Review Test Prep Game

I haven't blogged in so long! I have missed you all so!

I was trying to think of a new way to review in my classroom when a light bulb hit me!  I have completely been drawn into the mustache craze and so have my students. The fake mustaches are always the first to go in my treasure box.

I decided to devise a game that would separate the class into teams and as they answered the questions correctly, their mustache grows! Here's a little snapshot.

First page

Each number has a link to another page with a question on it (see below). After the team gets their question right, the mustache gets "shaved" off into the trashcan and the bushier, more robust mustache is applied.  I put the X on each page after we were done because I kept forgetting what question we had already done!

You click the wee little friend in the corner to send you back to the main mustache page.

The kids loved it and so did I! I got into the spirit as well and sported a fake mustache as well. Didn't get a picture, but you can tell it went a little something like this...

I have no idea where to even begin to embed a smart notebook file so if you want the game, leave a comment with your email and I will send it to you!   All you need is a smart board and some mustache needs!
You change the game to anything that suits your needs. All you have to do is change the questions on the slides.
I know a lot of you have started testing already and I hope everything is going smoothly for you all ~ good luck to all the testers this week!

Sunny Day Review Game

I'm linking up with Cara's Standardized Testing Linky Party over at Teaching My Calling.

I was introduced to this fantastic review game at my latest professional development. I played this with my math students right before our last math benchmark and they got so into it! I have known a lot of teachers that have played this game and they have ALL had success with it.

Here's how you play:

Cut about 20-30 die cuts of snowmen and write a variety of points on the back. (I made some 15, 50, 100, 200, double your score, triple your score, etc).  On a handful of snowmen, write on the back "Sunny Day".
What's a snowman's worst enemy? A sunny day! If that card is pulled, it wipes out your team's score.

Separate the class in to two separate teams.

Show a review question and have all the students solve the problem on their white boards. Show their white boards (that way you can also see who understands it, while playing the game).

Select a student at random from one of the teams.

If they get the question correct (or in my case could go up to the smart board and solve for the correct answer), they get to choose a snow man for points.  If they get the question wrong, it goes to the other team for a student to have a chance to solve.

Be sure to keep track of the score on the white board so the students can see.  When the question is done and the snowman has been pulled, continue to the next question and swap teams for a chance to answer the questions.

I hope you will have a chance to play Sunny Day in your classroom! Let me know if you have any questions, I'm not sure how great I did at explaining the game.