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by muse

Jun 5, 2011

I use this to review vocabulary. It has the kids out of their seats and it will get crazy but the kids like it a lot.

You will need a stack of letters for each group. I always have 4 stacks of letters for 4 groups.

Letters are created by using cardstock cut in half and writing the a,b,c's, one letter to each card, on the cards. I usually have a lot of blank cards for that "just in case" situation. The goal is to spell the words, so the card stack will need more than one for some letters. For example, if your word is amica you will need 2 A cards,if your word is oppidum, you will need to P cards.

Each student is assigned two-three letters (all A and B cards or all A, C, Z cards etc). Those rarely used letters should be given to students with the letters that are used more often. For example, if A is used a lot in the word list and Q is not, then the person who has Q should also have A. The goal is to have each student with "active" card letters.

Stude...See MoreI use this to review vocabulary. It has the kids out of their seats and it will get crazy but the kids like it a lot.

You will need a stack of letters for each group. I always have 4 stacks of letters for 4 groups.

Letters are created by using cardstock cut in half and writing the a,b,c's, one letter to each card, on the cards. I usually have a lot of blank cards for that "just in case" situation. The goal is to spell the words, so the card stack will need more than one for some letters. For example, if your word is amica you will need 2 A cards,if your word is oppidum, you will need to P cards.

Each student is assigned two-three letters (all A and B cards or all A, C, Z cards etc). Those rarely used letters should be given to students with the letters that are used more often. For example, if A is used a lot in the word list and Q is not, then the person who has Q should also have A. The goal is to have each student with "active" card letters.

Students line up with backs facing the classroom walls- with room behind them to move around. Desks are in a line in front of the line of students, desk tops facing themm (not chairs). Their 2-3 card letters are on the desk in front of them. Their desks are facing them so they can quickly see the cards on the desk tops.

I call out a word in English and the students have to scramble to spell the word correctly. here are the rules: 1) NO ONE can touch the letters assigned to each student. This means that the students have to rearrange themselves to spell the word and that every student has to be involved in some degree in the spelling of the word. If, by chance, the word has two of the same letters (amica) and the person holding letter A can't reach the end of the word to hold the other letter A, he/she will hand off that letter to someone else. That's the only exception.

2) As soon as a team thinks it spelled the word correctly, they shout "vincimus" (loosely, we win). I check the spelling. If it is correct, they get the point. If it is incorrect, the word continues until it is correct or I give them correct answer.

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