what are good games to play in class?
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Check out this site; it has lots of material and games you can print for free on almost any subject-or you can adapt them-\nhttp://www.eslcity.com/english/index.php
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Make it Fun!!! Tell some jokes...show some movies...do ANYTHING that other (boring) teachers don't do. No matter what you do, though, always MAKE IT FUN.
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Try m-w.com; MirriamWebster's site.  There are lots of games to play and they are all vocab-boosters.  Also, read a lot and practice English with a native speaker.
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Four games that I use with any age. Be aware that these are very active games. You mentioned that this is for a class. How appropriate these games are depends on how active the class is going to be.\n\n1) THIS IS A MOOSE\nAh, the name game. Everyone sits in a circle. You pick up a random object (a pen, a stick, an orange, whatever) and turn to the person on your left and say "This is a Moose." This, of course, will cause ample confusion among the group. That is your cue to insist empathetically that this is a moose and not a pen/stick/orange/whatever (You don't have to, but I find it entertaining). From there it goes like this:\n\nYou (Rachel): (to the person to your left) This is a Moose.\n\nPerson to your left (John): A what?\n\nYou: A Moose.\n\nJohn: Oh! A moose! (John takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Amy): A what?\n\nJohn: (turns to you) A what?\n\nYou: A Moose.\n\nJohn: (turns to Amy) A moose.\n\nAmy: Oh! A moose. (Amy takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) John says that Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Elizabeth): A what?\n\nAmy: (turns to John): A what?\n\nJohn (turns to you): A what?\n\nYou: A moose.\n\nJohn (to Amy): A moose.\n\nAmy (to Elizabeth): A moose.\n\nElizabeth: Oh! A moose. (Elizabeth takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) Amy says that John says that Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Brian): A what?\n\n...Well you get the idea. Keep going all the way around the circle until you come back to yourself. This is your opportunity to show off your name skills prowess by saying: "Aaron says that Joe says that Gina says that Matt says that Shannon says that Alison says that Jeremy says that Marco says that Marie says that Brian says that Elizabeth says that Amy says that John says that I said that this was a moose."\n\nIt will take some coaxing on your part to get the game going. You will have to tell each person exactly what they have to say for at least two or three people. After that people tend to get into the rhythm of it more. It's fun to see how fast you can go. \n\nAnother thing to add to keep things interesting: Once a rhythm has been established try changing the item. When John turns to you and asks "A what?" you tell him: "A lamppost." When he looks at you oddly insist that it is a lamppost and continue. Next time say it's a bottle of water (or whatever floats your boat). Let people know that they can change the item as it passes them if they want (they don't have to). It's fun to see what creative things people can come up with. You can guide it with your own answers. Some good "items": The Beatles, Egypt, an Easter Egg, the moon, a cockroach, you get the idea.\n\n\n2) THE ICE BREAKER\nThis one isn't a name game, but I find it's a great ice breaker. Literally! \n\nGet some really long string. One at a time each person has to put the string down their shirt and then down through their pant leg (you could add something here where they have to tell three things about themselves while they are doing it). Once everyone is chained together then comes the ice. In advance of the exercise you freeze a spoon in a paper cup of water (as though your were making an ice pop). Now that everyone is chained together you tie the end of the string to the spoon. Now they have to get themselves unchained without cutting the string or taking the ice off the end of the string. \n\n*Note: For expediency, you can tie an ice pop to both ends of the string. That way two people can be unchaining themselves at a time.\n\n\n3) THREE TRUTHS AND A LIE\nTaking turns, each person has to tell three truths and a Lie about themselves (in any order). Everyone else has to guess which is the lie. \n\nFor example, I might say: I play piano, I have been to Japan, I love strawb
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This site has some games dealing with phonics you can print:\nhttp://www.eslcity.com/english/?doc=bbs/gnuboard.php&bo_table=games&page=1&wr_id=338
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Try 'Dave's ESL Cafe'.  It is for both teachers and students of English and it contains games, puzzles, exercises and even lesson plans.  I'm an English teacher and I use it all the time.  I also think that it would be great for students to use by themselves.
