Materials needed:
Foam Core (I used a 20 x 30 piece)
Spray adhesive or Rubber Cement
Velcro (I used 2 inch wide Industrial Strength from Walmart. Adhesive backed.)
Blank and Filled-in Charts and list of endings. (Provided below. You're welcome!)
Lamination if desired
Scissors
Directions:
First, gather your materials and print out the charts and endings. You can come up with the charts and endings on your own - or let me do the work for you. Go to my shop and download charts and endings FOR FREE!
Next, have the Blank Chart enlarged at a copy center. Make sure it fits on your board, but does not fill it. You want some room around the edges to hold the ending pieces when they are not on the chart.
This photo shows my two strips of soft velcro attached to the board just below my chart. You may want to position your "holding space" differently.
Next, I like to print out all my endings and cut them out. I lay them all out on the board to make sure they fit. You could enlarge them or shrink them as needed to fit your chart. I laminate them and cut them out a second time. It makes for a very sturdy piece. You might be able to skip this step if your lamination works differently than mine. I like the firm edges the heat gives to my pieces. In this photo you can see how each block get a soft piece of velcro attached.
Each ending piece gets a rough section of velcro attached. See the edge of lamination.
Lastly, I print and laminate the answer key and attach it to the back of the board on all four corners. Soft Velcro always goes on the board
Here is the back of the board with answer key attached. See, I didn't even bother to remove the foam core sticker.
You can simply mix up all the endings and have a student organize them correctly and check their work. Or you could take all the pieces off the board and hand them out to students to place on the board or draw them out of a bowl or bag to place them on the chart. You could assemble the chart correctly and remove a piece and ask the student what is missing. You could assemble the chart incorrectly as ask a student to find the problem. Many many possibilities for fun practice and review.
Don't forget - Go to my shop and download charts and endings FOR FREE! I would love to know how it turns out!