What do you do when they win a game? Some teachers buy them prizes. Some teachers buy them candy. Me, … More
Category: Let’s play!
20 questions, CI style
Who doesn’t need another game to add to the old toolbox? This one rarely makes it into my lesson plan, … More
Quick Draw
Here’s another comprehensible input game (that kids really think is a drawing game. Shhhhh…..really they’re reading and rereading and rereading). … More
Food Fun
I know thematic units are not popular with the Untargeted CI folks, but it’s working for us in our district. La … More
Scrambled Sentences
This game is fabulous! Students work together with a partner to unscramble sentences. This game reinforces vocabulary that they’ve learned … More
Parejas
So, the trick to teaching with comprehensible input is to get a million repetitions in a way that doesn’t feel … More
Partner up!
Here’s a fun way to quickly pair students for activities, AND it exposes them more vocabulary without any effort at … More
¿Cierto o falso? game
This is one of my favorite CI games. It is so easy to load them up with tons of language … More
POP UP!
Pop Up is my favorite game of all time! Zero prep! 100% Engagement! Differentiation! Wait time! And the teacher sits … More
Art Memory
Remember that lame party game Memory, where they would put out a tray with random objects and you would have … More
