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[kiwiliz]

Tomorrow I am going out to a small country school and havve to take 4 Grade 6 Elementary students for a fun lesson, more games then anything.
Now I normally teach clases of 15 or more...just can't think of a game that Grade 6 will enjoy thats suitable for 4 kids.
Any ideas anyone?

[poet13]

How about...

-sam-yuk-gu, but in english. Good for counting practise and pronunciation.

-Speed tongue twisters. Everybody uses the same tongue twister (adjust for level) and go around as fast as possible until someone makes a mistake. That person is out. Continue until one person wins.

-Telephone. good for a laugh. Emphasizes enunciation and pronunciation.

-I have in my pocket. Start with one thing, each person repeats all the previous and adds one more. Person who makes a mistake is out. One person wins. make it fun. Start the game yourself with someone really silly, like I have in my pocket three baby kangaroos....

-first letter, last letter. DoG-GiraffE-Egg-GorillA-ApplE- etc.


have fun.

[xtchr]

Go through body parts and left/right etc, then have a game of twister.

[sheba]

My kids LOVE pictionary. Find out what level they are and choose some words accordingly. Pair them up and have a competition. One student draws the picture while their pair tries to guess. Limit their time, and if they cant figure out what it is, let the other team try to guess for an extra point.

My higher level kids really like boggle. I make up my own alphabet board so there are lots of words they can find. Basically draw a 4x4 grid and fill the squares with letters. They should conect the letters to make as many words as they can in a time limit. I get the students to call out a word and I write it on the board, one point for each letter. You can make the rules to suit yourself.

Hangman can be used of course, but you can't really play it for a whole class!

20 questions for higher levels, one student thinks of an animal, or whatever theme you want and the other kids have to ask yes/no questions to guess what it is. You can spend the first part of the lesson just going over questions, write them on the board with a lot of interchangeable words - Does it have 4 legs/a tail/long hair/spots? etc Is it black/tall/a chicken? etc Can it run fast/fly/swim? etc

Or theres Hot Seat, where one student sits in front of the others, and you tape a word to their forehead (and animal, object etc) the other kids give hints to what it is and the student has to guess what it is. You can play this in pairs to make it competitive.

You could pick up some cards and teach them card games in English, like Go Fish, where they have to use sentences.

I also give listening comprehension quizzes, which the kids love under the right circumstances. Usually ill start off a game where they win some candy (Ill give a team a piece of candy per 2 or 3 points in boggle depending on how many students there are in the group, and how many points they have). Then I find something interesting to read aloud, and after I ask the students questions. They must bet either 1, 2 or 3 pieces of candy when its their turn for a question. If they get the answer right, Ill match the candy they bet, if they get it wrong Ill take it! I prefer to keep them in teams so they can discuss the answers and dont feel too bad if they keep getting the answers wrong!

Kids love the speed game as well, pair them up and ask one person from each pair to come forward, say a word and whoever spells it correctly first (on the board) gets a point.

If I have a games class with my student, generally I play about 2-3 games in a lesson depending on their level and what game it is. Also if its just a one off thing, why not buy some candy and give it as prizes?

Anyway, hope this helps some. Its hard to figure out what to do whan you dont know the level, but you could cater most games to most levels.... Good luck!

[kiwiliz]

Many many thanks, this seemed to help nugde my thinking into the area required...am using something form all replies!!

Tahnks