Pop Corn Word Hunt
Practicing High Frequency Words (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 1: Beginning LiteracyAges:
4-6
Grade Range:
PreK KFood Groups:
Primary: Concepts of Print, Spelling & Word Study Secondary: Motivation for Literacy
Transcript
Students utilize this popcorn container to search for or look for popcorn words that have been introduced into the classroom. Popcorn words are sight words, the words that pop up most often in the English vocabulary. Basically, they turn the popcorn container, try to find a word, they don't open it up because that would be quite a mess, they find it on their sheet, cross it off, and then they read it.
Activity Objective
The goal of Pop Corn Word Hunt: Practicing High Frequency Words (Virtual Tour) is to provide students with opportunities to practice spelling irregular high frequency words.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Simple games are a fun way to encourage students to read new words. - Model how to hunt for words so that students understand the expectations.
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