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DO YOU SCOOT? Learning Games

Here is a game to get 100% of YOUR students ENGAGED!

My Kiddos LOVE SCOOT games…

Here are the basics:

Materials needed:

Game cards, task cards, pictures, flashcards, or multiple pages for review.

AND

A student page for responses.

Each student needs their OWN page.

Can be a pre-printed one, or blank.

The main idea is:

The teacher places different “tasks” on student desks.

The students walk around the room and respond to the task on their papers.

Some teachers use a timer ( 1 minute per “station”) or FREE FOR ALL!

MY KIDDOS LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

Here are some examples…

We used this packet to play.

The CLOCK cards are the packet.

NO laminating is needed!

I just place them in clear report sleeves…or Zip Lock bags when I need more!

Each card has a DIFFERENT LETTER in the Top LEFT corner…

see the “V”????

Students walk around the classroom ( this time with a partner )

to find the cards.

We just used a blank page, folded it into 12 squares, and gave each one a LETTER.

I told them NOT to put their squares in ABC order.

WHY? That way ALL kids are not at the same card at the same time!

Mix it up!

They found the 12 cards matching THEIR CHOSEN LETTERS!

We are working on time to the hour & half hour.

THEY LOVED THIS!

LOTS of discussions, helping each other, and giggles!

Check out PINTEREST…LOTS OF SCOOT GAMES!

I know you will enjoy it!

Have fun!

Wendy

It’s National PUZZLE Day! Do YOU play GAMES??

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GAMES and Puzzles!

Today is NATIONAL PUZZLE DAY!

Wahoo!

Fun times with friends.

Do YOU play games and puzzles in YOUR classroom?

I HOPE SO!

What better way to practice academic skills & strategies?

The BEST way to learn social skills of sharing, taking turns, winning, and losing.

AND..most importantly…

IT BUILDS YOUR CLASSROOM COMMUNITY!

Keep reading for a FUN FREEBIE

Freebie for Followers

Checkers

Boars Games for kids

Chutes & Ladders Board Game

Candy Land Board Game

I also have the children make their OWN games.

We play the “matching” game… A LOT!

Use spelling words, vocabulary words, math facts…whatever!

I give 1/2 the class 1 sheet of colored paper.

I give the other half

1 sheet of colored paper, too

BUT a different color!

We fold it into 8 rectangles.

EVERYONE writes the same words on their paper.

THEN…cut the cards apart!

When we are ready…find a partner

WITH DIFFERENT COLORED PAPER!

Turn over all of the cards.

Pick one of YOURS,

then choose one of your partners!

With different colored papers

…no mistaking whose is whose.

When game “time” ( set a timer ) is done

..pick up YOUR cards!

No mixing them up!

Take the cards HOME & PRACTICE!

Here WE ARE at WORK:

Kids in classroom playing learning games

Kids in the classroom playing learning games

Partner students in classroom playing learning games

Partner students in the classroom playing learning games

Kids in the classroom playing learning games

I hope you play games and do puzzles!

Have FUN!

Here are some MORE blog posts about

CLASSROOM GAMES!

PLAY ON

The Day the Boys Found Dice

I Spy With Word Walls

GOTCHA!

Games for ASSESSMENTS?

What TIME is it?

Here are some games

for YOUR classroom:

CVC Scoot Game

CVC SCOOT

Who Am I Flapbook Game

Who AM I? Flapbook GAME!

What’s a SMORT? A SMART Sort!

SMORTS…What’s A SMORT?

A SMART SORT!

Shelves of Board Games

Check out my

GAMES for GIGGLES

Pinterest board

for MORE fun GAMES!

FUN FREEBIE

Freebie for Followers

Signature

Do you like to play games? GOTCHA!

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I LOVE GAMES!

I really do.

My kiddos LOVE to play games.

They learn to take turns, to negotiate, to strategize…

and to win peacefully,

and lose graciously.

So…I created a game.

Not just ANY game.

A game kindergartners can play WITH second graders…

AND WIN! 🙂

Here is my newest product:

GOTCHA!

(Think 4-in-a-row type games.)

The directions are pretty simple…

Take turns placing your tokens on the MAT…

Try to get 4 in a row.

