games, games, games

After my 3rd graders finished their final exam they still had 5 weeks left at middle school which I find slightly ridiculous. Many of them have completely zoned out so I've had to think of some ways to get them back. So the last few weeks we've been doing Scategories, English Jenga and UNO. Scategories was great fun...and the game always reminds me of my nanna who would play this with us for hours when we were younger. Jenga was chaos but great. I numbered each block so that when the student pulls out a block they have to follow a rule from a rule sheet such as raise your hands in the air, sit on the floor, sing a song or ask sarah a question, cue many inappropriate questions. (images: competitive girls at scategories hiding their answers, jenga being played well, jenga blocks being used badly!)