Interactive Activities!

This game is useful for students in third grade to aid in their geography skills by helping them learn the capitals of the 50 states. There would be five interactive games in total, each being 10 words. By having a matching game, students are given the opportunity to see multiple different options of cities in each state, one of which is the true capital. The assignment would be 20 points in all with each question being 2 points. Although some assignments might allow for half credit, this activity, since there are multiple choices, would not allow for half credit. If the student does not get the question right, they lose the two points. This might seem unfair, but the teacher might allow students to make up missed points after the assignment by printing out a map of the U.S, and for each state’s capital that the student guessed wrong, the student will have to label. For example, if the student guessed that the capital of Florida was Miami rather than Tallahassee, they would get a printed copy of the U.S map and would have to label the state of Florida. For each state guessed correctly out of the states whose capitals were guessed wrong, one point may be given. For example, if the student guesses six capitals wrong but labels each state correctly, they would get three additional points. Through this activity, each student would be assessed on their memory and ability to retain the information of each state capital. 

This game is useful for students in the third grade to aid in their spelling by requiring them to unscramble words based off the category given. For each section given, there will be a topic that the words are based on. Anagrams are a great strategy for working on spelling because the words are all mixed together, so the student must not only accurately guess the word but also requires the student to put the letters in the correct order. Like the other game, it would be worth 20 points with each word being two points. The only difference would be that each student must be able to not only identify the correct the correct word, but they must also be able to spell each word correctly. This assignment would not have makeup points offered because of the easy point opportunities. This activity would be a fun and educational way for kids to quickly point out words even if the spelling is incorrect and to quickly unscramble the words. This activity would allow for students to spell and learn how to analyze different words in a quicker manner.