Classroom Games and Activities Index A Reading Games for Phonics 1. Snowball 2. Slam 3. What’s Missing 4. Four in a Row 5. Battle RPS 6. Make Four 4 5 6 7 8 9 B Writing Games for Phonics 1. Run to the Board 2. Bingo 10 11 C Integrated Games for Phonics 1. Write and Draw 2. Running Dictation 12 13 D Other Activities 1. Mini-flashcards 14 E Teacher Resources and References 1. Online Resources 2. References This booklet has been prepared by: www.e-future.co.kr 4F~6F LK Bldg. 196-8 Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea, 138-862 Tel: +82 2 3400-0509 Fax: +82 2 591-7626 2012 © e-future Ltd. All rights reserved. 15 15 A Reading Games for Phonics A2 Slam A1 Snowball Type : Reading Game Level : All levels Materials : Flashcards Type : Reading Game Level : Lower levels Materials : Flashcards Instructions Instructions 1 Select target flashcards and spread them on the table with the letter sides face up. 2 Put students into two groups. 1 Select target flashcards and spread them on the table with the letter sides face up. 3 Ask a student from each group to put their hands on their heads. 2 Students take turns reading the cards cumulatively. 4 Read one of the letter cards. The student who first slams on the correct card wins a point for his/her team. 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 . 6 When students feel confident, have them take your role reading the cards. · Student 1: ham · Student 2: ham, map · Student 3: ham, map, jam Adapting the Activity Adapting the Activity · Add a rhythm or chanting element. · Conduct activity on the board. · Give students flyswatters to slam the correct answer. · For more advanced classes, add new words with the target sound(s). · For large classes, conduct chorally and increase the speed each turn. · For large classes, post the flashcards on the board. · For more advanced classes, introduce new words with the target sound(s). 4 Classroom Games and Activities Reading Games for Phonics 5 A3 What’s Missing A4 Four in a Row Type : Reading Game Type : Reading Game Level : All levels Level : All levels Materials : Flashcards Materials : Flashcards, checkers or go game pieces (these could substituted with coins, colored tokens, or colored sticky notes) Instructions 1 Select target flashcards and spread them on the table with the letter sides face up. 2 Put students into two groups. 3 Group 1 hides a card while group 2 keeps their eyes closed. 4 Group 2 looks at the flashcards and says what the missing card is. If correct, they win a point. 5 The two groups switch their roles and repeat steps 3 and 4 . Instructions 1 Select 16 target flashcards and arrange them on a large table or on the floor in a 4 x 4 grid. 2 Put students into two groups and give each group a set of game pieces. 3 Groups take turns reading a card. When reading correctly, they can put their team's game piece marker on the card. 4 When the game pieces are placed on all the cards, calculate the points each group earned: 2 points for the game pieces that are placed two in a row, 3 points for the markers that are placed three in a row and 4 points for the game pieces that are placed four in a row. 5 The winner is the group with more points. Adapting the Activity · For larger classes, break the class into smaller groups. · For more advanced classes, add new words with the target sound(s). Adapting the Activity · For larger classes, break the class into, smaller groups. · For more advanced classes, create cards with sentences that have the target words. For example: Target words - nine; bike It is nine. 6 Classroom Games and Activities Tom has a bike. Reading Games for Phonics 7 A6 Make Four! A5 Battle RPS Type : Reading Game Type : Reading Game Level : All levels Level : All levels Materials : Flashcards Materials : Flashcards, group headings for sorting Instructions 1 Instructions Select target flashcards and line them up on the table with the letter sides face up. Place the target flashcards in a pile. 2 Students take turns selecting a card from the pile and placing it on the table under the correct heading. Help students arrange the cards as shown below: mat hat pan ram cap bat can dam map 1 ~am ~ap ~an ~at ram map fan cat pan hat 2 Put students into two groups. Each group lines up at either end of the table. 3 Students from each group move up one card at a time while reading the card. When they meet in the middle, they play Rock-Paper-Scissors. The winner stays. The loser goes back to the starting point and another student from the group takes over. 4 Repeat step 3 . bat 5 The winner is the group to first reach the other end. mat Adapting the Activity 3 The student who places the fourth card in a column can take the all four cards. 4 Continue the game until all the cards are played. The winner is the student with the most cards. · For more advanced classes, add new words with the target sound(s). Adapting the Activity · For more advanced classes, add new words with the target sound(s) or have students think of new words to place under the headings. 8 Classroom Games and Activities Reading Games for Phonics 9 B Writing Games for Phonics B2 Bingo B1 Run to the Board Type : Writing Game Level : All levels Materials : Flashcards, a bingo board (5 x 5) Type : Writing Game Level : All levels Materials : Flashcards Instructions Instructions 1 Split the class into two teams. Have the two teams line up at the back of the classroom. 2 When ready, show a flashcard with the picture side facing the students. 