vocab race

I do vocab races with my kids and they LOVE it. You give each student a dictionary. I turn the overhead off and write a word on it. I say ready, set, go and I turn on the overhead. They look at the word and search for it in the dictionary as fast as they can. Once they find it they begin reading it (this way kids don't say "I found it" just to buy time) Who ever finds it first's team gets a point. Everyone finds the word and then writes it down in our vocab books. Then I turn the overhead head off and repeat. Surprisingly the same kids don't win over and over again, and everyone seems to enjoy it.