<p> Power Word Flash</p><p>1. Give directions: If you can say it before I count to 2, it’s yours. If not, it’s mine.</p><p>2. Flash small group of words to group.</p><p>3. Go quickly, count quickly—keep your standards high. They may not get any the first time.</p><p>4. Try again, do it over and over until they begin to win some of the words.</p><p>5. Bemoan your losses; take great delight in their wins.</p><p>6. See if boys can beat girls, girls can beat boys…try other groups.</p><p>7. Keep them pumped up. Adrenaline is key!!! Partner Words</p><p>1. Introduce a new Power Word.</p><p>2. Use it with words that matter to the students.</p><p>For example, “see”</p><p> a. Create a list of students’ favorite things</p><p> b. Ask students: Imagine you are going into a magic room that has everyone you love inside it. What do you see?</p><p> c. Post student responses on the wall and read them</p><p> d. Cut the sentences up and see if students can put them in the right order. 3. Each student uses word connections that matter to him/her. On the “love card”, add a picture of someone you love… Bean Bingo</p><p>1. Each student has a bag with large white lima beans inside. The set contains 26 upper case letters and 26 lower case letters, with several blank for extras in case they need an additional letter. (Option: Consonants are written in black, vowels in red)</p><p>2. Students take the Power Word cards they are working on and spell them out with beans, putting one bean over each letter of their card. 3. Use beans for as many other activities as you come up with. Sand Tracing</p><p>1. Using their Power Word cards, students pick out the sand letters and put them in word order.</p><p>2. Students trace the sand letters while saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. </p><p>3. This can be done at a sand table, on pre-cut sandpaper letters, or on sandpaper. Screen Tracing</p><p>1. Students place a piece of paper over the screen.</p><p>2. Using a large, thick crayon, students write the Power Word on the paper.</p><p>3. Students trace over the Power Word on the paper, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Screen Tracing</p><p>1. Students place a Power Word Card under the screen. </p><p>2. Using a pointer finger, students trace the Power Word that they see through the screen.</p><p>3. Students trace over the Power Word, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Cornmeal Tracing</p><p>Students use their fingers to write Power Words in pans of cornmeal, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Use only enough cornmeal to cover the bottom of the tray. Students should see the letters as they trace.</p><p>Rice Tracing</p><p>Students use their fingers to write Power Words in pans of rice, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Use only enough rice to cover the bottom of the tray. Students should see the letters as they trace.</p><p>Magnetic Tracing Students use magnetic boards to write Power Words and then trace them, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Tracing: other types</p><p>Air tracing: students trace the word in the air—as big as they can, saying the SOUND of the word as they write, not the letter names. Back tracing: students trace the words on each others’ back, saying the SOUND of the word as they write, not the letter names. Hand tracing: students trace the words on their own hands, or on another’s hand, saying the SOUND of the word as they write, not the letter names. Shaving cream tracing: students trace the words in pans of shaving cream, saying the SOUND of the word as they write, not the letter names. Wet Painting</p><p>Students use a wet paint brush to paint words on the chalkboard, saying the SOUND of the word as they paint, not the letter names. Tactile Letter Tracing</p><p>1. Using their Power Word cards, students pick out the tactile letters and put them in word order.</p><p>2. Students trace the tactile letters while saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. </p><p>3. This can be done with uppercase or lowercase letters. Foam Letter Tracing</p><p>1. Using their Power Word cards, students pick out the foam letters and put them in word order.</p><p>2. Students trace the foam letters while saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Bingo Marker Words</p><p>Students use Bingo Markers to write Power Words on blank sheets of paper. Students use Bingo Markers to dot words, saying the SOUND of the word as they dot, not the letter names. Dry Erase Board Tracing</p><p>Students use magnetic boards to write Power Words and then trace them, saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. Magnetic Letters</p><p>1. Using their Power Word cards, students pick out the magnetic letters and put them in word order on cookie sheets.</p><p>2. Students trace the magnetic letters while saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. </p><p>3. This can be done with uppercase or lowercase letters. Bead Words</p><p>1. Each student has a bag with white letter beads inside. The set contains upper case letters or lower case letters</p><p>2. Students take the Power Word cards they are working on and spell them out with beads, putting one bead over each letter of their card. 3. Use beads for as many other activities as you come up with. </p><p>Wooden Letter Blocks</p><p>1. Using their Power Word cards, students pick out the wooden letters and put them in word order.</p><p>2. Students trace the wooden letters while saying the SOUND of the word, not the letter names. 3. This can be done with uppercase or lowercase letters.</p>