TRASHKETBALL!!
I am sure that you are asking yourself, "What in the world is Trashketball?" It just happens to be one of the best review games I have in my secret stash of all things educational disguised as CRAZY FUN!!!!!!!!!
The premise of the game is this: The class is divided into teams (as they enter, they are assigned a number 1-4). I have a Power Point presentation with all kinds of questions loaded in and ready to go for game time. Today we reviewed Figurative Language - hyperbolas, similes, metaphors, understatements, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and personification. Each team has a stack of paper and a highlighter with which to write their answer. A statement or example will pop up on the screen like so:
For all of you overachievers who can actually read what this says, what is this an example of?
Did you write "alliteration" on your paper?
If so, you are correct!!! And your team is awarded one point!
Kassandra, Benjamin, Noah, Cameron, Sidney, and Wayne were working hard to get their answers correct!
If the team is correct, they get to send a representative to the board to award their point and then wad their answer up into a ball and "shoot" it at the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line. If their ball makes it in, they are awarded those extra points. At the end of the game, the team with the most points win!
Let me tell you, shooting a small paper wad into a trash can that is about ten feet away is not as easy as it looks...yet so many of them went for the three point shots every time! Here's a few photos of their reactions as they were shooting.
Benjamin going in for 1 point....it's GOOD!
Kole shooting for three....nothing but NET! (Or trash bag, in our case!)
Carlie just barely misses!
Ashlyn celebrating....I think!
It was a great review game and the kids had a blast! Bring on the K-PREP testing, because I know these kiddos are R-E-A-D-Y!!!!
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