http://newsletter.schoolbox.com/2010/01/31/using-hangman-to-teach-writing-creatively/ a publication for parents and educators Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://newsletter.schoolbox.com/2010/01/31/using-hangman-to-teach-writing-creatively/#comment-362 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:28:44 +0000 http://newsletter.schoolbox.com/?p=961#comment-362 I love the idea of using Hangman! I did this in my first grade student teaching classroom and the students loved it!
Another way to make learning your vocabulary or spelling words fun is by playing charades. We normally divided the classroom into two teams. First a student from team A would have a turn, then one from team B. When it was a student’s turn, they would come up to the front of the room, act out their word, and all students would try to determine what word they were acting out. When a student got the right word, they would then try to spell the word correctly. A point would be added to the team they were on if the studnt was able to state the correct word being acted out, and an extra bonus point would be added if the word was spelled correctly.
This became a weekly fun vocabulary activity for my classroom!

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