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Explore the wonderful world of words this week with activities, printables, and recipes that inspire a love of words and the magic they make. Play sight word Jenga, bake up a batch of words, and roll some word dice to discover the creative powers of words, and give your young reader the confidence to master word wizardry!

Crazy Eights with Word Families!

Sight Word Jenga

Sight Word Memory Game

Rolling Words Dice Game

Bake Some Words!

WordGirl's Library Word Scramble

Kindergarten Sight Word Bingo

First Grade Sigh Words Bingo

Make Word Dice

Antonyms Game

Nonsense Words!

Synonym Salad

Thick paper cut into playing card-sized rectangles

Colored markers

Blank wooden rectangular blocks, available at toy stores or teacher supply stores

Permanent marker

Lists of sight words and vocabulary (Use our sight words list - included in this week's materials!)

Index cards (or construction paper cut into cards)

Four 1” to 1½” cube blocks or large dice

Large blank shipping labels or name tag labels

Writing paper

Pencils

Shoe box or plastic container to store the game

Cookie dough

1 cup flour

Cookie baking sheet

Rolling pin (or plastic cup)

Sprinkles (optional)

Lined paper

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Crazy Eights With Word Families!

Give your first grader's reading and writing skills a work out. Show her howto make and play this fun Hop on Pop-inspired Crazy Eights game thatintroduces her to some basic phonics. Brainstorm a group of words thatwill be challenging for her, and in just a few steps, translate this vocabularyinto a fun family game that celebrates Dr. Seuss.

What You Need:

Thick paper cut into playing card-sized rectangles4 different colors of markers

What You Do:

1. Just like the card game Crazy Eights, you'll make a set of cards thatcan be divided into four different categories, rather than suits. Pickfour word families that are challenging, but won't frustrate her. For example, -all (ball, mall, tall), -ee(bee, see, tree), -at (cat, bat, sat), and -ed (bed, fed, red).

2. Pick an equal number of words from each word family and write them out with one word per card.You'll mix up the colors within a word family because you don't want any one word family to be allthe same color. Use four different colors to write out the cards.

3. Have her make a few “wild” cards, “skip your turn” cards, and “reverse” cards to add somechallenging twists and turns to the game.

4. Now you'll deal out seven cards to each player. The rest of the cards should be stacked face-downin a neat stack in the center.

5. Flip one card over from the face-down stack in the center.6. You'll play the game just like Crazy Eights, trying to match either the color or word family that

appears on the face-up card in the middle. Therefore, if a red card bearing the word “cat” has beenflipped, you'll either have to lay down a red card or a card that represents the “-at” word family. Ifyou do not have a card to play, you must draw from the face-down stack until you find a card thatcan be played.

7. When any player gets down to just one card, they must say announce it to the other players bysaying, "Hop!". If not, the other players may point out this failure to warn, and the said player willnot be able to go out that round.

8. The winner of the game is the first player to run out of cards!

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Sight Word Jenga

Though they're used frequently in print, sight words can be confusing fornew readers because they don't often sound they way that they appear.But recognizing sight words is an important part of learning to readsuccessfully.

Looking for a fun way to expose your first-grader to more sight words?Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game to help yourchild's reading skills by creating wooden word blocks and playing SightWord Jenga!

What You Need:

Blank wooden rectangular blocks, available at toy stores or teachersupply storesPermanent markerLists of sight words and vocabulary (Use our kindergarten sight word list or our first grade sightword list)

What You Do:

1. Use the permanent marker to write one word on each of the blank blocks. Sight words (like "the","always", "anything", and "every") are great to use. You can use the sight word list above, or usewords and vocabulary from your child's spelling lists or favorite books.

2. Stack the blocks up into a tower.3. Players will take turns. On each turn, a player will pull out one wooden block from the tower. If the

tower does not fall, the player must then use the word written on the block in a sentence.4. The objective of the game is to pull out as many word blocks as possible without knocking the

tower over. The first person to make the tower fall loses that game.


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Sight Words Memory Game

Does your child love to play guessing games? Does she need help readingcommon words? Kill two birds with one stone, by making a family boardgame that’s so fun, she won’t even realize she’s learning!

What You Need:

word list (provided below) marker 80 index cards (or constructionpaper cut into cards)

What You Do:

Step 1:

Write 2 copies of each word from the following list on index cards, usingthe marker:

a and away big blue can come down

find for funny go help here I in

is it jump little look make me my

not one play red run said see the

three to two up we where yellow you

Step 2:

Have your child lay the index cards on a table in rows, in a face down position. You should have a totalof 80 cards. Once all the cards are laid out, it’s time to play! This game is played like Concentration, orMemory Match, only instead of matching Jacks or Queens, your child will be matching common words.(Which will help her read more smoothly!)

Step 3:

When it's their turn, each player turns over a card, and reads the word aloud. Then they flip over asecond card and read that one aloud. If the two words are the same, they’ve found a match! They canset aside their pair and go again. However, if the two cards are not a match, the player turns them facedown again, and the next player gets a turn. Repeat this process until all of the cards have beenmatched.

