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Word Whizz - Word Building Activity
PDF | 7 pages|Grades: 2 - 6A word building activity to practice spelling and vocabulary skills.
This fun word building activity is a great way to practice spelling and vocabulary skills in the classroom!
The aim of the game is for students to build as many words as they can using 36 letters on a board. The letters must be adjoining (adjacent or diagonal) in a chain.
Print out the activity on cardstock for added durability. Cut out the letters and store them in a resealable bag. Slip the answer sheet inside of a dry erase pocket so that students can write their words using a dry-erase marker and then wipe clean when they are done.
This activity makes a perfect reading center activity.
This resource includes a set of blank letter tiles and blank activity cards for you to customize to fit the needs of your students.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.6
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.G
Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
- 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).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.D
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
- 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...
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.E
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
- 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...
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We have updated the instruction page to be more specific in how to play the game.
Change by Natalie Aug 31st, 2020
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