September Word Bump

September's Favorite Game

Play it all year long! 

Here is a game board for the words that were reviewed during the first week of school.

(clip art from DJ Inkers)

Before playing, label a die with the six featured sight words.  I like to use a tissue box.  I peel and stick the featured word cards for each week.

Sometimes, I print the words directly on a small, wooden cube.  

This game can be played in partners or groups of three if necessary.  Give each group a game board, a die labeled with the featured words, and different colored bingo chips for each student in the group.

To play, a student rolls the word die and reads the word.  If the word rolled is not covered, he places his chip on the word.  If the rolled word is covered with another player's chip, he may “bump” the other student’s chip off the board.  If the word that he rolled is covered with his own chip, he may roll again.  The first student to cover the board wins.

Grab the board, the word cards, and a September take-home word list.

Color Word Bump Game

 

 (dj inkers clip art featured in center of game)

Here is a bump game for Color Words!

 Before playing, place the colored crayons in a brown paper bag or small box.

This game can be played in partners or groups of three.  Give each pair of students a game board, a bag of the colored crayons, and bingo chips of different colors for each student in the group.  Remember to model the game in whole group before playing with a partner.

  I like to use colored bingo chips as game markers because the students can see through the chips.  Unifix cubes work well too!  

To play the game, a student reaches in the paper bag and pulls out one crayon.  The student names the color of the chosen crayon and places his colored bingo chip on the color word.  (For beginning readers, encourage those students to check and read the color word on the side of the crayon.)  If the color word is not covered on the game board, the student places his chip on the word.  If the color word is covered with the other player's chips, he may “bump” the other student’s chip off the board.  If the color word is covered with the student's own bingo chip, he may return the crayon to the bag and pick again.  The first student to cover the board with all of his colored chips wins. Play as time allows.  Add this game to the working with words station.

Grab a copy of the game here!

Enjoy!