Word Games and Puzzles
Overview
By engaging student Attention, puzzles and games motivate students to develop meaningful connections with content and can lead to positive memories of learning.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Design It into Your Product
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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Providing visuals to introduce, support, or review instruction activates more cognitive processes to support learning.
Videos developed with discussion guides can teach students about SEL skills.
