Wheel of Fortune
Reviewing Vocabulary Words
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 0: Foundation for LiteracyStage 1: Beginning Literacy
Stage 2: Consolidation / Fluency
Ages:
4-8
Grade Range:
K 1st 2ndFood Groups:
Primary: Spelling Secondary: Motivation for Literacy
Transcript
Wheel of Fortune is a great way to review words that come from your word-walls, and reading, language charts, math, science, or social studies. Teachers, for example, can pull word-wall words from a language charts word wall. For example, abbreviation, capitalization, and punctuation. With Wheel of Fortune, before the word is revealed, students are able to spin the wheel. When they spin the wheel, they are able to give us a vowel, or a consonant, to fill in the word that will have blanks, and let us know what category each word will fall under. In our case, these words fall under the category of editing. Students will know if we are reviewing math, reading, language, science, or social studies, so it wont really be heard for them or a guess to figure out what the word is, because they already know what subject that were focused on. This is a great way to review.
Activity Objective
The goal of Wheel of Fortune: Reviewing Vocabulary Words is to help students review words from the class word wall through a fun and engaging game. Students must provide a vowel or consonant to fill in the word and must also select an appropriate category.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- This game can be adapted for other ages and skill levels by changing the categories, adding in some consonants or vowels to start, or by changing the subject area. - Consider playing this game in groups of similar skill or ability to give everyone a chance to participate with confidence and to give everyone a chance to succeed.
