Top Five Quizzes:
Students will see a question which can have multiple answers. For example, ‘Name something blue.’. The students must then write down ONE answer and if their answer is in the ‘Top Five’ answers, then they score points.
Stand Up Game:
In this game the class is going to count to 5. Students can remain socially distant behind their desk while playing. One student must stand up and say the number 1, then a different student must stand up to say number 2, and so on up until 5. Any student can stand up at any time, but if two students stand up at the same time, then they lose.
Line Bingo Game:
To play this game, each student needs a set of word cards. You can make your own or you can download pre-made flashcards from here.
Give one set of cards to each student and ask them to arrange them in a horizontal line in any order they want. Then, the game can begin.
The teacher should call out one of the cards and then the students should check their line of cards. If the card that the teacher called out is on either end of the line, then the student can turn that card over. If the card is in the middle of the line, the student can not turn it over.
Next, the teacher would call out another card and the students would again check if they can turn it over or not. The first student to turn over all their cards is the winner.
Telepathy Game:
In this game there are two correct answers and students must guess which answer the teacher is thinking of. To find out which answer the teacher is thinking of students must use ‘telepathy’ to read the teacher’s mind.
Download this Telepathy Game PowerPoint Template and add your questions and answers. Ask each student to prepare a pencil and a piece of paper to write their answer on.
After showing students the question and two possible answers ask students to write one answer down. Then once all students have written their answers, reveal which answer you were thinking of and if students guessed correctly they get a point.
If you are playing this game with kids, to make it more fun you can pretend to ‘send’ the answer through ‘telepathy’ using just the power of your mind.
This can be a great game to use for students to get to know you! Have the questions be about you!
Hot Seat:
Ask one student to come to front of the class and stand / sit at a safe distance from other students. Then on the TV / Board behind the student show the rest of the class a word.
Next, the students should try to describe the word on the TV / board without saying the word, and the student at the front of the class should guess what it is.
HIdden Picture Games:
Hidden picture games like the video to the right do not require students to interact or be close so they are perfect activities for social distancing in the classroom.
In these classroom games an image is hidden behind some colored shapes. As the shapes disappear, the image is slowly revealed and students must try to guess what it is.
You can make your own hidden picture game using this Blank Template or you can look at pre-made templates of various topics HERE