Pencil Party

Pencil Party is a multiplayer reading and writing game for grades K–2. A K–2 writing game show: tell stories, facts and opinions apart, pick strong reasons, choose facts that fit a topic, put stories in order and make writing better.

Skills: Telling stories, facts and opinions apart, finding the opinion sentence, choosing a reason that supports an opinion, closing sentences, picking facts that fit a topic, removing sentences that don't belong, topic sentences, beginning-middle-end order, time words (first, next, finally), spacing between words, adding details, stronger verbs and feeling words, combining and moving sentences, setting.

New problems every game, with Easy, Medium and Hard levels. Every miss shows a short explanation.

Standards (Oklahoma OAS first, then national):

OAS K.3.W · K.2.W.2–4 · 1.3.W.1–3 · 1.2.W.2–3 · 2.3.W.1–3 · 2.2.W.1, 3

Common Core: W.K.1–3, 5 · W.1.1–3, 5 · W.2.1–3, 5

What you get: one HTML game file that runs in any browser (Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, smartboards) plus a one-page Quick Start PDF. 1–6 players or teams, no logins, no installs.

Single-teacher license. Included in the Fletcher Math All-Access bundle.