE JOURNEY
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By Faith McGee

UNC-Charlotte

Scenario
You are stuck in New York City, trying to get enough money
to make it home. You only have $100 with you. As you ride
the subway, taxis, and walk the streets, you find envelopes
with your name on them. Inside the envelopes are
questions that you must answer in order to get enough
money to make it home. You must raise enough money by
answering the questions so that you can finally make it
home.

Directions
Roll the die and move your game piece on the board.
Select a question every time you get to a green
square. If you answer the question correctly you earn
$150. If you do not answer correctly you lose $25.
Keep track of the money youve earned.

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All 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.

Adapted from The Traveling Georgia Artist by Lloyd Rieber, The

University of Georgia, May 20, 2003

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Sorry, thats not correct!

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Which of the following words has a

short vowel sound?
Cake
Time
Read
Pull

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What is the correct pronunciation

of the vowel team in the word
boat?
Short O
Long A
Short A
Long O

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Which word does not contain a

vowel team?
Late
Pail
Feet
Play

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What is the common

characteristic of these words:
day, bait, snake, name.
Vowel team
Magic E (CVCe)
Long A
Short A

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Which is NOT a vowel team?

an
ee
ai
oa

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Which word does not contain a

prefix?
dishonest
replay
unhappy
because

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Which word contains a suffix?

goes
tallest
before
found

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Which of the following is an incorrect way

of setting up this problem: There are 12
students in the library. Some more students
join and now there are 19 students in the
library. How many student joined?

12 + = 19
19 12 =
12 + 19 =
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What is the correct answer to the following

problem: There are 12 students in the
library. Some more students join and now
there are 19 students in the library. How
many student joined?

21 students
31 students
7 students
9 students

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There are 9 blue crayons, 7 red

crayons, and 4 yellow crayons. How
many crayons are there in all?
20
14
16
11

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There are 12 cookies on a plate. You and your

friends eat 7 of them. Your mom adds 10 more
cookies to the plate, how many cookies are on
the plate now?

22
29
15
17

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What number goes in the box?

18 + = 36
22
24
16
18
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What is the correct way to set up this problem: There were

some students at a basketball game. Then 14 more
students arrived. There are now 33 students at the basket
ball game. How many students were there to start with?

+ 14= 33
33 + 14 =
14 + 33 =
+ 33 = 14

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There are 23 students in your class. Ms. Smiths class

joined for a special presentation. Now there are 47
students. How many students are in Ms. Smiths class?

21
70
24
14

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What is the unknown in this problem: There are some

friends at your birthday party. 6 more come later. Now
there are 14 people at your party.

Start Unknown
Change Unknown
Result Unknown
No Unknown

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