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1-2-3 Come Do Some Fun Football Activities With Me.

I discovered long ago,that if I could incorporate a theme of something that was popular with my students, I'd grab and hold their attention.  It seemed that my little guys had more difficulty focussing than the girls did, so I often offered choices when I could. 

Because sports was always a "hot button" and 'tis the season for the start of football, I decided to dream up some activities with a football theme.

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall,alphabetizing worksheets, I thought it would be fun to do something with the -all family of words and make a game of it. 

Students choose teams and then work either independently or with their group, to think of as many -all words before the timer rings.  Each word is worth 1 point. 

Tfootball activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall,alphabetizing worksheets, o get in some math practice, have students figure out how many touchdowns and field goals they achieved with their word list.  i.e. 7 words = 7 points = 1 touchdown.  Any "extra" words can be counted to make a field goal. 

A field goal = 3 points for 3 words. i.e. One team thought of 11 words.  They scored 1 touchdown (7) and 1 field goal (3) and had 1 extra point left.

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, I've provided score card - posters, if you'd like to keep track and post the results. 

There are blank templates, so you can program other word families, if you'd like to keep this idea going. 

After I got the -all word family football packet done, I wanted to make Bingo cards as another way to review the words. 

However, I had less than 24 words and could not make a Bingo card, so I thought I'd add the -ick word family to the football packet, because you kick a football. 

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, 80 pages later, (!) the packet was completed, but my entire day had slipped away, so I certainly hope you find it useful.

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, Another fun way too reinforce these new words is via a word search. 

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, The packet includes the same activities for both the -all AND -ick word families

There are pocket word cards, traceable word cards, covers so students can make Itty Bitty booklets, alphabetizing worksheets, plus trace-write-color-cut & glue worksheets

Also included is a fill in the word sentence worksheet; 30 different Bingo cards, so your entire class can play; words on footballs + Kaboom bomb cards to play Memory Match and "I have; who has?" games. 

football activities, word family activities, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, There are also posters, blank templates for you to program with whatever, and 2 "craftivities"  like the football -all word family slider pictured.  Many of these activities work well for your Daily 5 Word Work.

football activities, word family activities, football 10 frames, football-themed math games, football 10 frames easy reader, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, Click on the link to view/download the -all & -ick Word Family Football packet.

football activities, word family activities, football 10 frames, football-themed math games, football 10 frames easy reader, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, To go along with the football theme, I also designed a 10-frames football packet.  Click on the link for this FREEBIE.

football activities, word family activities, football 10 frames, football-themed math games, football 10 frames easy reader, common core football, ick word family activities, all word family activities, word family cards, fall games, fall centers, daily 5 for fall, word work for fall, bingo games for word families, alphabetizing worksheets, Because of several special requests, I also designed a 1-2-3 Count Footballs With Me, 10-frames easy reader. 

Because these booklets are based on a 10-frame, they are nice extensions for the matching 10-frames packets. 

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1-2-3 Come Play Word Games With Me.

You will really like the versatility of this 109 page word packet!

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There are 31 sorting baskets to choose from + a blank basket to program with whatever.

Using brown construction paper, simply print off whatever baskets you want to use; laminate them, cut them out and attach a large paper cup to the back using a bit of tape.

Print off the word eggs on a variety of construction paper colors, laminate and cut out.  

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Children can also alphabetize a group of egg words.

I've included CVC words, sight words, over 40 word families, + all of the Dolch word list words, as well as all of the Dolch nouns; for a total of 1,180 word eggs! Sixteen eggs are on a page for easy printing.

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Click on the link to view/download A Tisket A Tasket Word Cards in a Basket packet.

"A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love and on the way I dropped it. I dropped it, I dropped it and on the way I dropped it. A little boy picked it up and put it in his pocket."

1-2-3, Come Slide With Me, To Study a Word Family!

My Y5's really enjoyed making "sliders."  I named them that, because you slide a strip of paper through slits that then revealed something in the cut out "window."

I made sliders for lots of my report card standards: upper and lowercase letters, numbers, skip counting, counting backwards, shapes, colors, word wall words etc.

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They liked seeing new words appear, as they slid their letter strip up and down.

To make a slider, simply run off the templates on construction paper.  Students cut out and assemble.

Add pizzazz to their chick with wiggle eyes, a 3D beak, a yellow feather atop the head, and by folding the wings forward.

I added that finishing touch to the bunny, with wiggle eyes and a pink pom pom nose. Students can also glue a cotton ball to the back for a fluffy bunny tail.

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Add these to the vocabulary-building activities included in the packet like this sweet -ick ending word dictionary.

I often built vocabulary for a variety of themes and word families via a dictionary.

I've included a cover for both the -ick chick word family slider, as well as the bunny -op word family slider.

I hope your students LOVE learning new words as much as I do!  One of my favorite things about the internet is the unbelievable amount of information available at the click of some keys. 

While I was researching ick and op ending words I learned a few new ones I didn't know: snick, strop and swop!

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Because I thought it would be slick for students to skip count with their chick, I also included skip counting strips for 2's. 3's, 5's and 10's.

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Click on the link to view/download the -op word family bunny slider packet.

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