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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Fantasy & Realism Bingo!

Last week I wrapped up a week of exploring Fantasy & Realism in books during Reader's Workshop. After brainstorming for a VERY long period of time (and ending up with a headache), I decided to wrap up the week by having students play Fantasy & Realism BINGO.

I made a generic BINGO board, copied it, and had the kids fill in their own spaces (Bonus: they practiced spelling fantasy & realism!).
Bingo Template

When they were finished, I grabbed a tub of books out of our classroom library and showed them the title and cover.



From there I asked them to determine if they thought the book was fantasy or realism and place a token on the corresponding square. When someone had BINGO, I checked their answers and then we reviewed what our answers should have been (I had several winners each round). I had NO idea how much the kids would enjoy playing! They even asked to play during recess!

I'm thinking the next time we talk about Fantasy & Realism, I'm going to read a "snippit" out of a book and let them guess.

What do you think? Any other ways I could change it to make it even more challenging?

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I'm going to try this! I awarded you the Versatile Bloggers Award.


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  2. RebeccaSeptember 26, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    I just found your awesome blog! I have awarded you with the Versatile Blogger Award. Drop by when you get a chance and pick it up.

    Have a Happy Week!

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  3. LaurenSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Ladies-
    Thank you SO much for the honor! I look forward to "passing on" the Versatile Blogger Award! :D

    Lauren

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  4. YearntoLearnSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Cute idea.

    Denise

    Yearn to Learn Blog

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