Games
Overview
Games help students visualize new information and immerse themselves in the learning process. By engaging student Attention, games motivate students to develop meaningful connections with texts, content, explore Foundational Writing Skills, and can lead to positive memories of learning.
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Learn how this word puzzle game incorporates spelling, phonemic awareness, and Vocabulary in a challenging but interactive way. Color-coding the consonants and vowels reinforces Alphabet Knowledge and letter recognition, and providing increasingly complex words supports deeper Vocabulary building.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
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Students activate more cognitive processes by exploring and representing their understandings in visual form.
When young children draw and are encouraged to explain their drawings, they are sharpening the cognitive and motor skills involved in conventional writing.
Visiting places connected to classroom learning provides opportunities to deepen understanding through firsthand experiences.
Playful activities, including pretending, games, and other child-led activities, can support the development of learners' Metacognition and also inspire their narratives and writing.
Project-based learning (PBL) actively engages learners in authentic tasks designed to create products that answer a given question or solve a problem.
Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question.
