I was wondering if any of you knew any games to play in the classroom that enhance language arts skills. I already found a fabulous game called Quiddler that is kind of like Scrabble, but with cards (each card has a letter or a blend on it and they are assigned point values). I think I observed another teacher at Hawthorne using Taboo or Outburst (or something like that) to help students expand vocabulary and learn how to describe creatively to their partners. Any other ideas? I'll be teaching Writing, Vocabulary, Spelling and Grammar (as well as Bible) to my fifth graders, so I'd like to incorporate some game days to mix it up. Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Maike
You could have the kids make Taboo cards with their vocabulary words. They could make the cards during center time or during fill-in time when they've finished their other work. You'll have a full set of cards in no time.
ReplyDeleteWow Jenna, great minds think alike. I was totally going to say that :)
ReplyDeleteAnd if they have extra time, have them label if the word happens to be a synonym or antonym (for the words they can't say).
This idea is from Irina Sysun (she was part of our ed program, but slightly different track) for adjectives:
ReplyDelete1. Have students cut out 10 adjectives from magazines or newspapers
2. Students write a paragraph describing something or someone (NOT in the class!) using the adjectives. These are glued within the paragraph.
3. Students switch papers with someone else and they draw to the best of their ability what the paper is describing.
It's cute :)