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Students had so much fun with this activity. It was challenging, but the fun aspect truly engaged the students.
My students really enjoyed this review game. We ended up splitting into four teams so that more students were involved on each question and then each team could pick who they wanted to assign their points to. We were able to use the slides for this and we had a lot of fun. My students have asked if this can be our next review game too!
We use this during small groups to help with identifying prime and composite numbers.
A great resource for my seventh grade math students!
Fun way to practice input and output with third graders!
Highly engaging way to reinforce basic robotic concepts
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Type: GRUDGEBALL
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight GRUDGEBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 11
Type: TASK CARDS for SCOOT
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight SCOOT TASK CARDS ELA Game - Grade 11
Type: The TERRIBLE Game
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight THE TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 11 ELA Review
Type: BUMP
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight BUMP ELA Game - No Prep Grade 11 Review
Type: FRAZZLED
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight FRAZZLED ELA Game - No Prep Grade 11
Type: The BIG TERRIBLE Game
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight BIG TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 11 ELA Review
Type: TRASHKETBALL
Evaluate Connotation & Emotional Weight TRASHKETBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 11
Explore 7 Evaluating Connotation and Emotional Weight review games designed by a teacher to engage students and reinforce curriculum.
- Turn review into a classroom battle with GRUDGEBALL, where correct answers earn attacks and successful baskets give teams extra shots at their opponents.
- In The BIG TERRIBLE Game, every team answers every question and earns unpredictable positive or negative points while trying to finish closest to zero.
- In The TERRIBLE Game, teams answer questions to reveal mystery scores, then decide who gets the points as everyone battles to finish closest to zero.
- FRAZZLED keeps students guessing as correct answers reveal surprise points, wrong answers can reward the other team, and bombs can wipe out a score.
- SCOOT gets students out of their seats and moving around the classroom as they rotate from desk to desk answering task cards.
- BUMP gets teams racing to answer correctly, then gives them a chance to score points by knocking other teams off the platform.
- In TRASHKETBALL™, students compete to answer questions quickly and correctly to earn chances to shoot and score for their team.
Review works a lot better when students actually want to participate, and games give them a reason to jump in. Students who normally sit back during review often jump into the action, working with their teammates and getting caught up in every question and result. The real change happens when students start looking ahead to the next game and realize that the more prepared they are, the better their chances of winning.
Don’t just take my word for it—research shows that game-based learning can improve student achievement, retention, and motivation. See the research.