Less than $5 8th Grade Games (by price, low to high)

Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Geography Word Scramble Game" Brain Break may be just what you need.

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Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

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Disclaimer:

One purchase is good for one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this, please purchase additional licenses.

Interactive individual or group activity that uses symbols and inferencing to answer the Top Ten Kids' Movies. Colorful images with answer sheet. Movies included: Bambi Cars Ice Age Monsters, Inc. Pinocchio Princess Bride Shrek Tinkerbell Toy Story Wall-E

This no-prep Weekend Chat Find Someone Who Spanish Worksheet Activity is the perfect icebreaker activity the morning students return from the weekend. Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while talking about things they did over the weekend. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various themed categories, such as "find someone who played video games."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in (one title in Spanish and one title in English)
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Some examples included:

• Find someone who did some exercise.
• Find someone who stayed at home all weekend.
• Find someone who stayed up all night.

More Find Someone Who Resources:

Back to School

After Winter Break

After Spring Break

End of the Year

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool

Are you looking to engage your students in the study of FDR's New Deal? This New Deal Matching Game is the perfect way to get your students excited and engaged with history. The game provides slides to guide both the teacher and the student through note-taking, student discussions/debate, and the ‘New Deal Matching Game’.

Instructions: Organize into groups of 3-4 students. Each group will analyze 10 scenarios that will be presented in the next several slides. Fill out the T-chart addressing the following…

1. Which New Deal program(s) is the best match in addressing the problems associated with each scenario? Write in the letter of the card. 

(*You will use each program only once).

2. Acronyms? Write in the abbreviation. 

3. Which of the 3 R’s best applies to each of the scenarios; Relief, Recovery, or Reform? (Hint, scenario #3 is the only one that has two of the R’s)

If you would like to purchase the entire Unit, 'Mystery: What Caused the Great Depression'? (FDR Matching Game is included), click HERE.

The Book of... sometimes ridiculous but also sometimes funny and waaaay better than doing coursework... Icebreakers! This ice break collection can be used for all school aged children and gives a wide variety of options for different classroom personalities and expectations!

Have your students celebrate Valentine's Day in Spanish with these engaging fortune tellers. Students will practice colors, numbers. They can write their own phrases related to Valentine's Day.

This product includes:

1 color fortune teller

1 black and white fortune teller

1 list with Spanish phrases to write

Instructions how to make and play "Comecocos" are included.

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Teaching with Café con Leche ☕️

Have fun while practicing the digits of pi:

Students will enjoy competing with their group while rolling the digits of pi.

Two versions of the game included: roll/mark off and roll/color.

Check out my Pi Day Stations: radius, diameter, circumference, area, volume for more Pi Day activities.

FREE! Decipher the context clues and symbols to figure out the words to famous Christmas movie titles, such as: Elf Night Before Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frosty the Snowman Nutcracker Home Alone White Christmas Little Drummer Boy Polar Express Plus, have fun writing your own inferencing and logic Christmas movie puzzle at the end. Fun activity for small/whole group with colorful illustrations and Answer Key (at end).

Back to School | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep Back to School Think Fast game! Use it as an icebreaker after summer break for a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

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✨ELA Back to School Bundle✨

What's Included

Back to School Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 activities done over summer break, 3 book titles, 3 items found in a classroom

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Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Back Scribble Game" Brain Break may be just what you need.

➡ ➡ Follow our page here for more brain breaks and free resources. ⬅⬅

Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

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Disclaimer:

One purchase is good for one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this, please purchase additional licenses.

Your students will love this fun and engaging way to practice food vocabulary in Spanish! They will practice their speaking and listening skills in small groups without even realizing they are learning! Pesca is the perfect hands-on activity for introducing and practicing vocabulary, brain breaks, fast finishers, Fun Friday activities…the possibilities are endless!

Includes:

• 2 versions – words/images together & words/images separated
• 32 colorful cards in each deck to sample this product
• Teacher tips and instructions
• Student directions

Multiple uses for the cards:

• Matching: Students practice pairing the images with the words in Spanish.
• Flashcards: One student holds up the picture card and the other students race to be the first to say the Spanish word.
• Memory: Choose 15-20 pairs to lay facedown on the table. Students take turns looking for the matches.
• Pictionary: One student pulls a card from the deck to draw and the other students try to guess the word in Spanish.
• Conversations: Students go around and ask each other if they like the food item on their card. Once they have asked, swap cards.

Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Geography Giggles" Brain Break may be just what you need.

➡ ➡ Follow our page here for more brain breaks and free resources. ⬅⬅

Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

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Disclaimer:

One purchase is good for one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this, please purchase additional licenses.

This BINGO card is a great ice breaker for the first days of French class! Each student receives a card and then moves around the classroom meeting new people and asking questions in English to get to know them better. When they find someone who can say "Oui" to a box, they will cross it off and write that person's name on it. The first person to get a BINGO reads their card out loud so the class can get to know their new friends as well!

This activity is designed for students with no previous French knowledge (MS French, Intro to Languages, Foundations of French, and French I), but my returning French 2 students loved it as well.

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This is a freebie for you!

This game of "Four Corners" is not new or unique; however, this one will work great for your middle schoolers who need to get up and move, and you'll find they are more apt to share without raising their hands or writing it down. This quick and easy, no prep and no printing activity will allow you to truly get to know them on a personal level very quickly.

