Word Family Slam: Idea #272

Does your student love throwing balls? If so, they will love playing the Word Family Slam game. I found it on this website. This is how you play:

1. PREPARATION: Get 15-20 index cards. Choose two or three word families (or 15-20 sight words) you would like to work on. Write one word family word on each card. For example, if practicing -at, -og, and -et, make cards with these words: cat, mat, hat, pat, sat, fog, hog, log, dog, jog, let, pet, wet, yet, jet, get, set, vet, bet, net, met, etc.

2. Tape the cards to the wall.

3. TO PLAY: Say a word that is found on the wall. Student then finds the word and slams it using a ball (beach ball, or something soft). Continue playing by saying each word found on the wall.

4. To mix things up have your student choose the word he would like to hit. Have him find it on the wall and sound it out on his own. Then let him hit it with the ball. 

Play as long as you would like and of course have fun!