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Bang
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Place letter,
phonogram, or word cards in a can.
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Place one or two cards with the word
"Bang" on them in can with the other cards.
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Child picks out one card at a time and
read it. If he reads the card correctly, he continues.
If he gets a "Bang" card, he must put al cards back and
start over.
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Child wins when he has read all cards.
Note: for
smaller children, I would only put 1 "Bang" card in the can.
Bingo/Cover Up
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Write the letters,
phonograms, or words on a bingo board.
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Call out letters, phonograms, or words
and student covers up. Student wins when a complete row,
column, or diagonal is covered.
Variation: Cover up: Child must cover the
whole board.
Clue/Riddle Game
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Student is given a list of words that he
is working on.
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Teacher gives a clue about one of the
words.
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Student scans the list for the word and
writes the word down.
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Continue with the rest of the words.
Read/Draw
Provide student with a list of words with
surrounding blank space. Student reads the word and draws a
(non-image) picture.
Variation: Provide pictures and student
writes the word.
Picking Apples/Climbing Ladder/Stairs
This is probably the most popular activity
for us.
Draw a tree, or ladder, or stairway.
Letters, phonograms, or words are placed in apples (for the
tree), rungs of the ladder or steps.
Student starts at the bottom of the ladder or
steps and reads what is on the rung, apple, or stairs.
Place a treat (money, candy--we usually just use pictures of
these and not the real thing) at the top as incentive. If
the student reads incorrectly, I usually tell them the
correct answer and have them start back over from the
beginning.
This works well for Arabic as well.
Speed Contest
Student or teacher selects a word. Set a
timer for 45 seconds. Student and teacher compete to see
who can write the word the most times in 45 seconds. If
students are beginning writers, a rule can be set up that
the teacher must write the word, say, 3 times as much as the
student.
Ideas
from Peggy Kaye's series of books, "Games for....."
Unscramble the Word
Scramble words the student is working on.
Have him unscramble them and write them correctly.
Supply the Missing letters
Match pictures to words
Hangflower.
Variation of hangman, just use a different
picture, say a flower. Student must supply letters to guess
a word before the picture is completely drawn.
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