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No Prep- No Guilt- Holiday FUN in the classroom!!

Grab this new Holiday Edition of the best selling word games: Word Noodles!!

Let your students work on their vocabulary while having fun during these crazy holiday months!

Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas included!!

You get 31 Puzzles (9 for each holiday) plus a word scramble and coloring sheet for each holiday!

BONUS: One puzzle of each kind for NEW YEARS!!! Now, you already have something to give the students as a bell ringer on the first day back in January!

NOT FAMILIAR WITH WORD NOODLES?

Introducing WORD NOODLES- A Word Connections Game for Kids and I-SPY: Word Search for Kids!! Just like the NYT’s Connections and Strands Games, students will beg to play.

Why use Word Noodles and I-SPY in your classroom?

Word games are vital to a child’s vocabulary development and have long been heralded for their promotion of good brain health. Vocabulary development is essential to reading fluency and building life-long readers.

Playing Word Noodle with your students will:

•build schema/background knowledge

•build memory

•boost vocabulary

•reinforce spelling skills

•foster essential language skills

•improve problem-solving and analytical skills

•learn new words while mastering sight words

•foster critical thinking skills

•promote emotional well-being

•build life-long habits

•increase concentration

•teach children to be “OK” with struggling

About Word Noodles:

Answer Keys provided

Students choose the color for each group of words.

Groups are not color-coded for difficulty like NYT games

Use teacher discretion on the categories created by students. Answer Key is meant to be a guide.

About I-SPY:

Answer Keys provided

Students are only given the puzzle and category- NO WORD LIST

Word List is provided for Teachers to use at their discretion.

About Mini-Doodles:

Answer Keys provided

Students are only given the puzzle and and clues- NO WORD LIST

Adaptation and Modification is easy!

Word Noodle and I-SPY can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom depending upon the vocabulary level of your students.

SUGGESTIONS FOR USE:

Word Noodle Wednesdays/ I-SPY Friday

Daily Morning Work

Independent Work for those needing to build vocabulary

Small Group Activity

Independent Challenge Work for advanced students

Reading groups

Full Class- projected activity

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Kim- The Literature Lady