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Welcome to the January Contest Page!
The word for January is

s
n
o
w
f
l
a
k
e
s

How many words can your class make with the letters in snowflakes?
Collect as many words as you can in the month of January. Each letter can only be used once except for S which can be used twice in each word.

And the winning classrooms are:
K-2 Winner
Ms. Frey~Gr. 2

Winner!
3-5 Winner
Ms. Elder~Gr. 5
Winner!

Look at some of the words students found simply by using the letters in snowflakes. Students were able to find both singular and plural forms of many words. They found homophones (like bear and bare) and rhyming words. Well over 500 words were found just by using the letters in one word!
ale
ales
aloe
aloes
alone
ask
asks
elf
fake
fakes
flake
flakes
flan
flans
flank
flanks
flask
flasks
flaw
flaws
flew
floss
flow
flown
flows
foal
foals
foe
foes
fowl
kale
kales
knew
know
knows
lake
lakes
lane
lanes
lass
law
laws
lea
leaf
leak
leaks
lean
leans
leas
lens
lose
loses
loss
low
lows
new
news
nose
noses
now
oaf
oafs
one
ones
owe
owes
owl
own
owns
safe
safes
sake
sakes
sale
sales
sane
saw
saws
seal
seals
self
sew
sewn
sews
skew
skews
slaw
slaws
slew
sloe
slow
snow
snows
sow
sows
sole

Remember that each student should be manipulating his/her own letters.
Download the letters to cut up and manipulate!




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