Working with Words/Letters
Three letter
word puzzle cards
White square
letters
ABC Word
Game (lowercase letters)
Alphabet
Game
Sand baggies
Shaving
Cream
Dry Erase
Boards
Chalk Boards
Roll a
word. Put three or four dice in a clear plastic
container. Have students shake container
and then read the word that shows up
Connect Four
sight words and letter review
Who
stole the letter/word from the cookie jar-give each student words/letters. Ask “Who stole the word is from the cookie
jar”
Have students put alphabet in order on a clothesline. (can also use numbers)
‘Oink’
‘Crash’ ‘Moo’ etc. (have the words/letters written on index cards. Have extra index cards with a car, pig, cow,
etc. Have students pull out a card and
read the word/letter. If they pull out
pig, car, cow card, they make noise of that animal, etc. and everyone returns
their cards.)
Velcro
Pictures: pull out a picture and stick it on board. Students decide what letter that picture
starts with, and then they mark out or cover letter on their sheet. You can switch out letters either uppercase,
lowercase, or even try words on sheet. I
use laminated alphabet sheets for this game so we can reuse them often.
Twister
Letter/Word game-write words or letters
on duct tape have students either spin or toss a bean bag on the
letter/word. They recite the word or
letter before next person’s turn.
Boggle Jr.
Hedbanz Game
Hide letters
in rice or corn in a sensory table. When
students find letters, they use that letter to cover the letter on their paper. Some groups can form words while others cover
letters
Foam and
other letter stickers
Magna
doodles
The Vowels
on the Bus
Cut out
letters/words/pictures that start with certain letters from magazines
String
letter beads on pipe cleaners to make sight words
I found an activity online called "Scoop and
Spell". All you need is an old ice-cream tub (the pint size), letters, and
a scooper. The children scoop letters from the tub and spell as many words as
possible using only those letters.
Buy clear plastic plates and use ellison dicuts to cut out
letters. Use contact paper to secure
them on the bottom. Students roll the
playdough out on top of the plate to form the letter.
Pixie Cups- follow cup to find hidden word-write the word or
letter that is under the cup after picking the right cup.
Magnetic
Letters
Roll a dice
with words/letters and have student say word or letter.
Roll a dice
and make a graph for each word or letter that is rolled.
Hangman
Index card
word family practice. Cut two slits
vertically in index card so that a long piece of paper will slide through the
slits. Write word family on index cards
and write letters on strip. Pull through
to make rhyming/word family words.
Sight
word/alphabet bingo
Word Family
Bingo
Lilly pad
words/letters-have students say word or letter as they hop from one word to the
next or say a word or letter and students have to find the lilypad with that
word or letter. This game can also can be used with numbers and colors.
I
spy…letter, sight word, item that starts with etc. (you can print out word
finds and have students find certain words or letters and color or circle them
as they find them or say one and have students find it around the room)
Pretend to
type words on keyboard or ipad, etc.
Read word
wall words/seasonal poster words with pointers.
Write words
with pom poms, popsicle sticks, pipe
cleaners, wiki sticks etc.
Play Words
with Friends using Scrabble pieces.
Bananagrams,
Pairs in Pears, and Apple Letters
Hot Seat
White
cut out letters-form words on trays
Roll dice, say the word on the dice, and move forward two
spaces for no help and 1 space if you needed a clue. Any game board can be used for this or you
can make your own up. I bought a book
full of game boards from Mailbox that I use for games like this.
Cake Walk-Write words on paper plates and have the students
walk on them until the music stops. When
the music stops, the students read the word they are on.
Musical Chairs can be played the same way but with words on
the chairs.
