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Showing posts with label word play. Show all posts

Sunday, June 18, 2023

IT'S TIME TO CHECK OUT MY BIRTHDAY SALE!

For my birthday, I'm sale-ebrating with a sale for you!  Every bundle in my TPT store is discounted 50% through 6/24/23.  

Here's a sample of the awesome deals you can score:

If you haven't discovered HINK PINKS, et al., you are in for a treat.  

WHAT ARE HINK PINKS?
  • Hink Pinks are word riddles.  
  • Hink Pinks are fun, word riddles.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, word riddles with rhyming answers.
  • Hink Pinks are word play.
  • Hink Pinks expand vocabulary.
  • Hink Pinks extend students' vocabulary.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students learn to interpret data.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students make inferences.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students draw conclusions.
  • Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that teach students to analyze new information.
  • Hink Pinks are serious learning disguised as fun.
HOW DO HINK PINKS WORK?
  • Read the clues.
  • Think of a 2 word answer. The answer words must rhyme.
  • Each answer word must have just 1 syllable.
For example:


Did you figure it out? The answer is barn yarn.

HOW DO YOU USE HINK PINKS?
  • as a literacy center  
  • as a warm-up activity
  • as a sponge activity
  • as an anchor activity
  • as a fast finishers' challenge
  • for differentiation of instruction
  • for enrichment

WHAT ARE HINKY PINKIES, HINKITY PINKITIES, AND HINK PINKS FOR KINDERS?

  • HINKY PINKIES are just like HINK PINKS, except the 2 words in the answer must have 2 syllables each.
  • HINKITY PINKITIES are like HINK PINKS, too, except the 2 words in the answer must have 3 syllables.
  • HINK PINKS & HINKY PINKIES FOR KINDERS are word riddles that do not require reading. Students deduce the 2 rhyming words that answer the riddle by studying the picture. This makes them perfect for kindergarten and 1st graders who do not yet read, as well as ESL and ELL students.