Sweet Classroom Activity by Rivette Pena The Holiday season is upon us and our students are finding it difficulty to stay on task. The crisp in the air the thoughts of vacation days on the horizon. They are pretty ansy. It’s time to get creative in the classroom. Fall begets carnivals and festivals. Candy Apples, cotton candy, games, rides and snack food. All the things good memories are built upon. So why not bring those games and treats to your classroom. Here are a couple of ideas.
You can have the problems/questions on the desk, wall or with the students. You will tell them which question to answer. They will work on a clipboard, whiteboard, or tablet. You will randomly call out a number. If they are on the number, you will check their problems to see if they are correct. If they are correct they get to pick a snack cake. If they are wrong, they don’t get one. Make sure everyone goes home with at least one snack cake. Everyone will be engaged with every question. Modifications can be made as needed.
Cake Walk A good old fashioned cake walk. Music, walking around in a circle and solving problems. Who could ask for anything more? Place numbers 1-10 or 12 on the floor a number for each of the children you have in class, even if you have to repeat numbers I would use at half the number of kids in your class. Each turn you will call out a number and you don’t want 4 or 5 of the same number. Place the numbers in a circle around on the room on the ground, the walls or the desks.
After each problem, play music and have kids walk to the next spot. Have them keep walking until the music stops that way they are changing numbers in between. One teacher suggests using different colors as well so you can say “ all reds step forward with your answer.” or “all multiples of 4”, or “all odd numbers”. The students really enjoy this game a lot. Another review game that kids love is called Fly-Swatter game. Now this game works a little
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Teachers Making a Difference | Issue 4, November 2022
