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Short U: Four Clues One Answer Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game There are two rounds. In the first round, click on the numbers in order to reveal clues. There is no in-built points system giving the teacher full control over…
Long A: Letters Phonics Games and Activities - MemWord (PPT)
Long I: Hidden Pictures 1 Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game Click on the colored bar on the right side and the squares will begin to disappear. Clicking this bar again will reveal the whole picture and the word. Press the arrow…
Free download Long I: Sample Phonics Games and Activities - MemWord
A 33-page reference and card-sort/memory-game resource teaching 40 Greek and Latin roots, their meanings, and derivative words, for vocabulary/word-study instruction.
Short O: Letters Phonics Games and Activities - MemWord
Short and Long I: What's Outside the Train Window Game Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game After the first page, there is a quick intro to the game. After this the first train sequence will begin. There will be some winter scene…
A media literacy simulation teaching concepts like media bias, framing, sound bites, and chyron bias, applied through a press secretary/news anchor roleplay game.
Long I: Letters Phonics Games and Activities - MemWord
Long A: Hidden Pictures 3 Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game 5 mini games: 1. Choose a Number: 12 pieces, clicking one will make it disappear and part of the picture can be seen. Keep clicking pieces until students guess the…
A hands-on activity teaching guide words (the dictionary skill of identifying which words fall alphabetically between two given guide words), usable whole-class, in small groups, at a literacy station, or as a Scoot game.
Free download Short O: Sample Phonics Games and Activities - MemWord
Introduce, review, or assess six types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole, alliteration) through a self-checking, branching 'Mitten Hunt' digital game (PowerPoint-based, with an accompanying teacher guide referencing a Google Slides version).
Long and Short A: Follow the Vocab Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game After the front slide the game begins. First rounds are easier with less pictures. Later rounds are harder with up to 9 pictures at the end. Teams will take…
A memory-matching (concentration) card game that helps students practice identifying cause-and-effect pairs, usable as a whole-class game or independent reading-center activity.
Free download Long and Short A: Follow the Vocab Sample Game Note: This download is in PowerPoint show mode to protect the rights of the image creator(s), and is thus UNEDITABLE. Playing the Game After the front slide the game begins. First rounds are easier with less pictures. Later rounds are harder with up to 9 pictures at the end. Teams…
Practice reading, spelling, and inferencing skills, with a focus on homonyms/homophones/homographs, through a hangman-style 'Dad Jokes Guessing Game' for pairs of students.
A PowerPoint-based classroom game/template for group vocabulary enrichment practice, where students research and present synonyms and antonyms for teacher-assigned words for classmates to guess.
A review game ('I Have, Who Has?') that reinforces nonfiction/informational text vocabulary terms tied to Reading Informational (RI) standards.
A printable task-card 'scoot' game reviewing the 5 main types of text structure (chronological order, cause & effect, problem & solution, description, compare & contrast).
Turn a physical JENGA set into a reading-themed icebreaker game where each numbered piece corresponds to a discussion question about students' reading habits and preferences.
A slide deck teaching the concept of puns/wordplay through examples (joke puns, food puns, punnies/comics) and a creative-writing assignment applying puns.
Provide a novel-agnostic student notebook/packet that scaffolds independent or small-group literary analysis of any assigned novel through scavenger-hunt-style element identification, open-ended questioning, central-idea tracking, and a culminating essay.
Free download Provide teachers with a package of supporting synonym-teaching activities (lesson plans, icebreakers, group work, writing prompts, guided practice, extra comprehension checks) to accompany the main worksheet set.