I pull it out while we are waiting for the previous specials class to finish up. I Spy games have always been one of my go-to strategies to fill in time and engage students to build vocabulary and facilitate language skills. Grab I Spy Tools on TPT Here (The Fall Scene is Free!)

address vocabulary with feature, function and categories.

In this episode I cover 5 different adaptations of I Spy that will help you: Regardless of whether you are using prepared I Spy scenes or magazine pictures, photos or the real world, you can adapt I Spy in different ways to target different skills.

or just having students simply describe what they see for items and actions (e.g., What is the boy doing?).

picture prompts for daily journal entries.

asking simple inference questions about the picture (e.g., Why does the boy have a shovel?).

having students write or tell a story about the pictures,.In addition to the cheat sheets, a great side benefit of the sets in my store is you could also use them for And I have a free one in the resource library linked below you can download.īut you can also use other pictures to practice the vocabulary you are targeting. I have two sets already available in my store and you can grab them below if you want something already done for you. And to make it easier I included cheat sheets for questions you could ask and vocabulary included. I created them with a combination of different vocabulary including nouns, verbs, features, categories, functions, colors and more. And you could control or include what vocabulary was targeted. That way you know that everyone is looking at the same items. So, when I was thinking about how to use I Spy in distance learning, I developed scenes to share with students on a screen. In other words, you can use it in tons of ways. It’s equally as great for classroom learning, whole group instruction or 1-1 instruction.

The key to using I Spy games is that you can modify it in different ways to adapt it for different skills and different learners.Īnother things I came to realize about I Spy that makes it ideal for this year is that it’s great for distance learning.

And it’s particularly good for different types of vocabulary. The game lends itself to lots of ways to use it for building language skills. Most of you are probably familiar with the traditional I Spy games.

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