Practicing+Vocabulary


 * Games and Fun Activities?!**

This one is something I got from another site - I call out a word, students compete with a partner to be the first to cirlce the corresponding picture. It is just something different - and crayons always get them excited! This file is for food, but I have used it as a template to create others. I also have them make flashcards for some chapters and we play "Golpe" - I call out a word and they compete with their partner to be the first to slap that card. Whoever hits it first gets to keep it. If they hit the wrong card they give one from thier "keep" pile to their partner. It's a great Friday activity!



__Simon__ (not says...just Simon) Using the illustrated vocabulary page of the textbook, I'll have students play a version of the pattern game 'Simon' (not Simon says, the handheld one that uses lights) I split the class in half (two teams) and the object of the game is to build a long sentence without breaking the pattern. The team that breaks the pattern in the sentence first looses and the point goes to the other team. -Depending on what the topic is I put the start of a sentence on the board Ex: Spanish I "Me gusta..." The first person on Team 1 starts it, Me gusta correr. Then it goes to Team 2, they have to repeat what was said and add on. Me gusta correr y cantar. Back to the next student on Team 1, Me gusta correr, cantar, y leer novelas. Team 2, Me gusta correr, cantar, leer novelas, y patinar. etc... until someone makes a mistake. Then the point goes to the other team and we start over -I write down the order of the vocab words, but the students are only allowed to use their fingers to keep track of the order. No pencils, paper, nothing all memory. It's great because they will choose some of the harder vocabulary words to stump the other team and make them mess up. And trust me you'll need to write it down to double check them 'cause the sentences get loooooong!

__Caja Negra__ A lot like hot potato but with a black box. I set a timer for an unknown amount of time (:30s - to 1:30). Students pass la caja while I quiz them on vocabulary words. They get the word correct and pass it on. The person holding caja negra when the timer goes off has to do what ever the folded index card inside caja negra tells them to do. Examples: Jump up and down until the next round is done, Just how great are the NT Blazers?! Shout 'I love National Trail' down the hall, Spin around and write your name on the board 3 times, Choose someone to sing I'm a little tea pot with you, Propose to someone near you, Give a high five to everyone in your row. I put one homework pass in there with all the dares as a little extra incentive and a 'skip card' so the next time it comes around they can get out of it if they want. It's probably my most requested game!

In this board game, students get in groups of 2 or 3 and each get a movable piece. Each group gets 2 different colored dice. One dice is for the spaces that they move and the other die is used to answer the question, the number on the die corresponds with the number that they have to answer - in a complete sentence of course:). If they get the answer incorrect, they have to roll the question die again and answer that question correctly before moving again. You can have the teams write the answers down or use it as speaking practice.

Every student gets a copy. i print 30 off in color and put them in shhet protectors so that they can use a dry erase marker. Students walk around the room and ask students a question. If the student says "yes," they do do what was asked, that student writes their name in that box. I always tell students that they can only write down a person's name once on their sheet.

Board game - I printed this out on card stock 12 copies, enough for groups of two, and we use it all of the time! Person A gets a set of questions to ask person B and person B has a sheet with questions to ask person A. So when it is person A's turn, he rolls a die, person B asks him the question, person A responds, person B says if it is correct and then person A moves if correct. Great for speaking and 100% involvement (or 98% involvement to be more realistic). Also, if time, I make a set of cards for each group, and they pick the card and read it instead of using a sheet (if you have time to cut out 20ish cards for each set...)

This is a great review. I wrote questions that were review from the prior year. Either the students have to answer in a complete question or draw something. You can use with the board game above.