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Jeopardy

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Pupils participate in games to review subject matter. They drill on vocabulary and/or spelling words. Students connect pertinent facts with dates. They perform activities as a group review before a test.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Surprise

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading. In this irregular words lesson, students build their reading fluency playing a game in which they identify word cards. They play in a small group led by a teacher. This lesson includes a link to the irregular...
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My Pile, Your Pile

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars study words. In this fluency building lesson, students play a one on one game in which they read irregular words presented to them. They work with their teacher to keep as many irregular word cards as he or she can based...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars study language. In this word fluency lesson, students play a version of Musical Chairs in which they must correctly say an irregular word, pulled from a bag, to keep their chair. The game is played with a small group of...
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Double-Letter Word Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. For this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students arrange verb pattern cards to find words with similar endings or patterns such as ing, or the infinitive form.In this verb form lesson, students play a concentration game to find verbs with the same verb pattern. An extension...
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Family Word Slide "at"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words for the letters included on card 2 that attach to the suffix of "at". They can be used to play spelling games.
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Irregular Word Fluency: Password

For Teachers 1st
Utilize your learners' spare time by having a "password" that learners must recite before they enter or leave the classroom. As suggested here, provide an irregular word that your first graders are trying to develop. How efficient! 
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Advanced Phonics Redux Fluency

For Teachers 1st
After being introduced to words with advanced phonics features, the teacher presents the whole class with a stack of cards containing both new and familiar words. As each card is presented, the teacher says the word and recites the rule...
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Making Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young writers identify and generate words using the strategies of phonics on the Making Words computer program. Words are typed instead of having to use tiles or paper. Extension activities such as playing the memory game, drawing...
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Spelling Bingo

For Teachers K - 5th
Students write one word in each box on the BINGO card. One student stands and teacher randomly calls out one word from the list to the standing student to spell. If student spells it correctly, the class covers the word on their cards. ...
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Spelling Takes a Hit!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students actively practice spelling words. In this spelling lesson, students use a flyswatter to swat at letters that spell each of their spelling words.
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Spelling Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in a tag game to practice their weekly spelling words. Five students are chosen as "it" and run around chasing the other students. When a student is tagged, he/she must freeze until the teacher asks him/her a...
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Spelling Bee/Musical Chairs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students spell and recognize vocabulary words and/or spelling words by playing musical chairs with spelling words.
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Go Fish card game for recognition of vocabulary words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars play Go Fish card game (with a teacher made deck of cards) for recognition of vocabulary words
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Spelling Success: ends with el

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders come up with a word that ends with the "el" sound for every letter of the alphabet. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders use all 26 letters to come up with these words.
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Eight-Square Scrabble Spell-Off

For Teachers K - 12th
Students build words using Scrabble tile pieces. They keep score during the game. They practice their spelling as they create words.
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Egg Carton Game

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a word sound game. In this letter identification activity, students review the letters of the alphabet and discuss the sound each one makes. Students view a video tutorial of an egg carton...
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Quidditch Word Search

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this Quidditch word search worksheet, students locate the 12 words or names listed in the puzzle that pertain to the game played by Harry Potter and friends.
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Introduce Double-Letter Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to form double letter words.
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Four Corners Spelling

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a spelling activity using clapping and rhythmic patterns. In this ongoing spelling lesson, 2nd graders practice various spelling words in groups and using rhythms.  Students then independently spell words.
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Spell Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work on their spelling skills by spelling a word to get unfrozen if tagged.

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