To help learn and remember the characters from “Romeo and Juliet,” Carla Byars has students choose a character and bring in a personal theme song for each with printed lyrics.
Debbie Swanson addresses foot tapping by placing carpet squares under their feet. “They love it and can stomp as loudly as they want.”
Sarah Endecott uses a wind chime to signal students to stop what they are doing and listen to what she needs to tell them. It’s an excellent time management tool!
You can flash card games to help your students learn. Students write words on one side of the card and the definition on the other. These cards can then be used to play a variety of games.
A. Matching Game: Two students each have a set of word-definition cards. One student’s cards are word up, the other’s are definition up. They then match the words with the definitions, taking the cards away when paired.
B. Play Pictionary with the words showing.
C. Play Pictionary with definitions showing.