I wanted to create a game that students can use to review and also get a good workout at the same time. Then I thought about how popular ipad games are... I came up with making a life sized angry bird game. I'm sure you have all the things already around your home. If not improvise!! Here is what I did: I took some empty boxes of all shapes and sizes and wrapped them up with colored paper. I bought some posted notes to stick onto the boxes. I took a large angry bird stuffy (from my kids) and used some random figurines as the piggies for bonuses.
For the math version, I randomly wrote out numbers onto the posted notes and stuck them onto the boxes. The student gets to set up the obstacle where they will be trying to knock down. I gave them 3 throws from a distance and they would need to record each box amount that they knock down. The figurines are a bonus of 10 points. I gave them a prize when they reached 100 points in the round. You can vary this depending on what concept you are teaching - fractions, decimals, percentage, skip counting, factors, etc. You can also have a discussion on the shapes - cylinders, cubes, etc.
For the language version, I randomly wrote out different sounds onto the posted notes. I gave them 3 throws from a distance and for each box they knock down, they would need to write a word accordingly to the posted note stuck onto it. If they knocked down a figurine then it's a bonus and they get to write any word of their choice. Once they get a list of 10 words then they get a prize. You can use the words they recorded down to do some creative writing too! Another way to vary is to stick on visual pictures instead of sounds.
This can be played with several players - one can be the recorder, one can be the thrower and one can be the set-up.
I just can't wait until they go back to school telling their friends about this life sized angry bird game!! Who does that!!! lol
For the math version, I randomly wrote out numbers onto the posted notes and stuck them onto the boxes. The student gets to set up the obstacle where they will be trying to knock down. I gave them 3 throws from a distance and they would need to record each box amount that they knock down. The figurines are a bonus of 10 points. I gave them a prize when they reached 100 points in the round. You can vary this depending on what concept you are teaching - fractions, decimals, percentage, skip counting, factors, etc. You can also have a discussion on the shapes - cylinders, cubes, etc.
For the language version, I randomly wrote out different sounds onto the posted notes. I gave them 3 throws from a distance and for each box they knock down, they would need to write a word accordingly to the posted note stuck onto it. If they knocked down a figurine then it's a bonus and they get to write any word of their choice. Once they get a list of 10 words then they get a prize. You can use the words they recorded down to do some creative writing too! Another way to vary is to stick on visual pictures instead of sounds.
This can be played with several players - one can be the recorder, one can be the thrower and one can be the set-up.
I just can't wait until they go back to school telling their friends about this life sized angry bird game!! Who does that!!! lol