Games

In one of our classes I attend at my local college, we play games.  One would ask...you pay all that money to play games.  No silly!  Our professor uses games to create additional activities in the classroom.  These games can be tied to a lesson or played to open classmates personalities at the beginning of the year.

We played gestures, apples to apples, word puzzles, spelling bee, and even acted out a word!

All this took teamwork.  I could not nor could anyone do these alone.  This brings in the understanding that I must work with my teammates if we wanted to score.  (Of course we wanted to win!!!).

I feel that at times, a teacher can incorporate games into the classroom.  I was observing a 4th grade class and while I was there they had their own spelling bee and multiplication & division bingo.  They students all engaged in the game and with the proper classroom management they all had a fun time.....while learning!