Word-Form Recognition Accuracy, Puzzle Words
From FreeReading
| Activity Type: Build Accuracy |
| Activity Form: Game |
| Grade: K, 1, 2, 3 |
| Group Size: Small Group |
| Length: 10 minutes |
| Materials: Large posterboard, with 20 regular words (that your students have learned) largely written, and cut into 20 puzzle-like pieces (one word per piece) |
| Goal: Given a written regular word, the student can recognize the word with automaticity ( abc -> "abc" ) |
| Items: Any set of word-recognition words learned so far. |
What to do
- Have students sit in a circle on the rug.
- Today, we are going to play a game called “Puzzle Words.” In this game, you are going to put together a regular words puzzle using these puzzle pieces. Show puzzle pieces. I will give each student a few puzzle pieces. Then, each person gets to put their pieces out in the middle of our circle. We will have about 5 minutes to put the puzzle together. Each piece of the puzzle has one of our words on it. Are you ready? Remember, it is important that we pay attention to each other when putting together our puzzle. We have to make sure it fits - I promise you it all does!
- Let students do the puzzle. Guide them to not force the puzzle pieces together.
- Now that you’ve made the puzzle, I’m going to point to a word and call on a student to read the word.
- Point to each word and have students read the word aloud.
- Good job creating our word puzzle and reading the words!
- Observe students play the game. For students who struggle, give them help and make a note in an Activity Log.