Thread: what are some engaging ways to review for the final exam?

Ah phooey....

I was going to suggest Jeopardy.

Perhaps a webquest. There are zillions of them available on the net that are ready to go.

I play Around the World occasionally with my middle and high schoolers, and they compete for cool prizes. They love that.

We sometimes play "trashketball" and they really enjoy it. I have them in teams of 4 (much like Jeapordy). If they get the question right, they send someone to the front and can shoot for points. I have the empty trash can at the front and 3 lines drawn with tape. They can choose to shoot for 1, 2 or 3 points.

I also have played a trivia game where each group gets a mini white board and dry erase marker. Sometimes the questions are timed - when I ask for the aswer they show their board and if they get the question they get the point. Others are lightening round where the first one to get the answer up in the air gets the points. This can get a little crazy but is fun. Sometimes I have 2 kids lead the game - nice way for some of them to see how frustrating it is to try to talk when the class gets rowdy. =)

Anyway...that's my 2 cents.

Sometimes I'll split the kids into 2 teams and play Pictionary. I'll give a kid a term or a person we studied, and they will have to draw it so their team will guess it. They get a minute, and if that team doesn't get it, the other team has a chance to steal the point. Kind of fun.

I have a bunch of blank game boards that I made up. They have spaces on them with generic directions like go back two spaces, change places with another player, etc. I make up sets of cards to go with the test. The kids place in groups of 2, 3 or 4. The kids answer a question, if correct roll and move their marker. They can keep going until they get an answer wrong. The kids seem to really like it. Sometimes we put a piece of candy at the finish line for the winner, but sometimes not.

Also, sometimes I draw a line on the floor, divide the room in half and use two bells. A person from each team comes to the line. I ask a question. They run to the board, write an answer and run back and ring the bell. You just have to have some guidelines like can the other kids yell out the answer? What if neither of them knows the answer?

Peer Coaching

Collaborative summarizing

call outs

Baseball

The top two are the most effective.