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Daily Wordplay! is a series of three- to five-minute word games that you could use as bell-ringers or bonus activities.
In my Ten-Minute Grammar daily language units, I include a series of word games that I tag onto the end of every day's grammar bell-ringer. My students love the Wordplay activities so much that I thought it would be worthwhile to offer them as a separate product in my store.
I created these word games as a way to get students' brains working as they come into class and get ready to work. Each activity engages students' minds in a different way, and each is designed to teach a different language concept or skill--from basic phonics to roots and affixes to SAT level vocabulary development. The goal is to get them thinking about language and to get the creative juices flowing--and a somewhat sneakier goal is to covertly convince kids that English can be fun!
The unit includes eight different word games:
* "Eight Ball" - Students create as many words as they can using eight random letters (at least one eight-letter word is always possible)
* "Four-Letter Words" - Students start with a four-letter word and then change one letter at a time to create a series of words that are only one letter different from one another
* "Combinator" - Students are give a vowel combination (like "ea" or "oi") and must think of as many words as they can that contain that combo
* "Catalog Creator" - Students are given a prefix, suffix, or root and must list as many words as they can that contain it
* "Fixer-Rooter" - Starting with a high-level multisyllabic word, students have to list words that have the same prefix, suffix, or root
* "Rhyme Thyme" - Students start with an assigned word and list as many rhyming words as they can
* "Anagram" - Students must reorganize the letters in several nonsense words to make words that actually make sense (and match the hint)
* "Descrambler" - Students must descramble five words--one with four letters, one with five, one with six, one with seven, and one with eight
This FREE download contains enough Daily Wordplay! activities to last eight weeks, as well as a teacher's guide with instructions for each game and ideas for how to use them in class.
This product download will come as a PDF file and is intended to be projected directly from your computer (otherwise the students don't get to enjoy the colorful designs of the daily games.)
I hope you enjoy this as much as my students do!
Created by Arik Durfee
In my Ten-Minute Grammar daily language units, I include a series of word games that I tag onto the end of every day's grammar bell-ringer. My students love the Wordplay activities so much that I thought it would be worthwhile to offer them as a separate product in my store.
I created these word games as a way to get students' brains working as they come into class and get ready to work. Each activity engages students' minds in a different way, and each is designed to teach a different language concept or skill--from basic phonics to roots and affixes to SAT level vocabulary development. The goal is to get them thinking about language and to get the creative juices flowing--and a somewhat sneakier goal is to covertly convince kids that English can be fun!
The unit includes eight different word games:
* "Eight Ball" - Students create as many words as they can using eight random letters (at least one eight-letter word is always possible)
* "Four-Letter Words" - Students start with a four-letter word and then change one letter at a time to create a series of words that are only one letter different from one another
* "Combinator" - Students are give a vowel combination (like "ea" or "oi") and must think of as many words as they can that contain that combo
* "Catalog Creator" - Students are given a prefix, suffix, or root and must list as many words as they can that contain it
* "Fixer-Rooter" - Starting with a high-level multisyllabic word, students have to list words that have the same prefix, suffix, or root
* "Rhyme Thyme" - Students start with an assigned word and list as many rhyming words as they can
* "Anagram" - Students must reorganize the letters in several nonsense words to make words that actually make sense (and match the hint)
* "Descrambler" - Students must descramble five words--one with four letters, one with five, one with six, one with seven, and one with eight
This FREE download contains enough Daily Wordplay! activities to last eight weeks, as well as a teacher's guide with instructions for each game and ideas for how to use them in class.
This product download will come as a PDF file and is intended to be projected directly from your computer (otherwise the students don't get to enjoy the colorful designs of the daily games.)
I hope you enjoy this as much as my students do!
Created by Arik Durfee
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gradksu
Fun bell ringer! I look forward to using these with my 11th-grade students.
May 23, 2013 
llaura1lou
I've been using these as bell ringers for two weeks now and have had a lot of success. The students don't even realize they are using their brains. :) I have students really trying now instead of complaining. As a new teacher, I really appreciate the help in finding daily bell ringers. You've made my life a little easier!
February 22, 2013
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
I love it when we can trick them into using their brains! I'm so glad to hear you're having a positive experience with it, thanks for the review.
February 24, 2013
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
My Christmas-themed wordplay game should be out any day now. Thank you for the review!
December 10, 2012
JACKDOG88
I use this for 6th, 7th and 8th grades students. They really enjoy doing these each day and are very competitive to see who can get the most answers. It really gets them thinking!
