Printable
Reading Scavenger Hunt
Reading practice that never once feels like reading practice. Find print in the everyday world and tick it off — kitchen cupboards count.
Ages
5-7, 7-9
Level
KS1, Lower KS2
Subject
English
Duration
20 min
What you'll need
- Printed hunt sheet
- Pencil
What the learner will explore
- Reading for purpose
- Phonics in context
- Word recognition
How to do it
- 1
Print the sheet and pick a room, a shop or a street.
- 2
Find each kind of word and tick it.
- 3
Copy your two favourite words.
- 4
Explain what one sign is telling people to do.
Make it easier
Hunt for single letters or your own name.
Make it harder
Find a word you don't know and work out its meaning from context.
Try it differently
Photograph the words and make a collage instead.
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