Teaching Resource

Hopping Through Hoops Active Game

In English Language Arts and Reading Foundational Language Skills Reading Vocabulary

PDF | 1 page|Grades: 1 - 6

An active game that allows students to review vocabulary words for any content area.

This teaching resource is a fun and engaging way for students to review vocabulary terms for any content area. In this active game, students race through a set of hoops, trying to get across before the competing team provides a definition for a word.

Physical activity can have a positive impact on the brain and can improve cognition, mood, attention, and engagement in students. So, why not give it a try?

This resource includes an instruction sheet as well as variations for playing the game.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
In Grade 1 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
In Grade 2 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic...
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addit...
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

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