Reading Activity Bags & Games
ALPHABETZING
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Batter Up!
Fun in the Sun
DESCRIPTION
place words in alphabetical order
place words in alphabetical order
ANALOGIES
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Analogy Whizo
complete analogies
BEGINNING & ENDING WORD SOUNDS
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ABC Match
Beep! Beep!
Beginning Sound Puzzles
Ending Sound Match-ups
Sorting by initial sound
Spider Webs
match picture to beginning letter sound
match picture to beginning letter sound
match picture to beginning letter sound
match picture to ending letter sound
match picture to beginning letter sound
match picture to beginning letter sound
COMPREHENSION
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Main Idea Practice Cards (3.5-5.0)
Main Idea Practice Cards (5.0-6.5)
Making Inferences Cards (2.0-5.0)
Noting Details Cards (2.0-5.0)
read passages and answer questions
read passages and answer questions
read passages and answer questions
read passages and answer questions
CONTRACTIONS
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Matching
Winter Warm-up!
match contraction to words that form contraction
match contraction to words that form contraction
FLUENCY
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Phrases (high frequency words)
Short Poems (2 sets)
Short Sentences (high freq. words)
practice reading multiple times
practice reading poems for fluency
practice reading multiple times
HOMONYMS
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Crazy Creatures
match homonyms cards
LETTERS & SOUNDS
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“I Have, Who Has?”
ABC Bingo
ABC dot-to-dot
Alphabet Flashcards
Fish Letters
Go Fish Alphabet Cards
Reading Letters with pointer
find the letter that comes next
letter recognition
connect letters in alphabetical order to make picture
letters of the alphabet
letter recognition game
letter recognition game
recognize and read letters
LONG VOWELS
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Bingo – Final e
Magic ‘e’ Words
Sorting by Vowel Sound
DESCRIPTION
practice reading words with final e
read sentences with words ending with e
sort pictures by long vowel sound
OPPOSITES
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Follow the Leaders!
match opposite cards
PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION
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Chopping Words
separate words into individual sounds
PHONICS
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Hibernating Harry
Matching Letter to Sound
Tigerific
match pictures to correct r-controlled sound
practice hearing and writing sounds in words
match pictures to correct vowel sound
PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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Building Vocabulary
make words using prefixes and suffixes
RHYMING
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Later Alligator!
Pencil Pals!
Radish Rhymes
Rhyming Word Game Bingo (Box)
Rhyming Word Game
Rhyming Words – Bingo (2 sets)
match rhyming word cards
match rhyming word cards
match rhyming word cards
find words that rhyme
match rhyming word cards
find words that rhyme
SHORT VOWELS
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Bingo – CVC words - CAT
Sentences with Short Vowels
Sorting by Vowel Sound
TIC TAC TOE (2 sets)
listen for individual sounds in words
practice reading sentences
sort pictures by short vowel sound
short vowel word game
SIGHT WORDS
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Beginning Sight Word Sentences
Feed Me!
Fish Sight Words
I Can Read!
Pig!
Roll, Say, Keep
Scrabble
Shapes & Colors Flashcards
practice reading sight word sentences
match color word to color
beginning sight word recognition
beginning sight word recognition
sight word card game
sight word dice game
make words
shape and color words
SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS
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Cherry Choppers!
Matching Game
DESCRIPTION
match synonym/antonym cards
match synonym/antonym cards
THINKING SKILLS
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Dazzling Daisies
Flying High
Mouth-Watering Watermelons
The Great Glove Game
read clue to solve problem
read clue to solve problem
read clue to solve problem
read clue to solve problem
WRITING
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Writing Letters, words, sentences
use whiteboard & markers to practice writing