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Or name it Where is the sticker? Game.


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Football!

This is a game Ive played with students of different ages and

levels with tremendous success.First, youll need to draw a playing

field like this one on the board or a large piece of paper:


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Next, divide your students into two teams. Place a ball token at the

center. Then, students must answer questions correctly to approach

the posts and score a goal. For example, Team A answers correctly

and moves right one step closer to their goal. Team B answers

correctly and moves the ball left back to the center. Team A answers

incorrectly and cant move the ball at all. Team B answers correctly

and moves left one step closer to their goal. If Team A were to keep

answering incorrectly and Team B correctly, then Team B will continue

moving left to eventually score a goal. When a team scores, the ball

moves back to the center, and the team that did not score last starts.

The team with the most goals wins.


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A blank snakes and ladders game-board. You can print it out and use it for any grammar

game/vocabulary game you want.

or laminate it - the kids could write on it with non-permanent markers :)

if the kids come to a ladder and do the demanded task correctly, they can go up the

ladder - if not, they stay.

if the kids come to a snakes head and do the tast correctly, they can stay, otherwise they

have to go down to the tail.

you need: gameboard, dice and token --> and additional material (e.g. question cards,

vocabulary cards)

possible game: vocabulary (all three forms)

write the first form of a verb on each field of the game board. the sts role the dice and

jump to the number. then they have to tell the first form (standing on the board), the

second and third form of the verb. You could let them do a selfcorrection by providing a

solution sheet.


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If you convert the image to a jpeg and open with Windows Paint, you can usually print it

out in 9 parts that you can tape together into one big game sheet. Depending on the


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students, you can add conditions to the game: no repeating of words, words from a

specific category, spell as well as say the word, etc...


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Check Some Fresh Ideas to Teach Colors

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First Things First


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First, the vocabulary must be introduced.This is best done with

a card that has the target color on it along with the written name of

the color. Showing one card at a time, it is good practice to

pronounce the color clearly to the class, and then have them repeat

it as a class back to you. Do this with several colors and then

review just those colors. Then do that with another small set of

colors, reviewing as you go. Eventually, mix up all of the cards and

review them with the students. After this initial presentation, you

may start playing games and doing other activities to reinforce the

color words.

2Swap Seats

This game will keep everyone hopping, even adults.To start,

review what the colors are and point out what colors people are

wearing. Put chairs in a circle, enough so that each student has his

own chair. Hold up a color card, and have all those who are wearing

that color swap seats. After the students become comfortable, takeone seat away after calling the color so that someone will not have

a seat after swapping. That person is then out. Play until there is a

winner. Students of all ages enjoy this engaging game.

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Its All in the Bag

This is another fun game for reinforcing colors. This one

requires some prepping ahead of time for you. You will need to

gather various small items of different colors and put them in a large

canvas bag. You will also need either a color wheel which you can

spin and have it land on a certain color or a small deck of cards with

the colors on them. In class, explain to the students that they will be

hunting for a certain color. Have one student spin the wheel or pick

a card to choose a color. Have the other students each blindly pickan item from the bag. They must tell you what color it is. If it


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matches the target color, they get a point. This continues until all of

the items are gone from the bag. Whoever has the most points at

the end of the game, wins.

4I Spy

The traditional game of I Spy is great for teaching

colors.You should start by saying explaining the meaning of the

phrase I spy. Then say, I spy something __________ (name of

color). The students need to guess what you are thinking of in theclassroom. Try to be mindful of the fact that some students may not

have the vocabulary to name their intended item. First, have them

try to describe it, but if you see frustration setting in, you may let

them point to it and give them the word. This game can help not

only with color words, but with general vocabulary as well. Youll

see how determined to use their vocabulary a student can become

if they want to guess that item!

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B-I-N-G-O!

Playing Color Bingo will help enliven any classroom!Students

of all ages enjoy playing bingo, and Color Bingo will help them put

to use all of their vocabulary. If you have or can find a Color Bingo

game, that is great. If not, you can easily make one. Print out ablank one (easily found on the internet), get something for them to

use as markers or chips on the board, and hand out one card to

each student. Also, give them markers, crayons or colored pencils

in the colors that you want in your game. Put up color cards for all

of the colors you want to include in the game, and tell the students

to color in their boxes using the colors on the board in whatever

order they choose (be sure to have them mark the center box as a

free space, if appropriate. Next, start calling the colors. Studentsneed to mark each color as it is called, and call out, Bingo! when


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they have it. Then they need to say the colors as they check them

with you. You may want to have small prizes available for the

winners.

6Concentration

Another fun game for learning colors is concentration.In this

game, there are two sets of cards: one with the colors in word name,

and one with the colors right on them. Again, this game may be

found commercially, but you may also make it yourself. Either way,you place all cards out on the table, face down. Students must turn

over two cards and either read them or say what color it is. If they

have a match, they take them. The person with the most matches at

the end wins. If you are making it yourself, there is a way to vary the

degree of difficulty. The easier way is to make the back of the word

cards one color, and the back of the color cards another color. This

way, students know to take one of each color every time, and they

will not pick two word cards at once. The more difficult way is tomake the backing of all cards the same color. This will make the

memory portion of the game even more challenging. If you only

have a few students you can all play together and you can be a part

of it. Otherwise, set the games up and walk around the room to

supervise all groups. If you have volunteers, this would be a great

way to use them.

