10 minutes Groups of 5-7 Practice spelling vocabulary words and blow a paper fish around the room
- Have students start on the other side of the room away from the board and WALK to the board before spelling
- This will give weaker students more time to think of the word before everyone starts to write
- This
game is sometimes known as ‘Flap the Fish’ or ‘Fan the Fish’, in which
case the players try to direct their fish using a piece of card or a
rolled-up newspaper to ‘fan’ the fish across the room- Make sure to have these extra materials to add variety to the game
- Bring students up to the board and provide with chalk/dry erase marker
- Call out a word form the current spelling list
- The first student to spell the word correctly is awarded one point
- When on student reaches an pre-agreed upon number of points (ie 5) you play one fish race round
- Give each student a tissue and scissors and tell them to quickly cut out a fish shape
- Students line their fishes (fish?) up at one end of the room and kneel or crouch on the floor next to their fish
- The teacher calls “Go!” and the student who won the spelling game tries to blow their fish to the other side of the room
- Five seconds later, the teacher calls “Go!” again and the rest of the students join in
- Whoever is the first student to get their fish to the other side of the room is the winner and gets one ‘Fish Point’
- Return to the board, record the winner, and play another round of the spelling quiz
