Here are a list of fun games to play in the classroom:
FOUR CORNERS
Four Corners is popular with teachers and students. Number the corners of the classroom from 1 to 4. Select one student to be "It." That person closes his or her eyes while the rest of the students go to one of the four corners in the classroom. When all students are settled in a corner, It calls out a number. All the kids who chose the corner with that number are out of the game and must sit down. It closes his or her eyes again, calls out a number, and more students sit down. When the game gets down to four people or fewer, each must choose a different corner. If It calls out a corner where nobody is standing, It must choose again. The game continues until only one student is left. That student becomes It.
SEVEN UP, STAND UP
This game is another old favorite! Choose seven students to be It. Those students go to the front of the room. The other students put their heads on their desks so they can't see. The seven Its wander the room. Each taps one of the seated students on the head. As a student is tapped, he or she raises a hand. When all seven Its return to the front of the room, they say in unison, "Seven up, stand up!" Each student who was tapped has an opportunity to guess which student tapped him or her. If a student guesses correctly, he or she replaces the person who did the tapping. The game begins again when all have had a chance to guess.
SPARKLE
This game serves as good practice for the week's (or previous weeks') spelling words. Arrange students in a line. The game leader calls out the first word. The first person in line calls out the first letter in that word. The second person calls out the second letter. The third person calls out the third letter and so on. The person who says the last letter in the word must turn to the next person in the sequence and say sparkle. The person who is "sparkled" must return to his or her seat. If a word is misspelled, the person to say the first wrong letter must sit down and the spelling of that word continues. After a student is sparkled, the leader calls out a new word. The game continues until only one student remains standing.
PIECING THE PUZZLE
This game requires a little preparation -- but it's worth it! To prepare, laminate five pictures. Calendar pictures are great for this activity! You might laminate pictures relating to a teaching theme and then cut each picture into four to six puzzle pieces. (Note: You want to end up with one puzzle piece for each student in your class, so you might create a variety of four-piece, five-piece, and six-piece puzzles.) Hand a puzzle piece to each student. Let students wander around the classroom to find their "puzzle mates"!
Extra challenge! Laminate pictures from a themed calendar. Imagine students' trying to piece together pictures of the 'N Sync musical group -- or the confusion spotted puzzle pieces from a calendar of Dalmatian pictures might cause.
Tip: This activity might be fun for the first teacher meeting of the year too! Every teacher could contribute a five-piece puzzle to a collection of puzzles that travels the school!
Backs to the Board Game
This one is good for higher level kids. Make two teams and stand one Student from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. Write a word or draw a picture on the board (e.g. "hamburger") and the Students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g. you can buy it in McDonald's, it's got cheese and ketchup in it). The first Student out of the two standing in front of the board to guess the word wins a point for his/her team.
FOUR CORNERS
Four Corners is popular with teachers and students. Number the corners of the classroom from 1 to 4. Select one student to be "It." That person closes his or her eyes while the rest of the students go to one of the four corners in the classroom. When all students are settled in a corner, It calls out a number. All the kids who chose the corner with that number are out of the game and must sit down. It closes his or her eyes again, calls out a number, and more students sit down. When the game gets down to four people or fewer, each must choose a different corner. If It calls out a corner where nobody is standing, It must choose again. The game continues until only one student is left. That student becomes It.
SEVEN UP, STAND UP
This game is another old favorite! Choose seven students to be It. Those students go to the front of the room. The other students put their heads on their desks so they can't see. The seven Its wander the room. Each taps one of the seated students on the head. As a student is tapped, he or she raises a hand. When all seven Its return to the front of the room, they say in unison, "Seven up, stand up!" Each student who was tapped has an opportunity to guess which student tapped him or her. If a student guesses correctly, he or she replaces the person who did the tapping. The game begins again when all have had a chance to guess.
SPARKLE
This game serves as good practice for the week's (or previous weeks') spelling words. Arrange students in a line. The game leader calls out the first word. The first person in line calls out the first letter in that word. The second person calls out the second letter. The third person calls out the third letter and so on. The person who says the last letter in the word must turn to the next person in the sequence and say sparkle. The person who is "sparkled" must return to his or her seat. If a word is misspelled, the person to say the first wrong letter must sit down and the spelling of that word continues. After a student is sparkled, the leader calls out a new word. The game continues until only one student remains standing.
PIECING THE PUZZLE
This game requires a little preparation -- but it's worth it! To prepare, laminate five pictures. Calendar pictures are great for this activity! You might laminate pictures relating to a teaching theme and then cut each picture into four to six puzzle pieces. (Note: You want to end up with one puzzle piece for each student in your class, so you might create a variety of four-piece, five-piece, and six-piece puzzles.) Hand a puzzle piece to each student. Let students wander around the classroom to find their "puzzle mates"!
Extra challenge! Laminate pictures from a themed calendar. Imagine students' trying to piece together pictures of the 'N Sync musical group -- or the confusion spotted puzzle pieces from a calendar of Dalmatian pictures might cause.
Tip: This activity might be fun for the first teacher meeting of the year too! Every teacher could contribute a five-piece puzzle to a collection of puzzles that travels the school!
Backs to the Board Game
This one is good for higher level kids. Make two teams and stand one Student from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. Write a word or draw a picture on the board (e.g. "hamburger") and the Students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g. you can buy it in McDonald's, it's got cheese and ketchup in it). The first Student out of the two standing in front of the board to guess the word wins a point for his/her team.
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