October 8, 2012
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Awesome! I'm excited to hear that it's working well for several different grade levels. Thanks for the feedback.
October 22, 2012
Sharndra
Thanks for sharing! This is great!
September 30, 2012
Lesson Lady (TpT Seller)
I enjoyed this so much it is featured as one of our fabulous Friday freebies! http://onelessheadache.blogspot.com/2012/09/fabulous-friday-freebies.html
September 8, 2012
anickerson
Nice
September 3, 2012
Susan Dixon
FANTASTIC and INNOVATIVE!!
Thank you for your generosity!
4.0 or an A rating is not enough!!
You are off the chart...A+++++++
Thank you for your generosity!
4.0 or an A rating is not enough!!
You are off the chart...A+++++++
August 27, 2012
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Thank you! That was definitely a you-just-made-my-day review.
August 27, 2012
irishb
Thank you for sharing your hard work and dedication. My students will love this!
August 26, 2012
effort09
Thank you for sharing this creative, wonderful, higher order thinking activity!
August 25, 2012
alikat5544
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing!
August 6, 2012
laura8thELA
This is awesome! Can't wait to use in the classroom!
August 6, 2012
apweissinger
amazing!
July 7, 2012
cynthia27
You are such an innovative educator! Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm excited to use this activity next semester.
July 3, 2012
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Thank you! I think "innovative" is about the best compliment someone could give me. So thanks for making my morning!
July 9, 2012
TeresaDavison
This is awesome, thank you, I will use it this summer and next year. I was looking for something new to do at the end of the day.
May 21, 2012
Betsy Gill (TpT Seller)
I love the design of these slides and cannot wait to try them in my classroom!
February 16, 2012
ejenn42
Once again, an amazing resource! I display these on the Smartboard as students come in to class. Using their journals, they have five minutes to complete the bellringer then we share. Thank you yet again!! :)
January 9, 2012
kiwitutor
Love it. Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea.
November 21, 2011
Inky
This is just fabulous! Just got, tried it and the kids want to keep playing with words ....ssh learning! Thank you.
November 21, 2011
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
I'm smiling right now. Thank you! I love it when we can get kids having fun WHILE they're learning.
November 21, 2011
mooreblessed1
Great product. Please check slide 6, I believe you have one too many "f"s for the word "differ". Thanks for a great resource.
November 21, 2011
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Okay, it's official. I've gone through and fixed ALL typos (there were a couple more in the full-year version.) I guess that's what I get for being overly ambitious--the full-year version of Descrambler alone has 180 scrambled words!
As embarrasing as it is to have to fix mistakes like that, I appreciate you pointing them out.
So anyone who already bought the full-year version should have received a notification that will let you download the updated file without having to pay for it again. Everyone else, you could just download the free file again.
Thanks again,
Arik
As embarrasing as it is to have to fix mistakes like that, I appreciate you pointing them out.
So anyone who already bought the full-year version should have received a notification that will let you download the updated file without having to pay for it again. Everyone else, you could just download the free file again.
Thanks again,
Arik
November 22, 2011
mlrodgers
This is a wonderful idea. I use a daily brain teaser and your ideas will add a needed language twist. However, some of your descrambler pages have incorrect letter combinations. I love these, so I tried some. A few that I noticed were - charger, slacker, google.
November 20, 2011
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Thanks for noticing that. I'll double check them all today and re-post the file after I've fixed those.
I appreciate the feedback!
UPDATE:
Okay, it's fixed and re-posted. Go ahead and download the free file again and it should be good.
I hate it when typos slip through like that, so thanks for helping me get it fixed!
I appreciate the feedback!
UPDATE:
Okay, it's fixed and re-posted. Go ahead and download the free file again and it should be good.
I hate it when typos slip through like that, so thanks for helping me get it fixed!
November 20, 2011
Kathleen Applebee (TpT Seller)
Super warm ups or extra for early finishers - great eye catching graphics. What a wonderful resource! Thanks for sharing
November 20, 2011
Margaret Whisnant (TpT Seller)
I'll just go ahead and confess that I'm an out-of-controll word hoarder, and I love this product! It's well organized with a good balance of variety, challenge, and learning opportunities. No wonder your students can't resist! Thanks for sharing. Teachers will also appreaciate the possible answers you included.
November 20, 2011
Arik Durfee (TpT Seller)
Thanks for the positive response. I hope your kids love it as much as mine do!
November 20, 2011
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