Spring Break always seems to go by so quickly! I sit here in a mini-depression that my free time is over and back to work I go. But don’t get me wrong, I love teaching! So now I’m trying to thing of a way to motivate them, and myself, back into learning. I decided to start with a game. A coworker was talking about playing a game called “Babble” with her daughter. Here is how I adapted it for the classroom.
Materials:
– Scrabble tiles (or make your own by searching “Scrabble tiles” on Google images, copy, print on card stock, cut out)
– Babble On Board
Goal:
To complete your board using your tiles to make a 2-letter word, a 3-letter word and a 4-letter word.
Setup:
1. Each player gets 10 tiles and a board. It is your choice if you want to let them use notes or a dictionary. I let mine use their 100 Words lists. To make it harder, only give them 9 tiles.
2. I set a timer for 2 minutes. You can adjust this as needed.
3. They start forming words with what they have.
4. At the end of time, they count how many points they used on the board. This board earned 11 points.
5. They exchange their tiles and play again.
Note: It is not always possible to use every tile every time. This is where some strategy comes into play. I used the “H” instead of the “C” because it was worth more points.
This could also be used as a station or small group activity. They enjoyed it, especially when they were able to beat me.
Good Luck to all as we finish our year strong!
Love this! Thank you for sharing!!!
Sounds like fun! You’re always full of good ideas. Our Spring break is yet to come, and then it will all be downhill from there!
The download only has three tiles. Is there another one?
There must have been a glitch when I converted it to word. I’ll reload tomorrow.
I loaded it as a PDF. That should fix it!
Here’s a link to download Spanish scrabble tiles: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FICHAS.svg#globalusage
Download it at 512, not full resolution, for a more widely used .png file. Thanks for the fun idea! 🙂
I love this one! I read your post about the 100 words, which I think is great, because it is definitely those little connectors that create fluency. I really like the idea of letting students choose whatever vocab appeals to them each unit (better retention, engagement, etc..), but how to you assess that? Do you just have specifically grammar assessments/quizzes, and just allow for their vocab to follow, or do you have the “bare minimum” words for each unit, and allow students to add a designated amount to that..? I’ve been brainstorming, but I’m still kind of stuck. Thanks for all the awesome ideas! 🙂
I used this today in class and my kids loved it! Thanks for the awesome idea!
Yay!!
Is there a French Scrabble tiles download? Or can I just search on Google?