I have learned many of my favorite games from Nelly Hughes, author of Fluency Matters‘ Selena and the force behind Comprendes Méndez SpanishShop. As a teacher that has been using and training teachers in Comprehension-based™ methods for many years, Nelly has a knack for finding and adapting games for communicative language classes. ”El que sabe,…
Read MoreTomorrow is Friday, it’s the first week back from break, and you’re exhausted. What to do, what to do… “MovieTalk?” –you think– “No, too much standing and talking.” “Asking a story?” –but you dismiss it– “Too much standing and talking and energy used in general.” “Picture Talk?” –now there’s an idea!– “No, too much using…
Read MoreDon’t you love discovering a new game!? A few days ago, Jenny Robbins shared an AWESOME no-prep activity in the iFLT/NTPRS/CI Teaching Facebook group. This game can be used in ANY class to provide students with an opportunity to get up and move, accompanied by repeated exposure to content or language. How to play RUN!!…
Read More![Have a speed cup competition in your language classes; narrate in the target language "Can s/he do it in less than __ seconds? Can s/he do it faster than [other student]"? etc](https://i0.wp.com/comprehensibleclassroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/speed-cup.jpg?fit=690%2C1966&ssl=1)
My kindergartener came home from school on Friday raving about this super cool game that he had learned in P.E. (Why this was a PE lesson, I am not entirely sure.) He couldn’t wait to teach all of us how to play–and all he needed was 12 cups that had holes in the bottom. I grabbed a stack…
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Last night, we had our third meeting of our local PLC (Northern NY & VT – sign up here if you live in the area and want to connect!). Our guiding question was, “Describe a recent lesson in which students were engaged?” I am really inspired by the creativity of the teachers in our group…
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Rarely a day has passed since I played Mafia with narrator Ben Wang this summer in Chattanooga that I haven’t thought about that game! Mafia was already my favorite pastime–not that I get to play much anymore–and for sure my favorite game to play in class, and it was just SO EXCITING to realize that I could use…
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In one of my sessions at iFLT yesterday, we were doing a Speed Dating activity and discussing lots of different questions from a list in pairs. My partner asked me the question, “What was your biggest TCI success last year?”, and I responded, “Oh, I’m not teaching, so I don’t have one”. She followed up…
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Is your class loving to hate The Unfair Game? Then they will love to hate Grudge Ball. How I discovered Grudge Ball If you’ve ever emailed something to me to share on the blog and thought, “Well that was a total waste!”, you just haven’t waited long enough 😉 Allison Robertson in Texas emailed me…
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I can’t believe that I am posting yet another game…but I am! This is the third game that I’ve posted within the last week, after The Event is Right game show and the Is it Possible? game board. This time, the idea comes from Julia Ullman, who has been translating my Spanish 1 units into French. She has been…
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Apparently I am on a reading game kick. Like I said a few days ago, I’ve been reading La hija del Sastre by Carrie Toth and Carol Gaab. I am in love with this novel. (I am also in love with La Calaca Alegre…maybe I am just in love with anything that Carrie Toth writes!) THIS…
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