You can get 4 in a row horizontal, vertical, or diagonal!

BUT…be careful!

Your partner will try to BLOCK YOU!

When you BLOCK them…

YELL…

GOTCHA!

Multiple game mats are included.

You can play a variety of levels, as needed.

Differentiation at its BEST!

The tokens are what make the difference.

There are a variety of leveled tokens.

From ABCs & 123’s…to short vowels…to contractions, and more!

Players must READ before playing a token!

READ? and have fun???

WOW!

Packet includes:

3 differentiated game mats.

16 different themed player tokens.

Here is a PREVIEW of the packet.

Click Below

Gotcha!

Happy Summer my friends!

Wendy 1stgradefireworks

Games for Assessments? Are they CRAZY?

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Can I really play a FUN game to ASSESS?

Oh YEAH!

We have been playing ( YES…PLAYING)

fun games this month!

And guess what?

I can use them for assessments!

( Do I hear OH YEAH!)

Sorry …my WBT is going to my head!

My new SEPTEMBER game is both.

It’s a game & assessment.

I use the foldable game cards as a

September PREVIEW & REVIEW.

What Am I? September assessment game

Red cards. September assessment game

What Am I? September assessment game

I start the month with the cards to see what my kiddos know…

DO I HEAR KWL???

Then I can plan for the month depending on what they DON’T KNOW!

At the end of the month..REASSESS!

Another GAME!

Use DATA for review in small groups.

(WOW!!! I think I am getting this down…sarcasm)

It’s only taken me 27 years..sarcasm

( Some of us have been teaching this way for years!)

Shhhh…don’t tell anyone

Those “young PHDers in Education” may feel sad.

They think they have created something new..

The education pendulum has swung again!

Smile, nod your head,…and teach!

Do I hear an “OH YEAH!” 🙂

The Day the Boys found Dice

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My boys have found…DICE for games!

Math games need dice!

Bring it ON!

My boys found the DICE today! Let the games BEGIN!

The kids found the dice for math games! Game ON!

The dice were rolling! Let the games BEGIN!

The learning, discussions, & giggles were contagious! YES!

I must THANK the Dollar Store & Target $1 Spot

for making their “dreams come true!”

I Love to have games in my classroom!

We PLAY LOTS of GAMES!

I once had a parent ask me if ALL we did was play games….

each day her daughter would go home & MOM would ask..

” What did you do at school today?”

Daughter….”Oh, we just played games...”

YES! BUT…

We play MY games…

educational games….

games that reinforce concepts I am teaching!

GOOD GAMES! 🙂

So, today,

MY BOYS FOUND….DICE!

Their world has changed FOREVER!

I have small dice, large dice, EXTRA LARGE FOAM DICE! LOTS!

We are working on beginning addition…

( YOU know where I am going with this!)

Roll…..ADD….Color!

We got out the dice games & had a ball!

Here is my FALL DICE GAMES...

7 games in one packet!

Learning is FUN!

But to share…A FREEBIE!

Let them Play! Dice games are so FUN!

So CHEERS to games that make learning FUN!

LEAVE me a COMMENT…

What games do YOU play in your classroom??? 🙂

You never know..I may choose someone to GIVE a GAME to!

WINK ,WINK! Leave a comment to ENTER! 🙂

Wendy 1stgradefireworks

Throwback Thursday..NO PREP Matching Game!

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Tag Archives: games

DO YOU SCOOT? Learning Games

Here is a game to get 100% of YOUR students ENGAGED!

The teacher places different “tasks” on student desks.

The students walk around the room and respond to the task on their papers.

LOTS of discussions, helping each other, and giggles!

Like this:

It’s National PUZZLE Day! Do YOU play GAMES??

GAMES and Puzzles!

IT BUILDS YOUR CLASSROOM COMMUNITY!

Like this:

Do you like to play games? GOTCHA!

I LOVE GAMES!

My kiddos LOVE to play games.

Like this:

Games for Assessments? Are they CRAZY?

Can I really play a FUN game to ASSESS?

We have been playing ( YES…PLAYING)

fun games this month!

It’s a game & assessment.

Another GAME!

Like this:

The Day the Boys found Dice

My boys have found…DICE for games!