Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary Morphemic Elements: Affix Game
How well do you know your affixes? Find out how proficient your learners are with a game that requires them to define various affixes and use them to create words that will go into sentences.
ESL Base
Future Board Game
Are your pupils going to enjoy this game? Definitely! Small groups practice conversational skills and the future tenses by asking and answering the questions provided on the game board.
Media Smarts
Violence and Video Games
Widespread video gaming makes this content relevant and high interest. Developing youth awareness about the impact of violence in games is important to promote literacy, critical thinking, health, and consumer awareness. After reading...
Curated OER
Gerund Board Game
Play a board game that tests learners' knowledge of gerunds and promotes discussion. As players move along each square, they answer questions using a gerund.
Curated OER
Wide Mouthed Frog Memory or Wide Mouthed Frog Sight Word Game
How appropriate is playing a game of memory to help children memorize their sight words! Offering fun frog-themed flash cards and instructions for playing two different sight word games, this would make a great addition to the...
PreKinders
Rhyming Match Game
Hmmm bat rhymes with... cat! Help your youngsters master rhyming with a quick game. The resource provides a game board and cards to match.
K12 Reader
Pronoun Match Game
Book goes with it and Sarah goes with she... but what about the rest of these nouns and pronouns? Challenge your pupils to match the nouns and pronouns to each other correctly during this memory-style game.
Curated OER
ABC Café Alphabet Matching Game
Glue the first two pages provided here to a folder of piece of card stock to create a private table at the ABC Café. Included in the materials are 26 food items that each start with a different letter of the alphabet, every letter of the...
Curated OER
Review Games
There are a multitude of games for reviewing almost any subject matter or lesson. The rules can be adapted to fit your own needs and levels. Most of these games have been borrowed from others and adapted. Football Review, Baseball...
Curated OER
Science Vocabulary game
Play a memory game with science vocabulary words to prepare for an upcoming test! Build both understanding and retention of new vocabulary words by setting up a matching game for your learners to play in small groups of three to...
Macmillan Education
Card Games: Irregular Verbs
Who says learning grammar can't be fun? Focusing on commonly used irregular verbs, this pair of card games helps young grammarians learn different tenses for verbs that fail to follow the regular rules of conjugation.
Collaborative Learning Project
Punctuation Games
It might not be "Conjunction Junction" but your school room will rock with this punctuation game. Game rules, templates, and background information are all included in the packet.
Media Smarts
First Person
High schoolers explore the relationship between video games and actual population. Example: A 2005 study showed Latino youth play at higher rates than other groups, but there are no Latino playable characters. They watch a brief video...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: High Frequency Words, Memory Word Game
Play this fun adaptation of the game Memory. Young scholars flip over high-frequency word cards, read them aloud, and keep them if they match.
Curated OER
The Dracula Game
Students discuss ways in which the story "Dracula" can be viewed in terms of a board game. After discussion, groups create and illustrated game board, pieces, and written rules for their own version of The Dracula Game. Groups provide...
Saskatchewan Elocution and Debate Association
Debate Games and Activities Guide
A must-have resource for classes that engage in debate, this packet contains 20 detailed plans for debate games and activities. Everything from how to select evidence to support a position, to structuring a debate on which candy bar is...
Curated OER
Game Board Review
Students review previously taught material by playing a teacher made board game. They answer questions and move their pieces along the path to the end.
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Review Games
Boggle, Jot Thoughts, Trading Cards, Commercial Breaks, Snowball Fight, Bingo, Draw it! Here’s a bunch of review games that would make a great addition to your curriculum library. The games can be easily adapted to address the Common...
Curated OER
Using Games to Reinforce Vocabulary Development in English Language Learners
Practical ways to implement games and activities into whole-class and sheltered English language development time.
Curated OER
Vowel Game
Play this fun game about initial vowels with your ELD class. Each slide shows a picture of an item that starts with a vowel (igloo, elephant, apple, etc.) and English learners choose the correct initial vowel. The presentation includes...
Curated OER
Consonant Game
With fun sound effects and bright animations, this interactive game will help your ESL class with their initial consonants. Each slide shows a picture of an item (snail, lion, car, etc) and prompts pupils to choose the correct consonant...
Curated OER
Playing the Vocabulary Game
This wonderful game is a terrific way to reinforce important vocabulary words across the curriculum
Jessica Winston
Tacky and the Winter Games
Helen Lester's wonderfully wacky, Tacky and the Winter Games, is the core text featured in a resource packet that includes a prediction exercise, an activity menu, vocabulary flash cards, and book review worksheet. A great way to...
Curated OER
Football Spelling
Third graders play a football spelling game where two teams spell words and gain yardage for each correctly spelled word. This clever spelling game will be highly motivational for your class! Each team gains ten yards every time they...
