This is one of the best teaching challenges I have ever used! Year after year my students beg to do this and they have a voracious appetite for it. Such enthusiasm warms my teacher's heart!
So, what is The Great $1 Word Challenge? The simple answer is it's a quest for words that equal exactly $1 when the letters are valued like this:
Most $1 Word Challenges ask the students to discover words with no parameters; no clues. How daunting is that? So, I created clues that will lead students to such words. Along the way, they practice computation, calculator skills, dictionary & thesaurus skills, parts of speech, vocabulary development, prefixes, suffixes, verb tenses, plurals, spelling, editing, proof-reading, critical thinking, and problem solving. Talk about BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!
I'm a visual learner, so I created a series of visuals to explain these awesome challenges.
If your kiddos enjoy them as much as mine do, you will be grabbing more clues as fast as you can. You may be relieved to know that these clues are available in money saving bundles.
Did you notice that my images failed to include $1 Words 1.0? That's because I saved the best for last! The first unit is FREE!
You can try $1 Words before you buy them.
You don't have to take my word for how fun this project is. Read what your comrades have said:
Head here to find all of the $1 Word products.
