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My students love a good competition, and they loved this game!
Great resource to use as a unit review! Students enjoyed playing.
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
This game was so fun! My students loved using the as their review before their unit test! I also liked how I was able to add some other questions to help them prepare for their unit test.
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The kids liked the randomness of the "unfair" part of the game. Well made and fun!
Type: GRUDGEBALL
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone GRUDGEBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 5
Type: TASK CARDS for SCOOT
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone SCOOT TASK CARDS ELA Game - Grade 5
Type: The TERRIBLE Game
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone THE TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 5 ELA Review
Type: BUMP
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone BUMP ELA Game - No Prep Grade 5 Review
Type: FRAZZLED
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone FRAZZLED ELA Game - No Prep Grade 5 Review
Type: The BIG TERRIBLE Game
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone BIG TERRIBLE GAME - Grade 5 ELA Review
Type: TRASHKETBALL
Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone TRASHKETBALL ELA Game - No Prep Grade 5
Explore 7 Identify How Word Choice Affects Tone review games designed by a teacher to engage students and reinforce curriculum.
- TRASHKETBALL™ gets teams racing to answer correctly, then rewards them with shots at the trash can to score points.
- SCOOT gets students out of their seats and moving around the classroom as they rotate from desk to desk answering task cards.
- The TERRIBLE Game adds strategy to review as correct answers uncover positive or negative points that can help your team or hurt your opponents.
- Turn review into a classroom battle with GRUDGEBALL, where correct answers earn attacks and successful baskets give teams extra shots at their opponents.
- BUMP gets teams racing to answer correctly, then gives them a chance to score points by knocking other teams off the platform.
- FRAZZLED keeps students guessing as correct answers reveal surprise points, wrong answers can reward the other team, and bombs can wipe out a score.
- The BIG TERRIBLE Game keeps the whole class involved as up to eight teams answer together and watch their scores swing above and below zero.
When it’s time to review, a little competition can go a long way toward getting students focused, participating, and having fun. 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. Play review games regularly and students start preparing for them, because just like sports, they know being ready gives them a better chance to win.
The excitement is great, but the research is even better—educational games have been linked to stronger achievement, retention, and motivation. See the research.