A fast-moving game provides practice in recognizing grade-appropriate vocabulary words.
Objectives
Students will
recognize words from the class word wall or other vocabulary lists.
Keywords
word wall, vocabulary, spelling
Materials Needed
lists of words from students' word walls or vocabulary/spelling lists
Lesson Plan
Before the Game
Arrange students into two teams. Write two columns of words that are approximately equal in difficulty on the chalkboard or whiteboard. Each column should list one word for each member of the team. All words should be drawn from the classroom word wall.
The Game
Position each team a few feet from the chalkboard or white board where you have written the word lists. At a signal, the first child on each team goes up to the board, points at the first word in the team's column of words, and reads aloud that word. If the student reads the word correctly, she or he is allowed to erase that word. The student then moves to the back of his or her team's line.
The first team to erase all the words on their list is the winning team.
Lesson Plan Source
Adapted from an idea on Marion Dunkerley's Word Wall Activities Web page; used with permission.
LANGUAGE ARTS: English GRADES K - 12 NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
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