Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sentence Unscramble
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Each word is used in a sentence, and the words are mixed up. Students must then unscramble them so that they make sense. Includes 'Spelling...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Word Search Template: Christmas Word Search
Vocabulary practice or just for fun, use this seasonal template for creating a word search. Make your search in a small grid or large and select whether the activity will be done virtually or printed out.
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Ab Cya: Word Search: Easter Word Search
Whether reviewing vocabulary or looking for a light activity during the Easter season take advantage of this Easter word search template. Choose from a ten or fifteen word grid and select paper or virtual.
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Ab Cya: Word Search: Halloween Word Search
Whether the class is reviewing vocabulary or just looking for a fun activity put together a word search to be printed or done online. Select the Halloween templates which come in two sizes.
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Ab Cya: Word Search: Hanukkah Word Search
Practice vocabulary or play for fun when creating a personalized word search. The Hanukkah themed word search has two sizes to choose from and may be printed or worked online.
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Ab Cya: Word Search: Thanksgiving Word Search
Create a Thanksgiving themed word search for fun or to practice vocabulary words. The template is offered in two different sizes and can be worked online or printed.
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Ab Cya: Word Search: Valentine's Day Word Search
Students are able to practice vocabulary words or create a word search for fun with this Valentine's Day template. Choose from two sizes and opt to print or complete puzzle online.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Charades Word Lists for Kids
This is a list of words to use for charades for kids including book titles, children's movies, names of famous people, and geographical locations. The books and movie titles are broken down by age groups.
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Your Dictionary: How to Solve Cryptograms
This article provides detailed tips on how to solve cryptograms such as looking for repeated words, solving the short words first, and looking for digraphs and common letters.
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Your Dictionary: Kids Rebus Puzzle
This article focuses on children solving rebus puzzles, puzzles that are a combination of images and letters. It explains the benefits and history of the rebus puzzle and provides examples.
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Your Dictionary: Sat Vocabulary Word Games
This article discusses the use of word games to teach SAT vocabulary words; it provides a list of different types of games that could be used for SAT prep including Jeopardy, crossword puzzles, hangman, online SAT prep quiz games, word...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Word Turtle (Make a Word Search Game)
Create word searches three different ways. Make puzzles from your own word lists, find puzzles based on popular books, or select FunBrain-created puzzles at different levels of difficulty.
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Games for the Brain
Features great games to wake up the brain. Test your knowledge of words, numbers, vocabulary, and more while having fun.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Brainteasers: Palindromes
This resource provides an interactive game, word lists and phrase lists all about palindromes.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Match: Sight Words
Concentration game matching sight words: we, of, go, to, do, you, very, says, some, what, they, there, look, when, about, could, away.
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Your Dictionary: Grammar Games
This is a list of 23 links to grammar games including word scrambles, charades, word puzzles, and other games.
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Your Dictionary: Activities for Teaching Vocabulary
This article focuses on the importance of teaching vocabulary and how to teach it effectively. It lists concepts that need to be considered when preparing to teach vocabulary such as prior knowledge, dictionary use, context clues, and...
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Your Dictionary: Teaching Resources and Activities for Sight Words for 8th Grade
This article offers a list of words that 8th graders should know by sight and links to several online resources for teachers including Internet4Classrooms, Puzzlemaker, Tools for Educators, and Fun With Words.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Quizzes and Games
This website is full of links to word games and quizzes including game of the day and word of the day links.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Big Escape 2: Under the Big Top
Dr. Know It All has stolen the words from the books in the library and has run off to the circus. Find the clues, fill in the missing words in his journal to catch him, and get the words back where they belong.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Gratitude Bingo: Grades 1 and 2
A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1&2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be on the PBS KIDS 24/7...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Community Helpers Bingo: Pre K and K
(Week of April 27th) A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be on...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Community Helpers Bingo: Grades 1 and 2
A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be on the PBS KIDS 24/7...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Being Kind Bingo: Grades 1 and 2
(Week of October 12th) A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be...