Purpose/Uses
____ ____ help students determine unknowns.
Context clues
Students can ____ how the games enhanced their understanding of the content
explain
summarize What's the Question?
bonus 100 pts for an example
Matrix game with content-based categories across top (points 100, 200, 300, 400, 500). Teacher also creates clues (words, pictures, or combo of two) corresponding difficulty with higher point values.
ex)Jeopardy
Summarize Questions into Games.
Questions become impromptu games by forming students into teams to answer. Teams have one minute to discuss and write down their answers.
How does a team win?
By having the most points
Academic games help students ______ with the content.
engage
Students can ____ the games content
describe
summarize Name the Category
Pyramid game board with various categories and point values. Students are organized into teams with one clue giver and guessers. Teacher reveals one category at a time and the clue givers work with their team to uncover the whole pyramid before the other team(s).
Summarize Which One Doesn't Belong
Groups of four words are given to the students. Three similar and one different and the students have to write down the term that doesn’t belong.
How many teams did I suggest the class split into?
4
Why are academic games entertaining for students?
They are something different
They stimulate student's minds
Students can _____ __________ in the games they participate in
engage enthusiastically
Summarize Talk a Mile a Minute
Teacher preps cards with a category and lists of words for one student in each group to quickly describe. The other students in the team work to decipher each word on the card.
Summarize Classroom Feud
Teams of students are given questions to discuss and send one responder to the front of the class to answer for the team. Teacher asks any of the questions given and the responders give their teams’ response.
What do you write in the (fake) boxes?
Your teams answer