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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 5

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Sat Vocabulary Word Games

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the use of word games to teach SAT vocabulary words; it provides a list of different types of games that could be used for SAT prep including Jeopardy, crossword puzzles, hangman, online SAT prep quiz games, word...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Improve Comprehension: A Word Game Using Root Words and Affixes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about root words, prefixes, and suffixes using handouts, websites, and games. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Other

Word Games: Word Games

For Students K - 1st Standards
This is a collection of word games including word searches, letter scramble, crosswords, etc.
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Your Dictionary: Rhyming Word Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article explains that rhyming words help children learn to spell. It describes how to play three different rhyming word games: Disappearing Rhyme Man, Rhyme that Word, and Rhyme Hunt.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Race Game: Letter Sound Fluency

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting classroom word game based on the game "Boggle." The classroom is divided into groups. The teacher says a letter, and each students writes down as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Then they compare with the...
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Other

Funology: Games

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Here is a list of games for elementary age children. The games include simple directions, and can be played in a variety of settings and with a variety of number of players. Includes games for one player and games for indoor and outdoor...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Word Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This word game offers seven levels: pre-primer, primer, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, nouns, and all words. Students listen to a word and click on the word on the bingo card; when they have five in a row, BINGO appears on that row....
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Your Dictionary: Fun Exercises for Compound Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article focuses on exercises for teaching compound words including compound word exercises, a list of root words to create many different compound words, links to compound word games, and interactive online games.
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Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Stay Afloat Guess the Word Game

For Students 9th - 10th
This hangman-style game lets students pick topics such as Harry Potter, science, geography, history, music, and sports stars. For each incorrect letter choice, an object is loaded into the boat; students must guess the word before all of...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Craft Stick Game: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A fun game where students draw/colr and happy face on one end of a craft stick and a sad face on the other end. Then they hold up these sticks to identify whether or two words that their instructor says rhyme.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words: A Story About Fred

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A fun poem about "Fred" that the teacher reads to the class and students guess what the missing words are. When they guess correctly, they are able to draw the character.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Bingo: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Teachers K - 1st
A version of Bingo! that teaches young scholars to differentiate between words that rhyme. The site includes links to bingo boards and rhyming pictures.
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Quia

Quia: The Great Gilly Hopkins: Word Games

For Students 4th - 6th
Do you like to play word games? This site offers you the opportunity to play several different games featuring the book "The Great Gilly Hopkins," by Katherine Paterson.
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Your Dictionary: Thanksgiving Word Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on Thanksgiving Day word games; it includes a list of Thanksgiving words and ideas to generate more of them and explains some word games like Turkey on the Table.
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Your Dictionary: Valentine's Day Word Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on Valentine's Day word games including providing a word list for Valentine's Day, and suggesting activities such as writing love letters and playing Valentine charades.
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Your Dictionary: Sequential Word Games

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses the use of sequential word games Scrabble and Boggle to build vocabulary.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Winter Word Games

For Students K - 1st
This article discusses winter word games including Melting Snowman, Draw It, and Password.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Free Reading: Alien Word Game: Sounding Out

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A game where students distinguish between real words and "alien" or nonsense words.
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British Council

Brirish Council: Learn English Kids: Word Games: Spring

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play this naming game with words associated with spring.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Spanish Word Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Spanish Word BINGO is a fun educational game for kids to practice Spanish vocabulary words. There are over 200 common Spanish words grouped into 11 different categories. Players can select from as few as two categories or they can select...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Games: What's Your Favorite Word?

For Students K - 1st Standards
This is a group of favorite word activities: find words from lists and create a message to send, watch favorite word videos, read the favorite word of the day, and send in your own favorite word.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Simple interactive games to help young students build reading skills.

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