TEAM-MEAT
Anagrams and Palindromes

TEAM-MEAT is a card game designed to teach students word definitions for anagrams and palindromes. An anagram is two words whose letters are the same but in a different order, while a palindrome is two words whose spelling is reversible. The words "chin" and "inch" are anagrams. The words team" and "meat" are palindromes.

Directions:

Prepare a set of cards placing two definitions on the front and the answers on the back. Notch the upper right of each card for easy sorting.

The following is a listing of possible cards. Words in parentheses are answers to be written on the back of the card:

1. front of jaw (chin)
   twelve make a foot (inch)
2. kill (slay)
   puts, places (lays)
3. a long spear (lance)
   dirt free (clean)
4. one of a pait (mate)
   group that plays together (team)
5. having little value (cheap)
   yellowish-pink color (peach)
6. to move quickly, quietly (slip)
   to say the sound of z for th (lisp)
7. shapeless, chunk (lump)
   juicy fruit (plum)
8. prize (reward)
   in which clothes are put (drawer)
9. hours, minutes, seconds (time)
   send forth, transmit (emit)
10. walk with regular steps (march)
    power to attract (charm)
11. French for Christmas (noel)
    male name (Leon)
12. month (May)
    sweet potato (yam)
13. pinnacle (top)
    cooking container (pot)
14. conjunction (but)
    holds large amount of water (tub)
15. shoe covering (spat)
    evening anthem (taps)
16. proceed forward (step)
    strokes (pets)
17. fish (cod)
    physician nickname (doc)
18. occurring in the present (live)
    bad (evil)
19. water plant (reed)
    doe, buck, fawn (deer)
20. length of time (span
    sleeps (naps)
21. smooth, shiny, silky (sleek)
    bottoms of ships (keels)
22. repaving substance (tar)
    rodent (rat)
23. a menace (Dennis)
    erred, made a mistake (sinned)
24. a sailing ship (sloop)
    when water collects (pools)
25. cook food slowly in a liquid (stew)
    where the sun sets (west)
26. level or grade (plane)
    persons gathered to discuss (panel)
27. dark time (night)
    subject or quantity, not alive (thing)
28. not here (there)
    square root of nine (three)
29. go down partly or completely (sink)
    body covering (skin)
30. to rest for the night (sleep)
    to clean citrus fruit (peels)

Options:

• Prepare the cards and place them in a learning center. Individual students can use them at a specified time or as an extra activity when their class work has been completed.
• Prepare the cards and present afew every day to the whole class. You may designate a specific time during the day as TEAM-MEAT time or allow the students to work on the activity throughout the day as a free time activity.
• Award a small prize to the student or small group who answers an item correctly.
• Encourage students to create their own TEAM-MEAT items.
• Use a word processing program to create professional looking cards. I like to use a database to make peel and press labels that I stick onto cards made from heavy cardstock that I obtain from a local printing company for a nominal fee.
• Laminate the cards for durability.