Card games for vocabulary words

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Who Wins Everyone wins! The practice is engaging and very social. Reward Ideas Award prizes for this game as you see fit! Oranges to Oranges. When to Play Playing Oranges to Oranges practices weekly vocabulary words and lets students in grades 4 through 12 learn together and from each other.

Rules Divide your students into groups of five so the game moves quickly and students maintain focus. Who Wins The game typically continues until one person earns seven green cards. Go Fish. When to Play The Go Fish Vocabulary Game is a great game to play to help 1 st through 12 th grade students master tricky vocabulary words since it will support students in learning their definitions. Rules The game is played like a traditional Go Fish game with a vocabulary spin.

Vocabulary Land. When to Play Vocabulary Land is an opportunity for students to develop stronger understandings of words through multiple exposures, and a chance for students to have fun together playing a board game.

Materials Needed To play the game, students need a completed game board available from the download, dice, and a marker for each child to use on the board.

Who Wins Play continues until someone reaches Lake Lexion and wins the game. Vocabulary Scrabblez. When to Play Vocabulary Scrabblez helps students in grades 4 through 12 to internalize vocabulary words in a unique and thoughtful way as they earn points for using words in this variation of a popular board game.

Rules Divide students into groups of 2 to 4 players. Who Wins At the end of the game players will compare score sheets to determine the winner. Vocab Zee. When to Play Play the Vocab-Zee Dice Game with students to practice their vocabulary words and assess their ability to use vocabulary words in context with time limits. Materials Needed In addition to the handout with the list of vocabulary actions and corresponding dice rolls, you will need five dice per group to play this game.

Who Wins The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. Reward Ideas This game is a reward in and of itself, but you can award prizes as you see fit. Vocabulary Bingo. When to Play Vocabulary Bingo is an opportunity to see if students know the definitions of their vocabulary words. Materials Needed To play this game, you will need bingo markers and a game board for each student, as well as writing implements for students to fill in the boards.

Rules On the blank Vocabulary Bingo game board, each student writes only their vocabulary words on the Bingo card, without hints as to what each word means. Reward Ideas Award prizes as you see fit!

Vocabulary Checkers. When to Play Find out if your students can use their vocabulary words properly in context with a game of Vocabulary Checkers. Materials Needed To play, each pair of students will need a Vocabulary Checkers checkerboard, writing implements to complete the board, and game pieces pennies and nickels, two different colored dots, or classic check game pieces can be used.

For this game, you will need a small ball and a trash can. I also put a piece of masking tape on the floor to show students where to stand when they throw. The teacher will need a list of vocabulary words. I like to do boys versus girls- so I have them line up boy, girl, boy, girl, etc. But you can do different teams if you want. Have students get in a line starting at the tape. Ask the first person a question. You can just give them a word and ask for a definition or a synonym or to use it in a sentence.

You can even use questions from assessments. If the student gets the question right, they get a point for their team and they get the chance to throw the ball. If they make the basket, they get a bonus point for their team. But, if they are not correct, the question goes to the next person in line. At the end of the allotted time, the team with the most points is the winner. This is so simple to implement because you are using simple games that students already know how to play. It is ok if the games seem childish for your grade level.

The kids love playing them anyway! You will also need word cards. The game is played according to the rules. The only change is that before a player can take their turn on the game board, they must flip over a word card and correctly define it. If they are correct, they get their turn. It is so simple, but my kids beg for it! This is another whole group game that you will play in teams.

You will need some sort of buzzers or bells. I got these fun animal sound buzzers on Amazon. Click the picture to purchase. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. I like these buzzers because each team gets its own animal sound. The kids LOVE it. But be sure to do some training about proper use. I take a point if I hear a buzzer at an inappropriate time.

Teams stand in a line behind their buzzer so that they can easily take turns. The teacher asks any vocabulary question and when a team thinks they know the answer, they push their buzzer. The first buzzer I hear gets to answer. If they are correct, their team gets a point. If they are incorrect, the other three teams get another chance to buzz in and answer.

Then those four students go to the back of their team line. The winning team is the team with the most points when time is up or you run out of questions. I often play this with the whole group with teams, but it could be played with a small group. Teams will take turns being the actor. Either give the team a word card or just whisper the word in their ear. The team or the student will go to the front and act out the word. The audience will guess what words they are.

You can give the audience teams buzzers or just let them call out answers. You can give teams a point for getting answers correct, or you can just play for fun. This is a super simple game. Students will play in a small group and only need word cards or even definition cards! Players take turns flipping a card and giving the definition or if it is a definition card- they give the word.

If they are correct, they roll the die to see how many points they get. The winner is the person with the most points when time is up or all the word cards are gone. Click below to get your freebies. To learn more about how I teach vocabulary, check out this post. And if you want a done for you minute vocabulary routine that focuses on tier 2 words, check out my Vocabulary Builders Bundles. Terrific reading! This is very actionable post for the reference to grab as new source. Keep writing here..

Love your games! Excellent games! I have used quite a few of them already and checked back in to inspire myself to use more. Geared toward a slightly younger demographic ages 7 and up but great for the entire family, this card game uses fun prompts to encourage players to exercise their brains and use their growing vocabulary.

More difficult letters are worth more points, and there is no board or complicated rules to follow. A twist on the classic single player activity, WordSearch is a player game that features a circular board that rotates to reveal one of words.

Once revealed, players race to find the word and place their tiles on it first. As the game goes on, there are opportunities to remove tiles played by your opponents and replace them with your own.

The player with the most tiles on the board at the end wins. The board game comes with 16 different puzzles, with the option to customize puzzles online and print them out yourself.

WordSearch is rated ages 7 and up. Shake it up and see how many words you can find in three minutes! The larger grid compared to standard Boggle means there are millions more possible tile arrangements, which means that you can play it for years and years.

The scoring system in Scattergories, which penalizes players who use the same word for a prompt and rewards those who provide unique responses, makes it perfect for committing new words to memory.