Unlock the Text | Reading Games | BUNDLE | DIGITAL | VIRTUAL
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Description
The Unlock the Text BUNDLE will be fully DIGITAL with new options for Google Slides and Seesaw very SOON!!! So far, FOUR games include DIGITAL!
Unlock the Text is a series of highly engaging reading games that are designed to facilitate perseverance while offering standards based curriculum practice. Your students will be 100% engaged as they play this exciting, challenge-filled game where they journey to Unlock the Text! To play, set up the game board, give your students numbered game pieces and challenge them with rigorous reading passages and questions focusing on showing understanding of main idea and details. This game can be easily differentiated for readers in grades 2, 3, and 4 so you can personalize it to fit the needs of your students!
WHAT ARE UNLOCK GAMES?
Unlock games are unique, challenge-based games that give students the opportunity to review academic skills while practicing independence and perseverance.
HOW IS UNLOCK THE TEXT DIFFERENT FROM UNLOCK THE LEARNING GAMES?
If you are a fan of our Unlock the Learning games, you will love Unlock the Text games!
Like Unlock the Learning games, Unlock the Text you will find:
- Engaging game board
- Adaptable to your needs
- Facilitate perseverance and excitement
- Fun extensions for students
NEW for Unlock the Text, you will find:
- Vertical game board that takes up less space
- Pre-made challenges focused on READING
- High-interest topics and themes
- Numbered student game pieces
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY:
This game was designed to take our students beyond a basic, surface-level understanding. We want them to dig deeper, to stretch their understanding of each skill and to become masters of grade-level reading standards. After considering many options, we decided Bloom’s Taxonomy would be the best approach to help us make this happen.
There are six levels in the game to match the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Students begin at Level 1, Remember. As they move from level to level, the depth of the questions increases. All six levels of the game focus on the same skill, but each level approaches the skill in a different way. After completing level 6, students have challenged their minds in new and unique ways that will help them have a deeper understanding of each reading skill.
THIS GROWING BUNDLE CURRENTLY INCLUDES:
Unlock the Text: Ocean Animals (skill focus: main idea and details) PLUS DIGITAL***
Unlock the Text: Believe It or Not Beach Facts (skill focus: text evidence) PLUS DIGITAL***
Unlock the Text: Weather Wonders (skill focus: text structure)
Unlock the Text: Dinosaurs Did What?! (skill focus: text features) PLUS DIGITAL***
Unlock the Text: Arctic Animals in Danger (skill focus: compare and contrast)
Unlock the Text: Fantastic Fables (skill focus: moral/central message/theme)
Unlock the Text: Helpful Homes (skill focus: connecting key details)
Unlock the Text: Sweet Treats (skill focus: comprehension) PLUS DIGITAL***
***Games marked with *** have DIGITAL VERSIONS which include:
-Google Slides presentations for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade!
-Seesaw activities for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade.
*The remaining games of this bundle will be added soon. This bundle will include a minimum of 10 games (a combination of fiction and nonfiction)
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
*Everything you need to implement this in your classroom with huge success!
*12 reading challenges for 2nd grade
(6 passages and questions for main idea/details, 6 passages and questions for text evidence, 6 passages and questions for comprehension with text structure key words)
*12 reading challenges for 3rd grade
(6 passages and questions for main idea/details, 6 passages and questions for text evidence, and 6 passages and questions for text structure)
*12 reading challenges for 4th grade
(6 passages and questions for main idea/details, 6 passages and questions for text evidence, 6 passages and questions for text structure)
*Differentiated combinations of grade level passages and questions (i.e. 2nd grade level passage with 4th grade level questions for a 4th grade student who reads below grade level)
*Game board set-up pieces
*Pictures from our classrooms to help you implement it in yours
*Directions and extra resources to help you set the stage
*Treat bag toppers and brag tags
*Detour Challenges to give kids quick breaks to help them re-energize between challenges
*Tips and tricks from 2 teachers who have used this in our classrooms
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME:
There is no “right way” to play this game. You can send students through the challenges individually or in teams, whatever works best for your class. You can complete the challenges in one day or stretch them out over a few days. Some students may not finish all challenges, and that’s okay! The amount of effort and learning that takes place during the game is so intense that they don’t need to finish everything to benefit.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PLAY?
The length of the game is something you can alter to fit your schedule. Traditionally, the game takes about 2 class periods, but teachers have played it in many ways as well.
WHAT DO THE STUDENTS DO?
The Unlock game board has a start and finish. Each rectangular game piece on the game board represents a “challenge” that students must complete in order to move their individual game piece to the next challenge. In this game, students start at the bottom at challenge #1 and move up the game board. The goal is for students to successfully get their game piece to the top at challenge #6, where they “Unlock” the game! If you choose to use our optional detours, they are “mini stops” that give students a quick break between challenges.
WHAT DOES THE TEACHER DO?
During the game, encourage students to problem solve, persevere, and help each other when they come to a problem that is difficult. Coach individual students through difficult challenges. Reteach skills as needed. After the game, have a class discussion about how the game went and celebrate successes together!
**Each game comes in a zip file. Within the zip file are 3 separate pdf files. See table of contents for clarification.
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2019 © Cooties and Cuties
2019 © 2nd Grade Sassy Pants
This resource is intended for use by ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only. Not for public display without credit given to authors.
If you would like to share with your colleagues, please purchase an additional license. All rights reserved by both authors.