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* Bubbles\n* Water-guns 3 for $1 at the dollar store.\n* If you can borrow/buy a little plastic pool - they love water. If not - do you have a sprinkler? Let 'em play on that!\n* Games like pin the tail on the donkey are fun\n* Another game - don't spill the beans.  Use dried beans - like pinto beans - and let them use a big plastic spoon. Fill the spoon with a certain number of beans and have them walk from point A to point B.  The child with the most beans wins!\n* Finger paint/pudding.  Color vanilla pudding w/different color food coloring and let them 'paint' and eat on their paper plates!\n* Make plain cupcakes and let them decorate w/sprinkles\n* Silly songs and dances\n* Pinatas are fun - but watch how those little guys swing! lol\n* A puppet show with socks. Let each kid make a puppet using markers and all your mismatched socks. Glue buttons on for eyes and let them decorate the rest of the puppet w/markers.  \n* If it's a boy - let them make worms and dirt.  Make choc pudding and put it in little cups.  Let them add the crushed oreo cookies to the top (to make it look like dirt) and give them gummy worms to put in the 'dirt'. Give 'em a spoon and let them eat!\n\nHope those ideas help.  \n\n~Maxie
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theres good game called MAX POOL.. u can search for it on google..\n\nthe AKA of it is COOL POOL.. AWESOME 3d POOL
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Depends on what skill you want to practice.  When I'm teaching verb conjugation I use the dice game.  2 sets of die 1 is for 6 verb and the other is for the subjects in spanish (yo, tú,etc) Students role the dice and conjugate the verb according the subject of the other dice.  \nOne of my favorite games is the story game(which targets speaking ability) where I start out the class with one sentence example (Hay una chica). Then the other students raise their hand to add to the story.  I usually give them a piece of paper or bingo chip every time they add something. Usually they have to earn 2 or 3 chips to get a perfect score and the others can be used as bonus.\nNumber game-Take a beach ball and have the students count in spanish up to whatever number.  You start with one, then the next students who hits it says two in spanish, the next one three, etc.  I have also used the ball to practice vocabulary words, spanish speaking countries.
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There are some on line games also that are great.  Here is one I play with my kids...\n\nhttp://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=10&e=gamesLanding&mcat=game_infant,game_toddler,game_preschool&site=us
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These are some ideas aimed for pre-k, 1st and 2nd grade:\n*you can provide different geometrical shapes and have them sort them according to color, size, shape, etc.\n*with the same shapes have them complete a pattern you start for them ex. red circle, yellow square, red circle, yellow square, etc.\n*try looking for a game called "Tangram", I don't know if you can buy one already done or you can make your own in this site:http://www.tangram.i-p.com/\n*give students play money and have them solve problems using it.
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Rather than trying to use websites, I would recommend disc-based games like Reader Rabbit, Monster Math, Carmen SanDiego, etc.\n\nHowever, these are some adequate game sites for academics:\nhttp://www.dltk-teach.com/\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/ (browse around...there are some good activities buried in the "entertainment")\nhttp://pbskids.org/ (same here... look and see if they have something you like, especially in Between the Lions, Reading Rainbow, etc., like http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ ).
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try shockwave they have some good games to play
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/\nor this:\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/index.shtml
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yes, help her study... play a memory came, with flash cards. REALLY HELPS..and im in college. play jepoardy. don't push her over the limit tho. I find that writing things a few times helps me learn it .
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BUS STOP, ZIP ZAP ZOP, HOUSE PARTY, and fun games like that.\n\ndrama rox.
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all grades, a crapload of games.\n\nwww.funbrain.com\n\nThis site has math, science..etc etc etc...\n\nIt is soo much fun! \n\nPlease visit.