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I Have, Who Has
By ccteacher

I like to type up the vocabulary words that go with the week's story in "I Have, Who Has" format and have kids play in small groups. I have them sit in a tight circle and put the word cards in a pile in the middle. Each
child selects a card (until all cards are selected.) One child starts and continues until all students have read their card(s). It can stop there after one round, or I often tell them to put their card back in the middle and draw out a new one to play again. That way they have multiple experiences with the words. They love this game!!!

I have also had kids do "Neverending Sentences".

Again, I have a pile of vocabulary word cards and kids play in small groups. I give each group a piece of white construction paper. Children take turns drawing a word card and writing a sentence using that word (with good context clues) on the construction paper. (Each child uses a different color marker/crayon.) The next person begins the sentence with the word that the last person ended with and they try to create a silly type of story. Sometimes I even give groups a topic that their sentences have to be about. Really fun game!!