Working with Letters/Words

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.