It's HIGHLY visual so this could even fly in a Core French classroom (Grades 5 - 9); however, I use it in an immersion setting (Grades 5 and 6). It could comfortably be used in any Immersion or French first-language classroom (Grades 3 - 9). As with all of my products, it's not at all babyish and doesn't feature fonts that are frilly or hard-to-read.

For this activity, simply project and GO. I let my students know that they will have to choose their response and move to the corner of the room that suits their answer. You can either click through the slides, have a student touch your SmartBoard to move them along, or you can use a remote clicker or mouse (I do while I'm playing!) to keep the slides rolling.

This Google Slide Deck features :

• 29 pre-created, non-modifiable question slides with 4 options to choose from.
• A template for you to use if you'd like to add in your own questions at the end of the presentation.

Other ways to play:

• I've also allowed students independently to each create a slide and add it into the mix on day 2! Should you choose this option, simply copy the last slide into a Google Slide (11" x 8.5") and share a copy to each student in Google Classroom. Let the magic begin!
• You can choose to extend this activity by having your students huddled in their corners chat about their preferences, or share with the whole group. You can also (I do!!) play WITH them and get to know your students based on these small conversations in the "corners" of your classroom.

I hope you have a G R E A T back-to-school, and hope your kids love you! I sure appreciate all of you!

Don't forget to have fun and be real!

Kaitlyn.

This AVID team-building card game is the perfect icebreaker for students who want to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. Designed for use in a classroom or group setting, this card game challenges players to give a 1-minute speech about a topic using the card they draw. This engaging activity not only helps students build their public speaking confidence but also teaches them valuable skills in communication and creative thinking!

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, Fishbowl Speeches is the perfect choice!

Find this in:

Public Speaking Bundle

Public Speaking Card Game Bundle

AVID bundle

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How to Play Fishbowl Speeches

• Place the 25 different topics into a container and mix them up to ensure random selection.
• Ask a student to select a topic from the container and read it out loud.
• Allow 30 seconds for the student to brainstorm the content and delivery of their speech. Provide one minute for the student to present their answer to the question or topic.

What's Included

• Directions page
• 25 Topics
• blank cards to write your own words

Example topics

Persuade everyone in the class to give you a dollar

Should colleges use only SAT®/ACT® scores for admissions?

*This resource is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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Vocabulary for Grades 7-10

Improves Vocabulary, Reading, Writing

10 Higher level words

Connotation, Denotation, Antonyms, Synonyms, Parts of Speech

Hands on and Interactive

Fun game to practice present perfect. This is my go-to game when I need to drill some grammar into my students. It's by far the most efficient grammar game. I love it because it's no prep, just PRINT AND GO. And my students love it because it doesn't feel like learning when, in fact, they do a TON of learning. We can easily spend the whole lesson playing battleship and they still want to play even after the bell rings.

It's also a great activity for substitute lessons or when I'm in a time press and don't have much time to prepare for a lesson.

How to play:

• It can be played in pairs or in small teams
• Hide your ships in the left field. They mustn't touch.
• Try to hit the enemy ships in the right field.
• If your enemy hits your ship, indicate that in the left field. If you hit your enemy's ship, mark it down in the right field. If you miss, mark it down as well. If you hit your enemy's ship, have another go.
• To win, sink all of your enemy's ships before he sinks yours.

Contains:

• detailed instructions
• 1 battleship sheet
• student sheet contains simplified instructions

The sheet focuses on:

• present perfect - affirmative and negative sentences, questions

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Spring | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep Spring Think Fast game! Use it for after or before spring break as a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

✨AVID Spring Bundle✨

✨ELA Spring Bundle✨

What's Included

Spring Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 things you’d find in an Easter egg, 3 things you wouldn’t do during spring, 3 outdoor water activities...

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Transform your Spanish classroom with ¡Pesca!, the thrilling card game that turns conjugating present tense -ar verbs into an exciting challenge! Students dive into learning present tense verb forms while racing to match them with their English definitions in this dynamic twist on 'Go Fish'.

In small groups, players sharpen their Spanish skills by asking strategic questions to pair verbs like bailar with their corresponding meanings. Who will outwit their classmates and collect the most pairs to claim victory?

This comprehensive set includes conjugation cards for five key -ar verbs (bailar, enseñar, estudiar, hablar, and trabajar). Plus, you have the flexibility to choose between two card sets: one with vosotros/as and one without, ensuring suitability for any classroom setting.

Preparing for gameplay is a breeze – simply print and cut the cards (opt for durable card stock for longevity), then introduce your students to the rules using our ready-to-go presentations in Keynote, PowerPoint, and Google Slides formats. Instant engagement, minimal prep!

As a Spanish educator myself, I've integrated ¡Pesca! across all proficiency levels with outstanding results. Students eagerly connect verb endings with meanings, fostering deeper language acquisition in a way that's both memorable and enjoyable.

Elevate your Spanish lessons with ¡Pesca! and watch your students' enthusiasm for conjugation soar!

Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Pair It Up!" Brain Break may be just what you need.

➡ ➡ Follow our page here for more brain breaks and free resources. ⬅⬅

Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Disclaimer:

One purchase is good for one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this, please purchase additional licenses.