Word Relay
This game is good to help recap vocabulary and spelling.
Sport Hoop Reviews
1) Split the class into two teams and have a player from each team come to the board.
2) Divide the board in two and write a word on each side.
3) The players begin the game by writing a word with the last letter of the previous word (i.e. Snake ->elephant -> toys).
4) The players pass the ticket to the next students and the word relay begins.
I usually assign more points for longer words or will not accept smaller words.
Do This Do That
This game is a unlikeness of the beloved game Simon Says. Instead of saying "Simon Says" the leader says "Do this" or "Do that". When the leader says "Do this" the students should succeed the action, however, when the leader says "Do that" students should not succeed the action. The number of actions is limitless and if the students need a workout the leader can achieve more corporeal movements like jumping jacks or push ups. The game can be elimination format or team format.
Teacher Basketball
With March Madness basketball taking place in Canada and the U.S. This month, I plan this would be an approved game to share.
1) Find a small soft ball for the basketball and use your arms or an empty garbage can to generate the basket.
2) Draw two lines on the floor with an erasable marker. Make one line closer to the hoop than the other.
3) Divide the class into two groups and begin play by choosing a player from each team and request them each a ask from the lesson.
4) After the players reply their questions have them play Rock, Paper, Scissor to see who will shoot from the closer line.
5) Give a point for each basket and the team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
To make the game more difficult move the basket back and forth as the player is shooting (I close my eyes to keep it fair).
To make the game more competing give one ask to the players and have the player that answers first shoot from the closer line.
If a team begins to pull away, growth the value of the points to give the other team a opening to comeback.
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