Description
Challenge your students’ creative and critical thinking skills with these kangaroo word task cards! A kangaroo word contains letters of another word (the joey word), in order, with the same meaning. For example: kangaroo: blossom joey: bloom (blossom) Your students will love working independently or together to decipher the joey word!
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
✍️ PRINT:
- 32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)
- Black-line
- Color
- Recording Sheets
- Answer Keys
DIGITAL:
- Google Slides
- ***Easel Activity (only available if you purchase on TPT)
DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:
- Digital or Print
- Challenge Card to extend the lesson
- Multiple versions of the recording sheet included
Great for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE!
NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
Teacher Tip
- Download our FREE Task Card Handbook to learn 31 different ways you can use this resource!
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About the Author
Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 8315674
Christa L. –
I can’t wait to use these with my class to encourage their critical thinking skills!
Wanda J. –
My students had fun with these words, and they found the comparison to kangaroos and joeys to be entertaining. Great activity help students realize the nature of and connection between words.
Pia E. –
Great warm up activity for my GATE students.