Thursday, August 7, 2008

Tic-Tac-Toe

Students have nine terms on index cards, arrange them in a three-by-three grid, must make sentences of the three terms in each row and column. See Rutherford.

This is a good exercise. It works well, and gets the students really thinking.

Could be used effectively with flash cards, as a way to process and cement learning, once they've memorized

Inside-Outside Circle

See Kagan for details

Flashcard Game

Courtesy of Spencer Kagan

Numbered Heads Together

I've used this when playing review Jeapardy. It has been especially effective when I used whiteboards, so that all teams can answer at the same time.