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Volume 29
Connect the Cups
Spelling-as-a-Team Game
Note: If a letter is repeated in a word, the student who held that letter must call out that letter again. Players can leave a space to represent to place where that letter belongs.The first group to correctly spell the word (all cards must be on the desk in order) earns the points. At the end of the game, the group with the most points wins the game.
On the Spot! Prepare in advance a work sheet that has three rows of dot patterns set up like the ones below:
You will probably be able to fit five or six groups of the dot patterns above on a work sheet. Once printed, cut the work sheet into strips and hand each student a strip that has three rows of the five repeated patterns. To make this activity more challenging for older students, create more difficult patterns.You will also need to have five sheets that reproduce in large size one of the dot patterns above. Color a series of the dots in each of those large patterns. For example, you might color the dots where each X appears below: O X X O X O O O O O X X Now you are ready to show the first pattern. Display the pattern for 15 seconds. Then put the pattern away where students cannot see it and ask them to replicate the pattern by coloring in each of the colored dots on the first group of dots on their work sheet. Repeat the activity five times by sharing five different colored dot patterns for students to study. Then have students exchange papers with a classmate, display the five large dot patterns on the board, and let each student correct their classmate's work. How many students were able to replicate all five patterns from memory? Then have students return papers to their owners and provide a second, and then a third, row of patterns to color. Anagram Puzzles Anagrams are a terrific tool for stimulating students to think critically. Write the four phrases below on a board or chart. The letters in each phrase can be rearranged to spell a word. The words all have something in common. Challenge students to figure out the four words and what the words have in common.Adapt the activity for younger students: To make the activity easier, tell students what the words have in common or arrange students in pairs to solve the anagram puzzles.
Article by Gary Hopkins
03/05/2004
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