It’s that time of year…the sun is shining, the grass is freshly cut and my little darlings are crawling out … More
Category: Let’s play!
The lazy lucky reading game
Some days I’ve got my ducks all in a row. Yesterday I was lucky to get all my ducks in … More
Number shuffle
In Northern Nevada the weather is beautiful and we’re all looking for a reason to get outside and replenish the … More
Kahoot Jumble
Kahoot is fun and Kahoot Jumble is even better! Kahoot is an awesome game where the teacher creates a game … More
BLUFF aka My new favorite game
This game is so simple and brilliant it’s sheer perfection! I just learned it this week! I’ve played it already … More
The Lucky Reading Game
I love this game because they read, and reread and reread… It’s like a triple whammy of comprehensible input! This … More
Quizlet Live, a reading game
My kiddos LOVE LOVE LOVE Quizlet Live. I’m not as enthusiastic. It is fun and students are engaged but if … More
¿Cómo se dice? Game
Of course we want to teach our kiddos how to circumlocute or use words they know to describe words they … More
Details, Details, Details game
Here’s another game that I play when I want them to do a bit of writing but I feel like … More
Winner, winner chicken dinner
What do you do when they win a game? Some teachers buy them prizes. Some teachers buy them candy. Me, … More
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
