So this post is coming to you about three weeks late but, nevertheless, here it is!
I have had my Boggle board up since the beginning of the year . . . and just recently introduced it to my kids.
I know.
Nominate me for Teacher of the Year.
I got all the letters from The Teacher Wears Prada
and they’re a freebie!
Thank you!
My teammie, Heather, came up with the idea to have a Boggle board above our sinks because it was kind of a wasted space, and she thought maybe we could make words on our way out the door (never mind that we’re just trying to get 32 first graders out the door somewhat quietly and in some kind of a zig zag line that resembles order and classroom management proficiency, and who really cares anyway, let’s get them to recess so we can pee and have a snack) . . . my other teammie, Laurie, and I thought it was a brilliant idea and promptly copied her.
We even copied Heather’s idea of hot-glue-gunning clips to the butcher paper. Look how easy it is to switch out the letters! No stapling or velcro or any such nonsense! Just clip!
And I have changed the letters precisely eight six three two well, I’m going to change out the letters very soon. Really. I am. I have big plans for it. We might even need a drum roll.
Heather also thought of the idea of having a basket to hold the letters right next to the board so that we wouldn’t have to search for the letters and they would be easily accessible.
See? I have absolutely zero excuses. Those letters are going to get changed the day after tomorrow. Wait. That’s Saturday. Those letters are going to get changed next week! Yes! For sure!
To introduce this to my kiddos, I grabbed one of my handy dandy $1 pocket charts (thank you, Denise, who shipped some to me all the way from Florida!) and filled it up with some letters while we were all together on the carpet.
There is not enough room for thirty-two of us by the sink. Believe me, I know.
Instead, I had the kids bring clipboards and pencils to the carpet and I taught them how to fill in the letters of their Boggle board, and then we began making words.
When a volunteer said a word, such as “go”, I would actually take the “g” and the “o” out of the pocket chart to demonstrate the word. We did this a few times and then I didn’t need to move the letter cards out at all.
To say my kids loved this is an understatement. Even my struggling learners were able to pick out two and three letter words, such as go, no, be, hut, etc. My higher kids even found one of our student names!
I now have it as an early finisher option . . . and it is quite popular!
See? I really could be Teacher of the Year Month Day Hour.
The Boggle Board is really self explanatory, but if you have thought about having one in your classroom and you’re on the fence, I’m here to tell you to do it.
We are loving it.
Even if we do keep making the same words over and over and over and they keep begging me for the letter C.
GIVE US THE LETTER C, TEACHER! PLEASE! For the love of Pete, WE NEED A C! WHY CAN’T WE HAVE A C?
Geesh.
Kids these days.
😉
You can find some FREE recording sheets {HERE}.
Do you Boggle?
I need this!! You have inspired me! I love the idea of having it by the door…gold tags for Boggle words in your mind 🙂
I need this!! You have inspired me! I love the idea of having it by the door…gold tags for Boggle words in your mind 🙂
Lol I have to laugh because I've had mine up all year and plan to introduce it after spring break this week. Sad truths! We had great intentions. Good to know the kids will love it!
ooh – I like the pocket chart idea instead of taking up the whole wall! you are THO Smart!
Thank you! I have seen BOGGLE boards, curious, but never took the time to investigate. Maybe I'll have a BOGGLE board set up next year…in the hall outside my room. Absolutely NO wall space in my TINY classroom. And hey, don't feel bad about not using it before, I have an Area/Perimeter door decoration up all year and we just learned about it AND I have a Gallon Man hanging from the ceiling we still haven't covered capacity.
Crystal
I put up a BOGGLE board at the beginning of the year for my first and second graders. I tried it for about two weeks, but it did not go well. This inspires me to try it again next week. Thanks!
We Boggle and the kids love it. I'm bad about forgetting to change it, too!! It looks cute even when no one is using it!
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