3 The first students in each line run to the board and write the word for the picture. 4 The first student who writes the word neatly and correctly gets a point for his/her team. 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 . The winner is the team with the most points. 1 Give each student a bingo board. 2 Select 25 target flashcards. Read each card as students write the word on their bingo board. Make sure students understand that they can write the word anywhere on the grid as they like. (Instead of reading the card, you can show each card with the picture side.) 3 Play Bingo: Call out the target word. Students mark the square with a check, dot or other symbol. 4 Repeat step 3 . The winner is the student who creates a line. This line can be straight or diagonal. Adapting the Activity Adapting the Activity · For less advanced classes, post the target flashcards on the board. Read out the target word and have students touch the correct flashcard. · For more advanced classes, add new words with the target sound(s). · For less advanced classes, show both sides of the flashcard. · To make the game longer, have students make a square, a cross, an X, or another shape to win. · To make the game shorter, use a smaller bingo board (3 x 3 or 4 x 4). · For more advanced classes, read the target word with a short sentence. Have the students write the sentence. 10 Classroom Games and Activities Writing Games for Phonics 11 C Integrated Games for Phonics C2 Running Dictation C1 Draw and Write Type : Integrated Game Level : Higher levels Materials : Pre-prepared target sentences on paper Type : Integrated Activity Level : Higher levels Materials : Worksheet with four boxes with lines Instructions Instructions 1 Create a worksheet with four boxes and lines to write below the boxes. 2 Use the target words from the unit and create simple sentences. 3 Write the sentences on the board. Have students write the sentences on the lines. Have them illustrate the sentences in the boxes. 1 Create a list of target words or sentences and print on cards. 2 Go to an open area or move the desks to one side of the room. Post the cards on one side of the classroom. Separate the class into pairs. One student will be the runner. The other student will be the writer. writers at desks Sample Classroom Layout cards posted on wall Runners going back and forth I bake cakes. I bake cakes. The rake is in the lake. The rake is in the lake. 3 The runners go to the card, read it, and run back to the writer. The runner tells (dictates) the writer what was on the card. The runner goes back to the card as many times as necessary. 4 The team to finish the dictation first wins. Adapting the Activity Adapting the Activity · For less advanced classes, print the target sentences on the worksheet and have them only draw the pictures. Have students read the target sentences. · For less advanced classes, create a list of words instead of sentences. · For more advanced classes, create longer sentences or introduce new words with the target sound(s). · For more advanced classes, have students label the different target words in their pictures. · For more advanced classes, create sentences with new words with the target sound(s). 12 Classroom Games and Activities Integrated Games for Phonics 13 D Other Activities D1 Student Flashcards Type : Other Activity Level : All levels Materials : Photocopies of the target pictures, scissors, pencil, hole punch, ring Instructions 1 Photocopy the page of the unit that has the target words. 2 Cut the pictures out and paste them to a grid of rectangles. They should be the size of small cue cards (8 cm x 4 cm). 3 Make enough copies for your class. 4 Have students cut out the mini-flashcards. 5 Have students write the target letters or word on the back of the mini-flashcards. 6 Punch a hole in the top left-hand corner of the mini-flashcards. 7 Use the ring to keep the flashcards together. E Teacher Resources and References E1 Online Resources Activity sheets and other resources http://www.funfonix.com/ Free downloadable activity sheets http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/ Printable resources for letters and sounds http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ Collection of links for teachers of young learners http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kplus_phonics.htm E2 References · Bear, D.R. & Templeton, S. (1998). Explorations in developmental spelling: Foundations for learning and teaching phonics, spelling and vocabulary. The Reading Teacher 52(3), 222-242. · Cunningham, P.M. & Cunningham, J.W. (2002). In Farstrup & Samuels (Eds.), What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction (3rd ed.), 87-109. Adapting the Activity · Stahl, S. (1992). “Saying the “p” word: Nine guidelines for exemplary phonics instruction.” The Reading Teacher, 45(8), 618-625. · To make the activity longer in duration, have students draw their own pictures. · For more advanced classes, have students write a sentence under the target word. · For less advanced classes, have students write the target letter/word on the front of the flashcard. 14 Other Activities · Stahl, Duffy-Hester, & Stahl. (1998). Everything you want to know about phonics (but were afraid to ask). Reading Research Quarterly, 33(3), 338-355. · Trachtenburg, P. (1990). "Using children's literature to enhance phonics instruction" The Reading Teacher. May. 648-654. 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