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High Five Blend and Word Family Game Lesson PlanHigh Five Blend and Word Family Game Lesson Plan
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High Five Blend and Word Family Game

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Practice using word blends and learning about word families by participating in a class game. Learners will collaborate as teams in a game by throwing beanbags onto a shower curtain with word blends on it. They will say the sound their bean bag lands on, identify a word with the sound, and use the word in a sentence. Great learning fun!

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blending sounds, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, consonant blends, word families

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class game activity, word blends, word families, blends, english language arts
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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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