Word+Wall+Words

Here are some fun activities you can use to practice the word wall words.


 * = I ||= see ||= my ||= the ||= like ||= a ||= we ||= to ||= go ||= can ||
 * = they ||= had ||= look ||= with ||= and ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">is ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">this ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">that ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">was ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">have ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">you ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">for ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">of ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">play ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">yes ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">no ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">on ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">she ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">he ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">said ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">are ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">his ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">her ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">as ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">or ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">be ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">come ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">friend ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">dear ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">from ||
 * What Word Is Missing? **

1. Put 5-7 words on the floor. 2. Read through the words with your child. 3. Give your child a moment to study the words on the floor. 4. Have your child close his/her eyes while you remove one of the words. 5. Have your child open his/her eyes and identify the missing word. 6. With the word still removed, have your child try to write the missing word.


 * How Many Letters? **

1. Set out the number cards 1-6 on the floor. 2. Set out all the word cards. 3. Have your child sort the words by the number of letters in the words.


 * Think of a Rhyme **

1. Stack the word cards in a pile. 2. Have your child pick the top word card. 3. He/she should think of a word that rhymes with the word card (you can decide if nonsense words are allowed). 4. Then you should think of a word that also rhymes with the word. 5. Take turns until one of you cannot think of a rhyme—at that point choose a new word.


 * Vowel Sort **

1. Set out the vowel cards. 2. Have your child sort the words by the vowel(s) in the word. For words with multiple vowels, let your child choose which vowel to place the word under.


 * Magazine Search **

1. Give your child a magazine page and a light colored marker. 2. Time him/her for 30 or 60 seconds (gauge this by interest and progress during the game). 3. Have your child highlight as many word wall words as possible—you may want to just pick two or three words to look for.


 * Mystery Word **

1. Place 10 of the word wall word cards on the floor or table. 2. Give your child clues about the word you are thinking about. For example: I am thinking of a word that has 4 letters. It begins with a /h/ sound and has two letters that are the same in it. In this case the word is ‘here’. 3. Have your child write the word on a paper. 4. Your child then reads out loud the word he/she wrote to see if it is the mystery word.


 * Make a Sentence With Word Wall Words  **

1. Have your child draw a picture. 2. Use word wall words to write a sentence that describes the picture. 3. Give the picture to someone special or make a book of the pictures and sentences for your child to read.


 * Pop! **

1. Put all of the word wall word cards in a box. 2. Add the "Pop!" cards. 3. Take turns pulling cards out of the box. If your child can read the word they can keep it. If he/she cannot, the word is returned to the box. 4. If a card with the word "Pop!" is pulled from the box, all the cards you have collected so far must be returned to the box. 5. The player with the greatest number of cards when the game ends is the winner.

1. Make two sets of the word wall word cards. 2. Place the word cards face down on the table. 3. Take turns flipping cards to find matches. 4. Make sure your child reads each word as it is turned over.
 * Memory **