Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: Large open space (big enough to allow safe movement for all students in class or group)
How To Play: Divide the playing space in half with a line down
the center (for example the boundaries for a game could be half of a
basketball court). Players move around within the designated boundaries
after the Captain (caller) calls out a series of demands. The commands
require the players to regroup in different ways.
Captain’s Commands
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: Two sets of cards
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: Paper and pencil
How To Play: Students form teams of three. Using topics
provided by the leader, students list as many of the words under the
topic as they can. Teams strive to list less obvious words. For each
word listed only on one team’s list, that team receives a point. The
overall goal is to establish and then challenge the class’s best total
scoring of unique words.
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
How to Play: The circle has one less chair than the number of
players. It goes out of the room, and one player is chosen as
Rumplestiltskin. When It comes back, he questions each player, in
order, around the circle, “What is your name?” Each player says their
name except the chosen one, who says, “Rumplestiltskin.” Then everyone
changes seats, and It tries to sit down, too. Whoever is left standing
becomes It.
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: Rock or coin to pass
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
How To Play: The teacher begins by saying, “I am thinking of a
word that rhymes with cat.” Players who think they know a word go to
the center of the circle and pantomime their guesses. For example, a
player may go to the center of the circle and flap his arms like a bat.
The others in the circle try to guess what the player in the center is
miming. The player who correctly guesses the mimed word then has a
chance to guess the teacher’s word.
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None
How To Play: In partners, players face each other, observing
clothes, hair, accessories, and so on. Partners then turn away from
each other and make three changes to their appearance, such as turning
glasses upside down, unbuttoning a button, or moving a ring. When both
are ready, they turn around and each tries to identify the changes the
other has made.
Community Level 2 – Familiar
Materials: None