During my time actively blogging, I’ve enjoyed writing up activities to use during class. I could just talk and talk forever, but that’s definitely not the best use of my students’ time! Having a collection of go-to ideas is useful for me, and maybe it is for a few readers out there, too.
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I thought it would be nice to round up my activity posts thus far and make an at-a-glance activity resource. Feel free to bookmark this page!
I’ve sorted the list by two factors:
- Prep – anything you would need to do/make/get before doing the activity. Most of the activities here that require prep are pretty low-key, i.e. print out a grid.
- Movement – anything in which students need to move around during the activity. I do not consider switching seats to be significant movement.
Zero-Prep Activities
Chain Drill
movement – no
ice breaker – yes
competition – no
Guess the Word
movement – no
ice breaker – yes
competition – not really
Snowballs
movement – some
ice breaker – yes
competition – no
Hidden Vocab Words
movement – some
ice breaker – yes
competition – not really
Dictation Relay
movement – yes (but not everyone)
ice breaker – no
competition – yes
Minimal-Prep Activities
Scaffolding Peer Review
movement – no
ice breaker – no
competition – no
Jigsaw Reading
movement – no
ice breaker – no
competition – no
Conversation Jenga
movement – no
ice breaker – no
competition – no
One-Question Surveys
movement – some
ice breaker – yes
competition – no
Grid Activity
movement – some
ice breaker – yes
competition – no
The Flyswatter Game
movement – yes
ice breaker – no
competition – yes
Building Blocks
movement – yes (but not everyone)
ice breaker – yes
competition – not really
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