SnapWords® List DPrint these cards out onindex card stock. Print

front and back. Cut thecards apart. Instructionsare on the back of this

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HOW TO USE THESE CARDS:

Discover the words together the first time through. Let the children share

what they notice about the pictures. Discuss features of the words, such

as double letters or "chunks" they recognize. Use each word in a sentence

and do a related body motion (see backs of cards for suggestions).

In subsequent "visits" to the words, the children may spend time alone just

looking and saying the words. Encourage them to use the motions suggested

on the backs of the cards or come up with their own.

Once the children have reviewed the words a few times, show them the

same words unstylized by turning the cards over to the plain printed side.

Set aside the words the children recognize on sight, and review the others

using the stylized sides again.

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alwaysanimal

Motion: use right hand to make an arc similar to a bridge spanning water.

Language: "ACROSS. This will take you ACROSS the river.”

Motion: place hands on heart.

Language: "ALWAYS. I'll ALWAYS love you."

Motion: make "ears" on your head with two index fingers.

Language: "ANIMAL. The ANIMAL has a long tail and two pointy ears.”

best beenMotion: preen as though all dressed up.

Language: "BEST. I'm wearing my BEST clothes.”Motion: reach to shake hands with someone.

Language: "BEEN. How have you BEEN?”

buyMotion: reach in your wallet or purse to take out money.

Language: "BUY. I am going to BUY this teddy bear.”

Motion: point to people on both sides of you.

Language: "BOTH. BOTH of them are wearing bows in their hair.”

both

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Motion: pretend to shut the door.

Language: "CLOSE. Please CLOSE the door.”

closeMotion: pretend to clean vigorously with a pretend rag.

Language: "CLEAN. I have to CLEAN the house.”

clean

doneMotion: dust off hands as though finished with a job.

Language: "DONE. Whew! I'm finally DONE.”

Motion: shrug shoulders.

Language: "COULD. I COULD pick up my stuff.”

could

drawMotion: move hand as though drawing on an easel.

Language: "DRAW. I love to DRAW!”

evenMotion: make a careful, flat line with hand open, palm down.

Language: "EVEN. These letters are very EVEN.”

everyfallMotion: hold fingers in the air and let them drift down as though leaves

falling.

Language: "FALL. Leaves FALL in the FALL."

Motion: pretend to point to five letters in a row.

Language: "EVERY. EVERY letter counts!”

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Motion: mark a place in the air to show how full the container is.

Language: "FULL. This is very FULL.”

Motion: pretend to watch a train passing in front of you.

Language: "GOES. There GOES the train!”

fullgoes

Motion: stretch yourself up as though growing taller.

Language: "GROW. This plant will GROW tall!”

growMotion: reach up as high as you can as though touching the ceiling.

Language: "HIGH. The beam is very HIGH in the air!”

high

Motion: fan self.

Language: "HOT. It is very HOT in the desert!”

Motion: grab a knee with both arms and look pitiful.

Language: "HURT. I HURT my knee when I fell down.”

hothurt

Motion: flex biceps.

Language: "I'M. I'M so strong!”

Motion: encircle something with your arms.

Language: "KEEP. I want to KEEP this.”

I’mkeep

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Motion: turn as though leaving.

Language: "LEAVE. I have to LEAVE now.”

Motion: clap your hand onto your forehead and tilt head back as though

laughing.

Language: "LAUGH. They LAUGH at the baby with food on his head!"

leave laugh

lightMotion: hold both hands up, fingertips together, then spread them

apart at the same time.

Language: "LIGHT. The LIGHT came on."

Motion: look back at something you left behind.

Language: "LEFT. I LEFT the package on the porch.”

left

meanMotion: make menacing face towards a pretend person in front of you.

Language: "MEAN. He was so MEAN!”

mightMotion: place hands together as if holding a huge ice cream cone. Lick it.

Language: "MIGHT. I MIGHT let you have some.”

mostmyselfMotion: look down as though at something left behind.

Language: "MOST. I got MOST of it.”Motion: slump your shoulders and look very pitiful.

Language: "MYSELF. I am all by MYSELF.”

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nearneedMotion: back up next to a wall.

Language: "NEAR. I am standing NEAR the wall.”Motion: pretend to hold out empty plate, and look very hungry.

Language: "NEED. I NEED some food please!”

onceonlyMotion: stand as though holding book and reading to a small child.

Language: "ONCE. ONCE upon a time...”

Motion: show something small in your palm or between fingers.

Language: "ONLY. I ONLY have a nickel left.”

Motion: open mouth very wide.

Language: "OPEN. When you OPEN your mouth so wide, I can see your

tonsils!”

Motion: put palms on your cheeks and look pleasantly surprised.

Language: "PRETTY. The flowers are so PRETTY!”

right

openpretty

roundMotion: whip right arm around to right as though turning a steering

wheel.

Language: "RIGHT. I need to turn RIGHT.”

Motion: make a vertical circle with both arms.

Language: "ROUND. The disk is perfectly ROUND.”

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Motion: mimic measuring something very short by putting your hand on

top of it way down low.

Language: "SHORT. It is very SHORT!"

shortMotion: look at one palm and then the other.

Language: "SAME. These are just the SAME.”

same

Motion: shake index finger toward a pretend mess.

Language: "SHOULD. You SHOULD pick up your toys!”Motion: make very droopy eyes and rub one with your fist.

Language: "SLEEP. Everyone will SLEEP except me!”

shouldsleep

Motion: mimic turning key as though trying to start a car.

Language: "START. This car won't START!”

startMotion: pretend to show something small between thumb and index

finger.

Language: "SMALL. The ant is a very SMALL creature.”

small

Motion: pretend to hold on to a ball with left hand and point to it with

your right.

Language: "THEIR. I guess this is THEIR ball."Motion: with fingers splayed, show sun rising.

Language: "TODAY. TODAY will be a sunny day.”

today their

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Motion: mimic turning the wheel on a car.

Language: "TURN. We need to TURN here.”Motion: crane neck, as if trying to see up on the roof.

Language: "UPON. The man walked UPON the roof of his house.”

upon turn

Motion: pretend to paint a wall with a brush.

Language: "USE. They let us USE their paintbrushes.”Motion: pretend to cuddle into a blanket.

Language: "WARM. I'm nice and WARM in my purple blanket.”

warm use

while wellMotion: tap foot as if waiting impatiently.

Language: "WHILE. I had to wait WHILE they talked.”Motion: sniff and pretend to blow nose.

Language: "WELL. I think I am almost WELL.”

Motion: bend slightly from the waist and move arms as if inviting

someone in.

Language: "WOULD. WOULD you like to come in?"

yet wouldMotion: look at watch, tapping foot.

Language: "YET. They are not here YET.”