Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2015

STUMP (and a Freebie!)


Here's a game where you pit groups of students against each other.

Click on the picture above to get a full size sheet you can print out.

Print onto durable cardstock and cut out on dotted lines. Place the squares into baggies so that Team 1 gets the "A" group of letters, Team 2 gets the "I" group of letters, and so forth.

Have the children pick one person on the team to be the scribe.

When you say "Go!", each team dumps their letters on the table and starts moving them around to build words. The scribe writes down every word they make.

When time is up, the team with the most words wins!

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Little Competition Helps Stimulate the Brain


Sometimes I like to break up the old routine, and pit the kids against each other (partners or teams, it doesn't matter). Depending on the subject we're on, I can give them numbers, shapes, letter sounds, words, etc., and the first person to write it correctly (and raise their hand to show they're finished) gets a sticker (or a hand stamp, etc.) It really gets interesting if I pit boys against girls!