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Water Balloon Games for Kids

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Title:

 Water Balloon Games for Kids

URL:

 https://www.roomrecess.com/games/SplashTheSub/play.html

Content Source:

 Other
Room Recess
Type: Interactive/Game

Overview:

As kids become better readers, it is important for them to determine an author's meaning, even when the author does not come right out and say it. In this water balloon game, kids can practice drawing conclusions in a silly way.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
30. Read and comprehend literary and informational texts.

a. State and confirm predictions about a text.

b. Use background knowledge to make connections to new text.

c. Draw conclusions based on the text.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
30.
  • Comprehend
  • Literary texts
  • Informational texts
30a.
  • Confirm
  • Predictions
30b.
  • Background knowledge
  • Connections
30c.
  • Draw conclusions
Knowledge:
30. Students know:
  • Comprehension is understanding text that is read.
30a.
  • A prediction is a guess at what they think the story or passage will be about.
30b.
  • Background knowledge will help make connections to text.
30c.
  • Drawing conclusions is taking what they currently know and applying it to what they have just read to develop a new thought or reasoning.
Skills:
30. Students are able to:
  • Read and comprehend literary (fictional) and informational (nonfiction) text.
30a.
  • Share predictions about the text they will read.
  • Confirm predictions as correct or incorrect after reading the text.
30b.
  • Use current background knowledge to make connections to new information presented in text.
30c.
  • Draw conclusions after reading a text.
Understanding:
30. Students understand that:
  • They can read literary and informational texts and use comprehension skills to understand what they have read.
30a.
  • They can demonstrate comprehension of a text by making predictions and confirming if the prediction was correct or incorrect.
30b.
  • Connecting their prior knowledge to new information presented in text can improve their comprehension and retention of newly learned information.
30c.
  • Drawing conclusions from a text demonstrates they comprehended the text and learned new information.
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RoomRecess.com is dedicated to providing children with free learning games that are fun. Online games reinforce important skills that are vital to elementary students and their educational process. RoomRecess.com was developed entirely by an elementary school teacher with the goal of reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem-solving. Because RoomRecess.com learning games are free, students do not have to sign up or hold an account with us. Children can simply load up an activity and have fun learning online while they play!

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