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, learners choose a word and sound it...

Students listen to a read aloud of "Hats, hats, hats," by Ann Morris focusing on the variety of hats. They play a file folder game categorizing hats from the book.

Students participate in a unique version of the game Mother, May I. They play the game to explore how to positively communicate their needs, wants and feelings, and to demonstrate how to react to problems.

Students complete worksheets by circling similar letters used in rhyming sounds. They form rhyming words using index cards and play a game of rhyming Bingo. They use letter tiles to form the rhyming words in the Dr. Suess book "Hop on Pop."

Students study words. In this word fluency lesson, students play a version of the game Hot Potato to practice correctly saying irregular words. They play as a class with a basket of irregular words. This lesson includes a links to print...

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...

First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.

First graders play a matching game to find words that rhyme with each other with word endings est and ill. In this word family lesson plan, 1st graders match up the words in small groups by using word cards.

Students practice using descriptive language. In this 5 senses lesson, students feel various items and describe to their teacher how they feel. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.

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...

Students review irregular words and build fluency by playing a game. In this irregular word lesson, students label a variety of blank index cards, then post the index cards around the room as signs that create a...

Students practice sounding out words. In this phonics lesson, students play a baseball game, practicing sounding or stretching out words for accuracy.  Students read the word off the card and stretch it out.

Students inspect human health by participating in a class game. In this nutrition instructional activity, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Students complete a flash...

Learners play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.

Learners participate in a homemade ABC Bingo game to reinforce the alphabet. They write a different lower case letter in each block on their card and continue until the card is filled up.

First graders preview "The Great Kapok Tree" by discussing the cover and the tree. They read the book and acknowledge the animals. They play a sequencing game in groups to identify the order the animals appeared in the book.

Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...

First graders read new words that share the same rime as a word they already know.  In this word families lesson, 1st graders read words on index cards with the teacher, play a matching game with different rimes, and eventually read...

Students play a game called Trade a Word in order to read Dolch words. In this Dolch words lesson plan, students trade one word for another on index cards.

Pupils evaluate newspaper articles. In this newspaper article activity students compare newspaper articles. They  comment on headlines, language choices, quality and clarity, and impact on the reader.

First graders work to build word family accuracy. In this word family lesson, 1st graders practice matching words with the same rime to words that they know. They play a matching game using words with the same rimes.

First graders use teacher created irregular word cards to build fluency through a game.  In this irregular word cards instructional activity, 1st graders reply to the teacher when their assigned word card is called. Students mastery...

Learners explore word sounds by participating in a visual relay game. For this vocabulary identification game, students create holiday themed images and cards based on the different holidays in a year. Learners place the cards and images...

Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...