What's better than a regular sized good thing? Here are two activities where the jumbo version enlarges that regular-sized satisfaction into something more.
First off is, 'Super-sized Scrabble'. I made this full Scrabble tile letter set with feature board, permanent markers and a good four hours of my weekend! The great thing about this is you don't actually need a board to play. In our school, there is an unused tiled area, so I measured the scrabble tiles to fit. Maybe I'll add on the renowned double/triple letter/word spaces at a later time.
The second activity is, 'Massive Memory Game'. This was a little easier to create. I used 20 clear A4 plastic folders then I found an image on Google to be the cover of each 'giant card'. If you use paper, then a detailed image on the front helps mask whatever is hiding behind it. Then it's a matter of preparing your pairs. It could be a word and definition or it could be a group of three as a did recently. My class is learning about nutrients, so the three parts they had to select were the nutrient name, its function, and an example food source.
The applications of this game shouldn't be underestimated. You could probably quite easily link it to whatever you might be teaching right now. Then it's just a matter of a few minutes prep typing up or writing the pages to stick in each folder.
First off is, 'Super-sized Scrabble'. I made this full Scrabble tile letter set with feature board, permanent markers and a good four hours of my weekend! The great thing about this is you don't actually need a board to play. In our school, there is an unused tiled area, so I measured the scrabble tiles to fit. Maybe I'll add on the renowned double/triple letter/word spaces at a later time.
Super-sized Scrabble!
The second activity is, 'Massive Memory Game'. This was a little easier to create. I used 20 clear A4 plastic folders then I found an image on Google to be the cover of each 'giant card'. If you use paper, then a detailed image on the front helps mask whatever is hiding behind it. Then it's a matter of preparing your pairs. It could be a word and definition or it could be a group of three as a did recently. My class is learning about nutrients, so the three parts they had to select were the nutrient name, its function, and an example food source.
Massive Memory Game!
The applications of this game shouldn't be underestimated. You could probably quite easily link it to whatever you might be teaching right now. Then it's just a matter of a few minutes prep typing up or writing the pages to stick in each folder.
It's also worth getting children to battle it out on one of the many Scrabble apps, such as Words with Friends, or of course, the official Scrabble game.
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