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Trick Word Practice IdeasCrayon Resist – Have students write the trick word on a piece of paper, saying the letters in order as they do and saying the word when they are done. Then have the students take a marker and draw over the white crayon, saying the letters as they move left to right, and finally saying the word when they have uncovered it entirely!Trick Word Play Dough – Have students make their trick words with play dough. Have your children say the letters as they create them and say the whole word when they are done creating the word. You can also have them “spell away” the word as we do in Fundations where they squish the first letter first, then the second letter, third and so on, saying the letters as they go, and finally saying the complete word when they are done.Creative Writing Practice – Have students choose five of the following ways to practice writing their trick words. They will say each letter as they write it and then say the complete word when they are complete.Fancy Writing – Students write the words in their fanciest handwriting.Rainbow Writing – Students write each letter of their word in a different color.Scary Writing – Make each letter creepy curly.Neatest Writing – Students write their words the neatest that they can.Highlighter – Students write the word with a highlighter first (or a light marker) and write over it with their pencil.Cool – Write your letters using cool writing.Story Time – Write a story about your trick words. What kind of adventures can they have? HAVE went skiing the other day and saw LOOK on the mountain too…Vowel Finder – Circle all the vowels in your trick words.Word Hunt – Have your children choose 8-10 trick words. Then choose some books from your book shelves. Have students be detectives and hunt for the trick words in their texts!Word of the Day – Choose a trick “Word of the Day” and have students answer these questions about them on a sheet of paper: How many letters are there in the word?How many vowels?How many consonants?Rhymes with?It has more letters than which of your other trick words?It has the same amount of letters as which other trick words?It has less letters than which other trick words?Color Assign – Use anything you have with a designated color: markers, crayons, small rolls of play dough, magnets letters, etc. Have your children choose 5-8 trick words and assign them a color. Have students put items in a hat, bag, close their eyes and choose, etc. and when they grab that color, they write the trick word assigned to it.Write, Cut, and Order – Have students write the word on a piece of paper. Have them then cut the word up into the separate letters. Then have students put the letter puzzle back together, saying the word when they get them in order.Bubble Letters – Write your trick words in bubble letters. Say the letters as you write, say the word when you have completed the word.Capital Letters – Write your trick words in CAPITAL letters.Silly/ Squiggly Letters – Write your trick words in silly/ squiggly letters.Dot Letters – Write your words and put dots at the ends – for o place the dots anywhere!Staircase Words – Write your tricks words, one letter on each line until you have written the whole word.Colorful Words – Choose your two favorite colors and alternate letters or words.ABC Order – Choose 5-10 words and write them in ABC order.Vowels vs Consonants – Choose 5-10 words and for each, write the consonants in one column and vowels in the other. ................
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