Four in a row is a fun game to play while targeting multiple literacy skills within one activity, including: phonics, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and word level reading fluency. Students will enjoy trying to win the game of four in a row while they read words.Extend the activity by working on:Phonological Awareness – identify or generate rhyming words, or practice blending or segmenting words into phonemes (sounds).Vocabulary – define new words (e.g., exert, whir), discuss multiple meani