This memory game is a fantastic way for emerging readers to practice high frequency, or “sight” words.As their reading improves, feel free to add more challenging words to the deck. Until then, game on!


NOLA ___________________________________ Hint: This word means to let someone use something that they will give back.

OKOBS _________________________________ Hint: You can always find lots of these in a library!

ENEFERCER _________________________ Hint: This word means the place in the library where you can you find things like the dictionary, newspapers and other non-fiction resources.

VOCDISER ____________________________ Hint: This word means to find something new.

WESROB ______________________________ Hint: This word means to casually look around to see if you find something you like.

TIQUE _____________________________________ Hint: Shhh! This word means the opposite of loud!

IBLAINRAR ___________________________ Hint: This is the person that works at the library who can help you find just what you’re looking for.

RYRALIB DACR _____________________ Hint: Without this, you can’t take any books home from the library!

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Library Word ScrambleHelp WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face unscramble the library-themed words below

to make the world safe for reading and sharing books!

Play "Roll Those Words", A Reading Activity

Help your child practice her reading and sentence-writing skills in a fun wayby playing "Roll Those Words!" In this twist on a classic word dice game,re-use your old wooden building blocks or game board dice to get yourchild rolling her way to reading and building her own sentences.

What You Need:

Four 1” to 1½” cube blocks or large diceLarge blank shipping labels or name tag labelsWriting paperPencilsMarkersShoe box or plastic container to store the game

Set-Up:

1. With the markers, print these articles and pronouns on six of the labels: A, The, This, and That (Youwill need to repeat two of the words). Place the labels onto a block, one word for each side.

2. With the marker, print these nouns on another six labels: Bear, Horse, Dog, Cat, Bird, and Lion.Place one of these labels on each side of another block.

3. On the next block, print labels and place on another block the following verbs: was, seems, feels,and looks (Repeat two of the words).

4. On the remaining block, print and place these adjectives: big, brown, happy, hungry, pretty, andyellow.

5. To store this activity for later use, place the word blocks, writing paper, and pencils into the shoebox or container. You may want to label the box with the game’s title.

What to Do:

1. Let your child write her name at the top of a piece of paper.2. Have her pick up the four word blocks, roll them like dice, and read each word that lands face-up.3. Encourage her to arrange the words to make a sentence that makes sense. If some of the words

make sense but other words don't, she can keep the words that work and re-roll the other blocksagain.

4. When she has made a sensible, complete sentence, let her write her sentence on her paper.5. Keep rolling the blocks until she has four different sentences, writing them down as you go along.

Be sure to begin all sentences with a capital letter and end it with a punctuation mark!

Note: You can vary this activity by using the blocks to make words rather than sentences. Instead ofwriting words on the labels, write consonants (such as d, r, t, b, s, p) or consonant blends (br, st, fl, bl,sp, dr) on two of the blocks and write short vowel word chunks (-at, -am, -it, -ig, -ot, -un) or long vowelchunks (-ame, -ate, -ime, -ipe, -oat, -eet) on two remaining blocks. Roll the blocks and let your child makesome words!


Bake Some Words!

A classic approach to handwriting is to stick a kid at a desk and requirelots of paper-and-pencil practice. But for many kids, an even more effectiveapproach is to engage the whole body through activities like sprayingshaving cream onto a table and tracing big letters one at a time. We say,why not cookie dough? Take writing practice to the kitchen and bake upsome words!

What You Need:

Cookie dough1 cup flourCookie baking sheetRolling pin (or plastic cup)Sprinkles (optional)Lined paperPencil

What You Do:

1. Start by having your child write a few key letters onto lined paper. Pick ones that you know yourchild may struggle with sometimes, such as “d” and “b,” or “m” and “n.” Watch to make sure yourchild writes correctly. The general rule is to “start at the top”; the letter "O," for example, is made bystarting at the top line and moving the pencil in a counter clockwise direction. Lower case lettersshould always begin at the middle dotted line (unless it is letters "b, d, f, h, k, l, or t").

2. Get out the cookie dough! You can either use store bought dough, or make your own from scratch,using the recipe below. Either way, once you have it out on your work surface, explain to your childthat you're going to practice writing and spelling by baking letters and words.

3. Help your child spread a small amount of flour onto the cookie sheet. She can use the rolling pin(sprinkled with a little bit of flour) to roll out some sugar cookie dough. (You will probably need todo a few rounds of this as there will be too much dough to fit onto the baking sheet at once.)

4. Have your child practice writing letters or spelling words by pressing into the cookie dough with oneindex finger. Word families are great for this activity. For example, have your child write “cat”, thenask her, “What would you have to do to change that words to bat?” And then, “How do you thinkyou'd spell rat, then?” If she doesn't like drawing with her finger, your kid can use the end of achopstick to trace out the letters. Give her plenty of time, and encourage experimentation. After all,if a word doesn't come out right the first time, your child just needs to squish it and trace again!

5. When you're done practicing, put the dough onto the cookie sheet and bake it according to therecipe directions. (Usually oven at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes).

Basic Cookie Recipe:

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour½ teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda1 cup butter, softened1 1/2 cups white sugar1 egg1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine the flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a small bowl

and set it aside. In another bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggand the vanilla and then gradually blend in the dry ingredients.

