Reading Comprehension
Word Scrabble
Appropriate Grade Level: K-5th
Procedures/Steps:
1) Give students a set of letters that can combine to form words that are
related to the lesson.
2) Give clues that can better help the students find the target word.
3) Gradually, give clues that will make a more complex word by the
letters that are given.
4) A “secret word” can be the final word that can be made up of all the
letters that are given out. The secret word can be something that
relates to the lesson, or is used as a theme to the next weeks word
scrabble.
Comments and/or tips:
-Having students work in pairs may help thought processes.
Source:
Aiken, A., Bayer, L., (2002). They love words. The Reading Teacher
56 (1) 68-74