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Arizona ELA Standard: 3.RF.3.d

Read grade-level appropriate irregularly spelled words.

Valentine’s Day Codes
Valentine’s Day Codes
Teach your students about basic cryptography and code making.
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-8
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-8
Words Within Words: IRELAND
Words Within Words: IRELAND
How many words can you find within Ireland?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: COBWEB
Words Within Words: COBWEB
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within “cranberry”?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: GENERAL
Words Within Words: GENERAL
How many words can you find within “general”?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: WESTERN
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Gr 1-5
Word Pyramids
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
How many words can you find within TROMBONE?
Gr 1-5
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Gr 1-8
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
How many words can you find within “leopard”?
Gr 1-5
Words Within Words: SATURN
Words Within Words: SATURN
How many words can you find within Saturn?
Gr 1-5
Word Pyramid: H to CRASH
Word Pyramid: H to CRASH
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)
Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)
Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)
Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-8
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)
Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-8
Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)
Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-5
Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)
Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 1-8
Jotto
Jotto
Who can guess the codeword first?
Gr 1-5
Ghost
Ghost
Ghost is a word-building game for two players. The first person to create an actual word loses.
Gr 1-5