English Games Review

Empowered Learner and Global Collaborator

Overview

Students will enjoy free interactive learning activities, games, facts, printable worksheets, quizzes, videos, and other fun resources that will keep students engaged while learning. The website is http://www.funenglishgames.com/.

Note: This can be used for kindergarten - eighth grade, depending on the topic.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Understand basic grammar.
Be able to review spelling, grammar, comprehension, etc.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words:

Prefix: A prefix is part of a word or a word, within a word.
Suffix: A suffix is a letter or group of letters, that is added to the end of a root word.
Verb: A verb tells about an action or state.
Noun: A noun is a word or phrase that is the name of something (as a person, place, or thing.
Adjective: An adjective describes a noun.

Pre-planning

To prepare for this lesson:

Go to the Fun English Games website.
Look around the website to become familiar with it.
Print off any worksheets that you would like the students to complete.
Save the website on Google Classroom or have the students bookmark it.

Accommodations

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources.

Steps

Directions for this activity:

Do a quick review of some grammar in the classroom e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives, prefixes, suffixes.
Students can either bookmark the website or you can assign it in Google Classroom.
Students will choose a game to play that they need some extra practice on. You can also tell students which ones you want them to focus on.
When students feel like they have understood the skill, you can give them one of the printed off quizzes or worksheets.

Assessment Options

Different options for assessing the students:

Check for understanding
Observations - see how well they do on the games.
There is a quiz and answers at the bottom of the page for students to check. http://www.funenglishgames.com/quizzes.html or you can print them for student use.

MITECS COMPETENCIES & ISTE STANDARDS

MITECS: Michigan adopted the "ISTE Standards for Students" called MITECS (Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students) in 2018.

Empowered Learner
1a. Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

Global Collaborator
1c. Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.