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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Beg, Borrow, Steal, Then Adapt

Teachers are really good at sharing resources.  My mantra is "beg, borrow, steal, then adapt".  Sticker game boards are a perfect example of this.

A co-worker showed me his sticker game board and explained that he uses it for Vocabulary review.  A light bulb went off in my head.  My students will review ANY concept, if I call it a game.  I usually call our Vocabulary review "Vocabulary Pictionary".  They take turns drawing pics and flipping through their vocabulary journals.  I can turn almost any Math concept into a dice, card, or bingo game.  And over the years, I have bought several board games for classrooms.  But this......this.........this takes it to another level.

Summer Break is coming soon and I know that the kids will get bored at some point during the 2 months.  I have always sent home "break" homework packets, filled with word searches and math worksheets to help prevent the summer slide.  But this year, the students made their own gameboards.

A pen pal recently sent us a care package with tons of goodies.  St. Patrick's Day pencils, buttons, stickers, napkins, paperclips, and foam shamrocks and hearts.  I instantly knew what we were going to do with them!










Some of them were not finished when I took the pics, but you get the idea.  I just LOVE the different ideas they all had!  Some decided to make them into Math games.  Some made fact or opinion games.  Some made multiple choice cards.  My non-reader made his for practicing his sight words.  In the end, they had fun AND created a board game to play over Summer Break.

I would love to hear how you would "beg, borrow, steal, and then adapt" this idea. 

2 comments:

  1. Check out the Chicago Toy and Game Fair in November... In Chicago. There is an entire part dedicated to educators. Mary Couzin would love to chat with you.

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    1. She can reach me at YosemiteHikers@yahoo.com The game fair looks like fun!

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