Games Make It Fun

Why play games instead of worksheets?

Games are fun. We all learn differently. Helps collaborative students be part of the class. Studies suggest it increases learning. Energizes us. Builds relationships.

Bingo Bingo is a fantastic game to review Vocabulary, important dates and Also names of famous people.

Free Printable templates are available on line from many sites. My favorite is Microsoft Excel Games. Google it and Begin the fun. Laminate the cards and clues and use them year after year. Games can be played on line if your school has the computers or IPads.

Jeopardy

Jeopardy is one my classes favorite review games to play.

There are many online game makers, but watch for a charge. Microsoft Excel games has a similar version called Big Board Game. The template can be drawn on the board also.

Bluff

Divide the class into 2 groups. Give a question to team A. All students who think they know the answer stand up. Team B calls on one of the Standing students to answer. It they answerCorrectly, Team A receives the number of pointsEqual to the number of students standing. If they miss the question, Team B receives the Points.

I write numbers on the board representing the questions and they choose one. Difficulty is random.

To Tell The Truth Each student writes down 3

statements about the content being studied. Two statements should be untruths and one true statement. Go around the room and students read their statements. Each student gets points based on how many people they fool with their statements.

You can elaborate on what makes the statements incorrect to address misconceptions on the topic.

Baseball or Football Flip a coin to see which team goes first. Start on the 20 yard line and pick a question. If they get it correct, they move down the field the number of yards on the question.. If it is incorrect, it is a fumble and the other team recovers if they answer correctly. If they are incorrect, it is consider second down.They have 4 downs to get a touch down.

Draw a football field or (baseball) on the board or on the computer. Divide class into two teams. Questions should be organized , based on difficulty, and arranged by 10 yards, 20 yards, 30 yards and 40 yards

Pass The Paper I pick the 10 most important

questions to review with. Each student in the room gets out a piece of paper to answer the question. After the first question, they pass the paper to the left. I continue with the questions and the students pass the paper after each answer.

This gives everyone a chance to earn some bonus points. Each question is worth ½ of a point with a total of 5 points max.

Trashketball This is a classic game.

Divide class into teams. Ask a question, if student answers correctly they get to shoot a small Nerf ball into the trash can for an extra point. If they miss no extra point and question passes to the next team

Do the Bump Line students into a single

line around the exterior walls of the room. Randomly chose a student to answer a question. If they answer correctly, they can bump the person to the left or right off the wall. The student who is bumped will sit down and is out of the game. If the question is answered incorrectly, the student is disqualified and sits down.

Snowball Fight Afterwards, the students

wad the paper up. When the teacher signals, the snowball fight begins. It continues until teacher calls time.

Students will group together and answer all the questions on the snowballs that landed on their side. Team with most points wins.

Divide class into 2 groups. Each group is given some scratch paper to write a review question on.

Trivial Pursuit This game is patterned after

Trivial Pursuit. Using an old board from Trivial Pursuit, develop six categories of questions to represent each color

Use bottle tops as place markers and beads to represent a piece of the pie.

Play by Trivial Pursuit rules This takes time to develop, but

great for a year end review.

1 versus 100 Every teacher has one student

who thinks they know everything. So why not let them prove it.

One student competes against the whole class. Alternate questions. All students must participate. When you miss , you are out.

Only do this if the student is willing. Never try to embarrass.