6. When you're done writing with your dough, put your “tablet” onto the baking sheet and bake it for 8to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let it stand on the cookie sheet for a fewminutes before moving it to a wire rack to cool.

7. There's almost always dough left over. Don't forget to put some away for a rainy day! Most cookiedough freezes very well. So put it in a container or wrap it in plastic wrap and take it out again thenext time you want to have a great time baking. Sure those cookies taste yummy right out to of theoven, but you'll also be doing something else delicious—supporting handwriting and spelling skillsthat can last a lifetime.


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1. Have a grown-up help you cut out the game pieces and call-out cards on pages 7 and 8. Be careful not to cut up the Bingo boards on pages 1 through 4. 2. When a word gets called and it matches the same word on one of the boards, the player can cover it with a game piece.

3. When a player covers a line of words from top to bottom, straight across or diagonally, he or she can yell out “Bingo” and wins!

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Get Silly!

Directions:

If you are already familiar with “I Packed My Grandmother’s Trunk,” this game is very similar. As you play, use new adjectives such as silly, bizarre, odd, strange, wacky, weird, unusual, etc…

1. To play the game, you could start by saying, “Yesterday I saw something really silly. I saw...a dog wearing pants.”

2. The next person will repeat your sentences and add another detail to the description. For example: “Yesterday I saw something really silly. I saw...a dog wearing pants and riding a bike.”

3. Continue around the circle until a player decides to end the chain by saying, “Wow! That's really silly!”

4. Start a new round using a different adjective. For example: “I had a very bizarre sandwich for lunch. It was...peanut butter and pickles.”

5. If you wish, you can add pictures to the “Get Silly!” game. Draw a starter picture of the first silly thing you name, then pass the paper and pencil to the next player who can add the new silly thing he names to the drawing.

Kids love to be silly, and playing this “add-one-more” game one-on-one with your family, or with a group of kids, is a good way to add new vocabulary words while having fun.

Extensions:

Think of some wacky songs you know

and sing them with your kids. Camp

songs are good, such as, “There Was

an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,”

“On Top of Spaghetti,” “The Princess

Pat,” and others. If they already know

the words, you could try substituting

new words into the songs like; “On top

of salami, all covered with mustard...”


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3. When a player covers a line of words from top to bottom, across or diagonally, he or she can yell out “Bingo” and wins!


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Tip: When the child is done playing with these dice, they can be interchanged with other dice in the series “ Let’s make words ” to make new words.


�e blue die has phongrams/word family letters and the orange die has consonants. Ask your childto roll both the dice. �en ask him to sound out the letters from both dice and try to make a word.If it’s a real word, ask him to write it down on the list. If the word doesn’t make sense then it doesnot go on his list. If there are more players, then the one who has more real words in the end wins!Tip: Ask him to line up the dice. Orange �rst, then the blue one next to it to make the word.

Word List

How to Play

Word List


night

�nish

highleftlight

small

thinboy

slow

dirtycold

bad

dryclosed

out

sadfar

empty

hard

short

old

below

awake

bottom

wronglate

westnever

quietquestion

southeven

enemy

last

future

before

house

sand

toy

bird

table

Game Page Antonyms in the Sky

The object of this game is to help Drew the kangaroojump from board to board to reach the top.

To find the correct path, use the clues on the following page.

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Clue Page

Find the antonym of each of these words on the game page.

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example, "up" and "down" are antonyms.

Antonyms in the Sky

1. �nish 2. low 3. right 4. day 5. dark 6. big 7. thick 8. girl 9. fast10. clean11. hot12. good13. wet14. open

24. top25. asleep26. early 27. correct28. east29. always30. �rst31. north32. odd33. friend34. after35. answer36. noisy37. start

15. in16. past17. happy18. near19. full20. easy21. long22. new23. above

Drew the kangaroo

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Jabberwocky

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought--So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood a while in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my beamish boy!Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

Making Sense of NoN Sen sE

What’s fun about reading and writing poems is that you play with

words in unusual ways.

The poem to the right written by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, contains lots of nonsense words but you still can understand what

happens in the poem, right?

There are words that Lewis Carroll made up in the

Jabberwocky.

Can you find them all? Underline the nonsense words.

Check your answers with the answer sheet!

Answer SheetsWorld of Words

Antonyms GameNonsense Words!


night

�nish

highleftlight

small

thinboy

slow

dirtycold

bad

dryclosed

out

sadfar

empty

hard

short

old

below

awake

bottom

wronglate

westnever

quietquestion

southeven

enemy

last

future

before

house

sand

toy

bird

table

Game Page Antonyms in the SkyThe object of this game is to help Drew the kangaroo

jump from board to board to reach the top.To find the correct path, use the clues on the following page.

start

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Making Sense of Nonsense

Jabberwocky

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought--So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood a while in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my beamish boy!Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

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- Lewis Carroll

There are words that Lewis Carroll made up in the Jabberwocky.

Can you find them all? Underline the nonsense words.If you’re unsure look in a dictionary.

Answer Sheet

36(or 37 if “snicker-snack” is

counted as 2 words)

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