Kindergarten Scavenger Hunts

Riddle Clues — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:44:22 +0000

It’s cold outside, and you imagine yourself to be that wiggly five-year-old stuck inside the kindergarten classroom in January. Why not welcome your young learners back to school with this version of a scavenger hunt idea? By now you are poignantly aware of the writing requirements for kindergarteners if you are a teacher in the public school system. An effective way to firm up those sight words the students have been learning and meet writing goals is a scavenger hunt to find them. In a class of twenty, divide into five groups of four. If you are using twenty sight words, laminate four sets using five different colors such as red, green, blue, purple, and orange. Each team of four must find all twenty sight words in their predetermined team color. This is such a great learning game because the clues can be illustrated with the text written as well. For example clue one for finding the word like may be a picture of the author’s chair on a purple card with the words: “on the author’s chair” written under the illustration. Clue two given for finding my, for example, may read: “in the reading loft.” Of course everyone is familiar with these hot spots in the classroom by now, so the pictures serve as excellent clues by themselves. The lead teacher and the paraprofessional can facilitate the game by each taking turns helping teams. To ensure success, the balancing of each team with students representing several reading levels may be predetermined by the teacher. When all the teams have found their clues, a lively discussion of all the directional words could follow referring to clues that used under, over, behind, beside, between, before, and around. Ask, “Who found a clue beside the teacher’s desk?” As you can see, this game will become a favorite for your students and you as success in reading and writing will be gained from its use

Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

Riddle Clues — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:40:56 +0000

Why not plan a scavenger hunt for the first day back from vacation for kindergarteners who need to know ordinal and cardinal numbers? Try working with a small group in order to engage young learners in conversation over the cardinal numbers. For example your first clue is: find the number one under the teacher’s desk. Under the teacher’s desk is the second clue leading to the number two clue found inside the scissor box. The third clue may lead to number three which is beside the fig tree. Clue number four, or the fourth clue, is found hanging over the bookshelf in the reading corner. What a wonderful and exciting way to engage the children in fun verbiage using ordinal and cardinal positioning! Note the directional words as well. January will be so much more fun when the children are moving about and no longer clueless about ordinal, cardinal, or directional!

What Is a Scavenger Hunt?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_hunt

What is a Scavenger Hunt Clue?

http://www.scavengerhuntclues.org

What is a Scavenger Hunt Idea?

http://www.myscavengerhuntideas.com

What is a Easter Egg Hunt?

http://www.easteregghunts.org

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Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers