online language games
language activities
Roll A Question
Materials
Click here to download the Roll A Question worksheet: Roll A Question.pdf Instructions: Roll the die. Read and then write the question starter that matches the number you roll. The first question starter to reach the top wins! Create a question with the question starter that won. Extension: Research the answer to your question on Epic! or Youtube, or conduct a survey. |
Scrabble
Materials
To download the Scrabble spelling calculation sheet, visit this site: childhood101.com/spell-score-spelling-word-game/ Instructions: Use the value shown on the Scrabble letter tiles to determine the total sum of each of your spelling words |
Sight Word Memory
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Materials
For a list of word suggestions or to download the sight word flash cards, visit the website: sightwords.com/sight-words/flash-cards/ Instructions Lay the set of words facing down. The first player chooses a card and carefully turns it over. Be sure not to bother the surrounding cards. The player then selects another card and turns it over. If the two cards are a matching pair then they take the two cards and start a stack. The player with the most number of matching pairs wins! |
Sign the Word
Crack the Code
Materials
Instructions Write a word or message using a secret code (picture or number) Download the Secret Picture Code here: SecretPictureCode.pdf Download the Secret Number Code here: SecretNumberCode.pdf |
Spelling Team Tic Tac Toe
Play with a friend or divide members in your household into two teams. Draw a large tic tac toe grid on the whiteboard. Members from each team take turns to orally spell an allocated word correctly. If they are correct, they add an x or o to the grid for their team. First team to three in a row wins the round.
Play with a friend or divide members in your household into two teams. Draw a large tic tac toe grid on the whiteboard. Members from each team take turns to orally spell an allocated word correctly. If they are correct, they add an x or o to the grid for their team. First team to three in a row wins the round.
Spelling Swat It!
Divide members in your household into two teams. Write the spelling words randomly onto the whiteboard.
Stand the first two players, with their backs to the board, a short distance in front of it. Give them each a plastic fly swat.
Call out a clue to identify the spelling word. For example, “This word means …” or “Rhymes with …”. The two players must then race to be the first to swat the correct word on the board. The winner must then turn away from the board and spell the word correctly to win a point for their team.
Divide members in your household into two teams. Write the spelling words randomly onto the whiteboard.
Stand the first two players, with their backs to the board, a short distance in front of it. Give them each a plastic fly swat.
Call out a clue to identify the spelling word. For example, “This word means …” or “Rhymes with …”. The two players must then race to be the first to swat the correct word on the board. The winner must then turn away from the board and spell the word correctly to win a point for their team.
Spelling Word Relay
Divide members in your household into teams. Each team lines up a short distance away from the whiteboard, facing the board. The first person in each team starts with a whiteboard marker.
Call a word for the team member to spell. The first member in each team races to the board and writes the first letter of the word and then runs back to pass the marker on to the next team member who writes the next letter of the word, and so on.
Team members can correct an incorrect letter on their turn but they may not add a new letter. The first team to correctly spell the word scores a point.
Divide members in your household into teams. Each team lines up a short distance away from the whiteboard, facing the board. The first person in each team starts with a whiteboard marker.
Call a word for the team member to spell. The first member in each team races to the board and writes the first letter of the word and then runs back to pass the marker on to the next team member who writes the next letter of the word, and so on.
Team members can correct an incorrect letter on their turn but they may not add a new letter. The first team to correctly spell the word scores a point.
Spelling Who Am I?
Write each spelling list word onto a post-it note. Divide members in your household into two teams. The first member from the first team sits on a chair at the front of the room, facing the rest of his or her team. Place the first post-it note onto the member’s forehead.
The goal is for the chosen member’s teammates to give him or her clues to what the word on their forehead is, without revealing the word directly. They can use rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, gestures, etc.
After they guess the word correctly, the member then has to spell the word. If they spell the word correctly, they score a point for their team. Repeat with the first team member from the second team, and so on.
Write each spelling list word onto a post-it note. Divide members in your household into two teams. The first member from the first team sits on a chair at the front of the room, facing the rest of his or her team. Place the first post-it note onto the member’s forehead.
The goal is for the chosen member’s teammates to give him or her clues to what the word on their forehead is, without revealing the word directly. They can use rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, gestures, etc.
After they guess the word correctly, the member then has to spell the word. If they spell the word correctly, they score a point for their team. Repeat with the first team member from the second team, and so on.
outdoor literacy
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