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Word Track Games
In this word tracking worksheet, students use dice with words on it and when their word comes up they get to move 1 square across a game board. Students play this in groups of 3.
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Line it Up
First graders use teacher created irregular word cards to build fluency through a game. In this irregular word cards lesson, 1st graders reply to the teacher when their assigned word card is called. Students mastery or need is...
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Language Exercises
In this language activity, students write words that start with the beginning letter given and complete the clue, and look at the picture and tick the sentences that are true. Students complete 2 activities.
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Short A Words
Students study the short "a" sound. For this word study lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Students play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Sight Word Matching
Students explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Students identify...
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Worksheet 14: Word Search Game
While a simple review, this activity could provide a review of vocabulary. An answer key is not provided for the 6 question word search.
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Vowel Sounds-- Short Aa Words
In this short A word worksheet, students unscramble 20 words. Students will write the three letter word on the line. There is a word bank to help clue students.
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Short A Puzzle Game
In this short A puzzle game worksheet, students match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Ee Words
In this short Ee vowel sound practice learning exercise, students use their problems solving skills to unscramble 20 words that feature the short e sound.
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Initial Sound Memory Game
Students are reintroduced to initial sounds and play a picture card game to build accuracy. For this initial sound lesson, students place the picture cards face down and organize the picture cards into an even number of rows and columns...
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Silly Sentence Game
Students participate in a game while naming the parts of a sentence. In this silly sentence lesson, students are divided into teams they must identify specific cards related to the parts of the sentence the teacher is asking them about....
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Word Wall Words
Students use the basic required 200 words by sight in sentences of three to six words, use the words to play bingo and rhyming word activity.
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Double-letter Word Fluency
First graders build fluency. In this word recognition lesson plan, 1st graders practice saying words that have a double-letter combination in them (e.g. pull). They work in a small group or as a class to take turns identifying word cards...
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Silent-letter Word Fluency
First graders practice reading. In this fluency building lesson, 1st graders practice quickly saying words that have a silent letter in them. They work in small groups to read a group of word cards as quickly as they can. This lesson...
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Letter and Word Scramble
Students engage in a lesson plan designed to encourage the identification of letters and their characteristics, as well as moving them using a variety of locomotor skills. This done using the instructional strategy of playing a game.
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ale and ame Words
In this long a sound instructional activity, students examine 18 words and sort them into the "ale" group or the "ame" groups. Students also fill in the blanks in 6 sentences with "ale" or "ame" words from the word bank.
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Words With Multiple Meanings #7
In this words with multiple meanings #7 instructional activity, students use 4 pairs of words with multiple meanings in a vocabulary game.
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Animal Word Scramble
In this animal-themed word scramble instructional activity, students use the provided picture clues to unscramble 5 animal-related words.
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The Words Of "U"
In this literacy worksheet, students match the words with the appropriate pictures in this sheet. The words can be cut out and made into a game.
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Unscramble the words
For this unscrambling worksheet, students unscramble the words represented by a picture having to do with school. Students unscramble 6 words.
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Word Slide-CVC Words
In this CVC words worksheet, students say, print, and draw a picture of each CVC word given. The page has related web links.
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Bat Activities and games
First graders read the book Stelluna by Janell Cannon. In this bat lesson plan, 1st graders use their sense of smell to identify objects, learn and recite a rhyme, and differentiate between the words night and day.
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Synonym Scramble
Play a game with a deck of cards to reinforce synonyms and vocabulary. Young spellers look at the blue words on the cards they are holding and try to match it with the red word the teacher is holding. The game continues until the deck is...