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Grab
UseLego.SpreadouttheLegoandcallout"(Five!)".Thestudentsshouldtakefiveblocks,jointhem
togethertomakeapatternandholdthemup.Nextsay"twoblue,oneyellow"andothercombinations
to5.

GrabItRelay/RacetoTouch
Laytheflashcardsontheflooratoneendoftheroom,andhavethestudentslineupinteamsatthe
otherendoftheroom.Calloutaflashcardandhavethefirstpersonineachteamracetograbthe
card.Thosestudentsthengotothebackandthenextstudentsracetograbthenextflashcardthe
teachercalls.

Hangman
Usereviewwordsfrompastlessons.Theteacherchoosesawordandwritestheappropriatenumber
ofspacesontheboard.Studentsguessaletteronebyone.Ifthestudentguessescorrectly,writethat
letterinthespaceandgivethestudentanotherturn.Iftheyguesswrongly,startdrawingahanging
manandhavethenextstudentguessaletter.Letthefirststudenttoguessthewordtaketheteacher's
place.Youmayprefertodrawahangingspider(Spiderman?)instead.

HotPotato
Playlike'PassIt'usingatimelimitforaddedmotivation.Setthetimerfor10seconds.Whenthe
timergoesoff,thestudentholdingtheflashcardmustsaythevocabulary/structure.

ISpy

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Theteachersays"IspywithmylittleeyesomethingbeginningwithG".Studentstrytoguessthe
object(E.g.garbagecan).Useclassroomobjectsandwithyoungerstudentsusecolorsratherthan
letterse.g."Ispywithmylittleeyesomething(red)."

I'veGotIt
Havestudentssitinacircle.Giveeachstudentaflashcardoritem.Ask"Whatisit?"andelicitthe
vocabulary.Calloutthevocabularyandhavethestudentsstandupandsaytheflashcard.Repeat
untilallthestudentsarestanding,thencontinueuntilallthestudentsaresitting.Goatafastpaceso
thestudentsaresittingandstandingrapidly.

Jeopardy
Makeajeopardygridonthewhiteboardasfollows:

Fruit Sports Animals Body

10 _______ _______ _______ _______

20 _______ _______ _______ _______

30 _______ _______ _______ _______

40 _______ _______ _______ _______

50 _______ _______ _______ _______

Inteams,orindividually,letthestudentsrandomlypickacategoryandthepointstobeattempted.
Theteacherwillthenaskaquestionand(a40pointquestionshouldbemoredifficultthana10point
question)ifthestudentsgetthecorrectanswertheirteamnameiswritteninthatbox.Whenallthe
boxesarefilledtheteamwiththemostpointswins.

JumpingTheLine
Putapieceoftapeacrossthemiddleofthefloorordrawanimaginarylinedividingtheroom.
Designateonessideas'true'andtheothersideas'false'.Lineupthestudentsontheline,holdupa
flashcardandsayaword.Ifthestudentsthinkyousaidthewordthatmatchestheflashcard,they
shouldjumptothe'true'side,otherwisetheyshouldjumptothe'false'side.Studentswhomakea
mistakeshouldsitoutuntilthenextround.

Lego
SpreadLegoonthefloorandcallacolorforthestudentstopickup.Continueuntilallthecolorshave
beencalled.Allowthestudentstoplaywiththeblocksforafewminutesbeforepackingup.While
thestudentsareplaying,talktothemaboutwhatthey'remakingandthecolorsthey'reusing.

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LetterToWordMatch
Giveeachstudentanalphabetflashcard,andspreadalphabetpicturecardsrandomlyaroundtheroom.
Playandsingthe'ABCSong'.Whenfinished,havethestudentsmatchtheiralphabetcardtoan
alphabetpicturecardandsaytheletterandvocabulary.Changecardsandrepeat.

ListenandOrder
Putthestudentsintopairsandgivethemnumbercards(110).Calloutnumbers(outoforder)and
havethestudentsputtheircardsinthatorder.Whenfinished,havethestudentschantthenumbersin
theorderyougavethem.

MagicFinger
Printaletterofthealphabetontheboard.Instructthestudentstostandandfacetheboard.Raiseyour
'magicfinger'andtracetheletterintheair.Besillyanduseotherpartsofyourbodytotracetheletter,
e.g.elbow,foot,nose,tongue.

MakeASentence
Putthestudentsintoteamsandlayoutaselectionofflashcardsoritems.Onestudentfromeachteam
choosesavocabularyitemandusesitcorrectlyinasentence.Giveeachstudenttensecondsonthe
timer.Reducethetimeinthesecondandthirdround.Astheitemisnamed,theteacherputsitaway
andgivestheteamapoint.Writethepointsonthewhiteboard.

MapGame
Useaworldmapandelicit"Whereareyoufrom?","Wheredoyoulive?","Wheredopeoplespeak
Spanish?","Where'sChina?",andanyotherquestionsyoucanthinkof.Alsoshowandtellthe
studentsaboutwhereyouarefrom.

MemoryBuzz
Havethestudentssitinacircleandstartbuildingasentence.Student1says"Intheclassroom,Iseea
clock",student2says"Intheclassroom,Iseeaclockandamap",student3says"IntheclassroomI
seeaclock,amapandachair"etc.Foravariation,see'QuestionChain'.

MemoryMaster
Havethestudentssitinacircle.DesignateonestudenttobetheMemoryMaster.Arrangethe
flashcardsfaceupinthecenter.Eachstudentchoosesaflashcardandsaystheword.Theycannot
touchtheflashcards.Aftereveryonehaschosen,theMemoryMastermusthandthecorrectflash
cardstoeachstudent.

MemoryTray
Bringinatrayofvariousreviewornewobjects.Elicitthenamesoftheobjectsandgivethestudents
aminutetomemorizewhat'sonthetray.Takethetrayawayandseehowmanyobjectscanbe

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remembered.Olderstudentsshouldwritealistofobjects.Thestudentwhoremembersthemost
objectsgetsapoint.Canbedonewithflashcards.

MusicalChairs
Lineupthechairsandplaceaflashcardoneachone.Playsomemusicandhavethestudentswalk,
skip,jumparoundthechairs.Whenthemusicstops,thestudentsshouldsitdownonachairandshout
outtheirflashcards.Formoreexcitementremoveachairwhilethemusicisplayingandmakethe
chairlessstudentsitoutuntilthenextround.

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