Games

In this chapter of my ESL Toolkit, I have two game activities that I will share. I have chose games because I think it is very important to allow students to have fun and be able to get excited about learning. What other way is better to get students involved then to have games incorporated into your lesson plans? Games also allow the students to work with their other classmates and work on their teamwork abilities. You need to learn how to work with others in the real world and to introduce this to students you need to let them play fun educational games. Also, there are games that students could work on independently while in the classroom or at home. There are plenty of free games on the internet that allow students to play for free.


 * 1. Cool Math-Math Games **

On this site students are able to choose what game they would like to play, but the one I chose that is fun and educational is State the State. This game could be set on “easy” or “pro”, you can chose your style “Choose it” or “Spell it”, and you can choose quiz length “10”, “25”, or “50” questions. For my demonstration of this game I will chose Pro, Choose it, and 10 questions. This game could be done as a whole class when there is some free time, maybe at the end of the day or after lunch to get class ready to start another lesson. This is a great game for ELL students because they are able to actually see the state and be able to make connections. After the ELL students have mastered this game, it will be easier to look at a map if it was unlabeled and know what state is what just by looking at the shape and size. [|Games]


 * 2. Classroom Jeopardy**

On this website teachers are allowed to make up their own jeopardy games for their classroom and save them so they could be used later or by other teachers they wish to share their games with. This is a useful game for all grade levels and all content areas. The jeopardy game that I am going to share with the class is a sample game with just sample questions. This is to give an idea of how you can make your own game and what kind of questions you could ask. When using the jeopardy game in the classroom you can divide your students up into teams and give every person a white board and marker. The rules of the game are simple. There will be one team leader and they give the final answer for their team, each team gets the chance to answer the question before another group has the chance to steal. All teams must whisper to their team members so that the other teams don’t hear their answers. If you choose the question that is worth 50 points and you answer correctly you get the 50 points, but if you answer incorrectly, you lose those points. It is up to the teacher what the reward is to the team with the most points at the end of the game. [|Jeoprady!]