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This game is from Joel Bacha's "Teachers and Kids" book. There
are loads more in the book itself, check out here for details!
http://genkienglish.net/joelsbook.htm
Focus: Vocabulary, Numbers, ABCs
Level: 1-4
Preparation: One chalk board erasure (the bacon)
Play this game in the gym.
1. Make two teams.
2. Have each team line up along the wall on opposite sides of the gym.
3. Put the erasure (bacon) in the middle of the gym.
4. Depending on what you're reviewing, assign a letter, number, or word
to each student on each team.
5. If your reviewing letters, call out a letter (ex. gG!h)
6. The two Gs from each team run to the middle of the gym and try to be the first one to steal the bacon.
7. The student who steals the bacon first has to run back to his or team before being tagged by the other student.
8. If the student who steals the bacon gets back to his or her team
safely, then he or she wins. If the other student tags him or her
before getting there, then the other student wins.
If you'd like more of Joel's ideas, check out his "Teachers &
Kids" book!
http://genkienglish.net/joelsbook.htm
Readers' Comments
Just a warning. I did this game with a group of sannsennsei ( 3rd
grade) students. I taught karate in the States and never had a problem
with this game. But in Japan, two kids actually dove into each and
crashed heads, a boy's tooth cutting into another boy's head. One
had to go the hospital. I was asked not to come back to that school.
( I received this comment anonymously, so I doubt that a school would really
ask an ALT not to come back for something like this. But it pays to be
mindful of the how hard the kids are playing, be careful!- Richard)
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