A few weeks ago I came across this game designed by Sally at Elementary Matters! It's called Beanie Toss to 100. It's really an adding game for students to practice adding to 100. But I thought it was super fabulous and figured out a way to tie in Reading. As seen in our pictures, I created the same squares she did and used bean bags. Students had to stand at the line and toss the bean bag. If they landed in the inner circle they had to read a difficult word and could earn 10 points. If they landed in the outer circle, the words were easier and they earned 5 points. If their bean bag landed outside the circle they earned no points. I kept track of the points on a white board but had them help me count by 10's and 5's. The first person to reach 100 was our winner!! They had so much fun and really showed off their skills.
Please don't look too closely at my square!! :) I ran out of the cheetah tape on the outside square and a trip to Walmart for more would mean at least a 20 min. drive. So I decided it would have to do.....really hard for my type A personality but not one kid mentioned it. They were too busy having fun!
I've attached a copy of the words I used and the labels for the cups if you'd like to play this game in your class. Click here and here to get what you need to play! Hope you enjoy!!
Jammie
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