Hi all
Friends and I are putting together an activity and games booklet for PhonicBall - loads of great ideas already!
If anyone has got some top ideas to share or would like a copy when its finished then let me know.
Cheers
PhonicBall Games List
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Game suggestions for Phonicball games:
1. Basic Phonics 1st lesson- ball lands on letter, model and drill phonetic sound. T or Ss can throw ball, make it a competition or just for revision.
2. Vocab. builder- give a topic/theme, make Ss think of word beginning with letter. e.g. Topic-HumanBody, ball hits 'h' students can think of words like 'hand' 'heart' 'hair' etc etc. Can be used solo when tutoring 1-1 or in class competitions. *This pracitises not only learning new lexis but spelling and pronunciation.*
3. English challenges- can be applied to Phonics and Vocab. building games. challenge Ss to make ball hit out a specific letter. e.g. T chooses 'e' or any other, Ss in teams must make ball hit 'e' or any other letter T has chosen for them. 1st team who hits chosen letter wins a point.
1. Basic Phonics 1st lesson- ball lands on letter, model and drill phonetic sound. T or Ss can throw ball, make it a competition or just for revision.
2. Vocab. builder- give a topic/theme, make Ss think of word beginning with letter. e.g. Topic-HumanBody, ball hits 'h' students can think of words like 'hand' 'heart' 'hair' etc etc. Can be used solo when tutoring 1-1 or in class competitions. *This pracitises not only learning new lexis but spelling and pronunciation.*
3. English challenges- can be applied to Phonics and Vocab. building games. challenge Ss to make ball hit out a specific letter. e.g. T chooses 'e' or any other, Ss in teams must make ball hit 'e' or any other letter T has chosen for them. 1st team who hits chosen letter wins a point.
Cheers Angel - good ideas!
We use the colours a lot – here are a couple we think work well
1. Allocate different categories to the colours i.e. films / animals / famous people / countries etc then divide class into three teams – one ball per team
2. Different word types for each colour – red = adjectives / blue = nouns / yellow = phrases with both
3. Each colour represents a word type – place / person / noun etc. Ss have to make sentences using a word from each colour
4. BlockBuster – a variation of an old classic! 3 teams – 1 for each colour. Each team has to throw their ball to land on each letter of their colour and then get asked a question where the answer begins with the letter they land on
Who else has got some top ideas?
We use the colours a lot – here are a couple we think work well
1. Allocate different categories to the colours i.e. films / animals / famous people / countries etc then divide class into three teams – one ball per team
2. Different word types for each colour – red = adjectives / blue = nouns / yellow = phrases with both
3. Each colour represents a word type – place / person / noun etc. Ss have to make sentences using a word from each colour
4. BlockBuster – a variation of an old classic! 3 teams – 1 for each colour. Each team has to throw their ball to land on each letter of their colour and then get asked a question where the answer begins with the letter they land on
Who else has got some top ideas?
This one comes from Nomad - cheers mate
Contribution Phonicball Theme Game-- On blackboard teacher puts the heading-- Theme Vocabulary-- Then has three columns labeled Animals-Space-Food or whatever the classroom has been studying.
Students are asked to contribute a word to a theme. They must spell it correctly. If they do they can see If they can hit the initial letter on the Phonicboard. If they do they can get small reward or score points for group.
This is a good way of getting kids to think about vocabulary as well reinforcing spelling. End up with three lists of words.
The game has many variations.-- Eg Student throws for letter on phonicboard. Hits an “c” the student who comes up with three words (one in each theme gets the next throw.) food=chocolate…space=comet….animal=cat
Can be played in groups with students having to write the words down--
Date 28/1/2005 10:09:50 by nomad
Contribution Phonicball Theme Game-- On blackboard teacher puts the heading-- Theme Vocabulary-- Then has three columns labeled Animals-Space-Food or whatever the classroom has been studying.
Students are asked to contribute a word to a theme. They must spell it correctly. If they do they can see If they can hit the initial letter on the Phonicboard. If they do they can get small reward or score points for group.
This is a good way of getting kids to think about vocabulary as well reinforcing spelling. End up with three lists of words.
The game has many variations.-- Eg Student throws for letter on phonicboard. Hits an “c” the student who comes up with three words (one in each theme gets the next throw.) food=chocolate…space=comet….animal=cat
Can be played in groups with students having to write the words down--
Date 28/1/2005 10:09:50 by nomad
colours?
Hi,
Wow, I never saw that the colours could play a part in it too, sounds good!
What about:
Whatever colour, think of something related to that colour, to encourage their use of their imagination and test their vocab.?
e.g. Ball hits red 't' = tomato blue 'c' = cold/cool
Real brain teaser, but fun, maybe ideal for adults!
Thx for the great tip on colours though!
Wow, I never saw that the colours could play a part in it too, sounds good!
What about:
Whatever colour, think of something related to that colour, to encourage their use of their imagination and test their vocab.?
e.g. Ball hits red 't' = tomato blue 'c' = cold/cool
Real brain teaser, but fun, maybe ideal for adults!
Thx for the great tip on colours though!
Today's letter is...
Have your own Kindergarten or Primary classroom? Use the Phonicball Classic game for a basic theme/topic setting!
Try telling the class that each day, going down the register, each student gets to throw a ball and to use it as the letter of the day. If it is a long day, then maybe every half hour or hour etc to change the letter.
With the chosen letter from what the ball has landed on, get students to start sentences with the letter. Get them to draw something and label it according to the letter. e.g. letter 'f' draw a frog, fingers, fish, fruits, frisbee, whatever they can think of beginning with 'f.'
After a while, can collect the artwork and pin around the classroom to show the alphabet etc. Makes the classroom colourful and great for reminding the students about words.
Dread to see what the Students will do to the poor kid who lands a 'x' or 'z.'
Try telling the class that each day, going down the register, each student gets to throw a ball and to use it as the letter of the day. If it is a long day, then maybe every half hour or hour etc to change the letter.
With the chosen letter from what the ball has landed on, get students to start sentences with the letter. Get them to draw something and label it according to the letter. e.g. letter 'f' draw a frog, fingers, fish, fruits, frisbee, whatever they can think of beginning with 'f.'
After a while, can collect the artwork and pin around the classroom to show the alphabet etc. Makes the classroom colourful and great for reminding the students about words.
Dread to see what the Students will do to the poor kid who lands a 'x' or 'z.'
phonic ball
Great game -I've used it my language classes in mainstream schools. The kids love it. really adds to the coursebook.
Hope more people use it.
Hope more people use it.
The game is being used more and more by many Teachers and Students of all ages, looked on several sites and asked in my Teacher network.
It is fun if you have an imagination and creativity. I think more active learning 'hands on' experiences/methods are better than text book teaching.
Thought of another game with the Phonicball Blends board:
Get students to think of related words with what the ball has landed on. e.g. 'sl' short/long 'cr' crawl/run 'fr' fridge/refrigerator, it can be any words in any groups. Tests the Ss vocab. on a harder level.
It is fun if you have an imagination and creativity. I think more active learning 'hands on' experiences/methods are better than text book teaching.
Thought of another game with the Phonicball Blends board:
Get students to think of related words with what the ball has landed on. e.g. 'sl' short/long 'cr' crawl/run 'fr' fridge/refrigerator, it can be any words in any groups. Tests the Ss vocab. on a harder level.