WORD-GUESSING GAME TO REVIEW WORD FORMATION

 Today I want to share with you a word guessing game to review word-formation. I hope you like it!

VOCABULARY GAMES - AMID COVID 19 PANDEMIC

 

This idea is extremely flexible, but I came up with it this morning with a coworker as a possible solution when you want to use a board game in class this year (amid the COVID pandemic).... but we can't share the pieces, or get close to each other....  We decided to project the board game and use png images as the pieces.  

The example is a beginner vocabulary review for Christmas, but you can use any type of board game (islcollective has a LOT of ideas), the idea is the same.  

Open a word document, and past the image of the board game.  Go to "formato de la imagen"-->ajustar texto-->detrás del texto.  Then you can make it as large as possible.

You can ask your students what characters they want to be, or choose for them.  If you do a google search (The Simpsons, for example) make sure you put "png" at the end.  This ensures that the image doesn't have a background, and so can be easily used as a "piece" on your playing board.  Since the example is for Christmas, I chose Santa, a Reindeer, Elf, and a Snowman.  

For this particular game I will divide the students into groups and use digital dice.  I will move their pieces along as they advance.  One nice thing is that you can save a copy at the beginning, and if you don't finish the game it's easy to begin in the same spot the next day.

It's a simple idea, but I hope that you find it useful!