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Verb Vibe

Have students find as many words that are verbs as they can. You can make it a race. Have the class each find a verb and stand on it and over it. Have each person act out the verb they are standing on as the rest of the class guesses what it is.

Noun Scout

Have students find as many words that are nouns as they can. You can make it a race. Have the class each find a noun and stand on it and once everyone has one (can double up if needed) call out their word.

Past Tense

This mat can be a great teaching tool for present and past tense. Have a student throw a bean bag onto the mat. Have the student stand on the word that the bean bag has landed on. Then, have them find the past tense version of the word and ask them to stand on it. […]

Clipboard Word Fun – 100 Word

Use a worksheet provided on the following pages that helps students learn the sight words. Have students jump on the mat to solve the worksheet.

Bingo

Divide the class into two teams. Place all the letters of the alphabet into a container (or use the Alphabet hop). Have one person on the first team draw a letter and go stand on a word starting with that letter. Have them say the word they chose out loud. Have a person from the […]

Directions

Choose a vowel for the middle of the mat. Direct a student to stand on a certain letter petal. Then to move to the center and say the letter there. Then have them move to another petal you choose that makes a CVC word. Ask them to repeat the same letters but this time say […]

Vowel Hop

Lay out the vowel cards. Have your student hop on or next to each while simultaneously saying the name of the vowel. Have them jump again and say the different short sounds each vowel can make in a CVC word. Have them repeat the sounds until they can do all five on their own. /a,(æ)/ […]

Creating Sounds

Have your student jump on each petal of the mat while simultaneously saying the corresponding sound of each letter.

Letter Name

Have your student jump on each petal of the mat while simultaneously saying the corresponding name of each letter.

Students Pick

Have your student place a vowel card on the mat on the circle that says ‘Place Card Here.’ Then have your student pick a letter to start on (could be by favorite color etc.). Have your student stand on the letter they chose and say the sound of the letter. Then have your student step […]