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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.
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Fun way to practice input and output with third graders!
Highly engaging way to reinforce basic robotic concepts
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Type: GRUDGEBALL
Word Families for Meaning Connections GRUDGEBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 10
Type: TASK CARDS for SCOOT
Word Families for Meaning Connections SCOOT TASK CARDS ELA Game - Grade 10
Type: The TERRIBLE Game
Word Families for Meaning Connections THE TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 10 ELA Review
Type: BUMP
Word Families for Meaning Connections BUMP ELA Game - No Prep Grade 10 Review
Type: FRAZZLED
Word Families for Meaning Connections FRAZZLED ELA Game - No Prep Grade 10
Type: The BIG TERRIBLE Game
Word Families for Meaning Connections BIG TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 10 ELA Review
Type: TRASHKETBALL
Word Families for Meaning Connections TRASHKETBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 10
Explore 7 Evaluating Word Families for Meaning Connections 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.
- The TERRIBLE Game adds strategy to review as correct answers uncover positive or negative points that can help your team or hurt your opponents.
- SCOOT gets students out of their seats and moving around the classroom as they rotate from desk to desk answering task cards.
- In TRASHKETBALL™, students compete to answer questions quickly and correctly to earn chances to shoot and score for their team.
- 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 FRAZZLED, teams answer questions to uncover mystery points, but one wrong answer or unlucky bomb can completely change the game.
- BUMP combines fast-paced question review with a competitive challenge where students land shots and knock other teams off the platform.
A good review game can completely change the energy in the classroom and get students excited to practice what they’ve learned. You’ll see students lean into the questions, debate answers with their teammates, and hang on every result as the game unfolds. Over time, that excitement carries beyond the game itself, as students start preparing because they want their team to have a better chance of winning next time.
There’s research behind the fun too, with studies finding better academic performance and greater student engagement when games are brought into learning. See the research.