7Which Color is Your Favorite?

This activity is best for students who can sit and interview

each other.Each pair of students will get a sheet of paper with 5

(or more) questions on it, each of which can be answered with a

color. For example, What color is your favorite snack? or What

color is your favorite shirt? Students take turns asking each otherthese questions. They must be answered in a complete sentence,


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such as, My favorite fruit is red. This activity promotes oral

communication among students which is important to foster their

confidence in general. When they are done, each partner

introduces the other. For example, My partner is ____________.

(name) His favorite fruit is blue. His favorite ice cream is white, and

so on. Students bond during this activity which reinforces colors.

Forming relationships in an ESL classroom is essential because as

the students comfort level rises, so does hisdesire to

communicate in that classroom.

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Riddle Me This

This activity is for students who can write and have some

English vocabulary.Have the student think of a color and then

think of three objects that begin with that color. Have them fold a

piece of paper in half, to make a card shape. On the inside, have

them write the name of the color the others will try to guess. On the

outside, have them write the name of the three objects which arethat color. Have them take turns coming up to the front of the room

and reading their three clues to the class. See if someone can

guess the color they are thinking of. This activity reinforces general

vocabulary as well as the color words.

Jeopardy

Based on the classic TV game show, this game will require yourstudents to put on their thinking caps. Divide your whiteboard into

columns for vocabulary categories and rows with different point

values. Like this:
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Divide your students into two teams. Each team chooses a category

and the points they want to play for: We choose Countries for 25

points.Supply a clue or definition: This country is south of the US,

and they eat tacos there.They must guess the right country in the

form of a question: What is Mexico?If they answer correctly you

erase the points from the chart and add them to the teams tally

until theyre all wiped off. Adapt this game to any level of difficultyand include as many categories as you wish.

2Suction Cup Ball

Buy one (or several!) inexpensive suction cup balls, and your

whiteboard games will never be the same! These balls are made up

of several tiny suction cups that stick to whiteboards. There aremany games you can play - as many as your imagination will allow-

but here are two:

- Draw a target with concentric circles on the whiteboard, each with

a different point value. Quiz students and if they give you the right

answer they get to throw the ball for points.

- Fill your whiteboard with letters or syllables and each student has

to supply a word that starts with the letter or syllable they hit.

3Pictionary

This is a classic and one that may easily be adapted to any level.Students are split into two teams and they take turns drawing words,


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actions, or situations that they have drawn from a pile of cards.

Teammates guess what is being drawn.

4Hangman

Another popular game that may be adapted to your needs. Play the

classic game where students have to guess a word, or a more

sophisticated version where they have to guess entire phrases,

expressions, movie or book titles.

5Tic Tac Toe

Too simple? Not really. Make it as challenging as you like. Say you

want your students to practice thesimple past tense.Draw a 3 by

3 grid on the whiteboard. Write a sentence in each square, with a

gap where the verb should go. Write a list of 10 verbs on the side(one of them won't be used). They must supply the right form of the

verb to complete the sentence till one of the teams gets a Tic Tac

Toe. Try it with any gap-filling exercise! And expand the 9-square

grid to a bigger 16 or 25-square grid as suggested in thisTic Tac

Toe worksheet.

6Hot Seat

Place one student in the hot seat, in front of the whiteboard, with his

or her back to it. You and another student stand behind the student

in the hot seat. Write a word, movie, or book that the student must

describe for the other to guess.

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Earthquake

Draw a 5 by 5 grid on the whiteboard and label each column from A

to E and each row 1 to 5. Each team chooses a square, say A5;

you ask a question you have previously prepared. Before starting

the game choose three squares that wont have any questions, and

when a team chooses one of these, tell them an earthquake has

just swallowed up some of their pointsdeduct 5 points.

8Barnyard DashThe goal is for students to identify a barnyard animal from the

sound it makes. Depending on your students level, you can either

draw the pictures of animals on the board or write the words for

each. Give each team a different color marker and have them line

up. Make the sound yourself, i.e. crow like a rooster, or have a CD

ready with animal sounds. As they hear each sound, students race

to the board and circle the right word or picture. You can adapt this

game to all types of sounds, like a phone ringing, a car honking ahorn, or someone sneezing. You may also record expressions or

phrases that they have to circle on the board, like Thanks! and

You're welcome.

9Writing Race

This game is similar to the race mentioned above but in this case

students race to the board to write a letter, a word, or a complete

answer to a question. You can have each student write the

complete answer or play it like a relay race where each student in

the team only writes one word, then races to pass the marker to a

teammate who must write the next one, and so on.

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Backs to the Board

Great for practicing numbers, especially those tricky ones like 16

and 60, 13 and 30, etcWrite several numbers on the board. Give

each team a different color marker. Have students stand with their

backs to board. Call out a number. Students turn, try to find the

number and circle it. At the end of the game, tally up the scores by

counting the different color circles.

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