Practices: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Objective: Remember words and phrases and dictate them to your partner
Instructions:
Break students up into groups of 3-4, or pairs for small classes
Put one sentence on a piece of paper for each team
One leader from each team goes to the board and tries to remember their sentence
The leader returns to their group and dictates the sentence while team members write it down
First team to finish correctly gets a point
Change words/sentences and switch leaders
Variations:
Use pictures for children who can’t spell and have them draw the picture instead of writing the words.
Use multiple sentences for more advanced students. Place sentences around the room and have each group member do one each. Groups have to put the sentences into the right order before turning in the paper.
Notes:
Make each team’s paper different so students don’t simply listen to other teams. Leaders are not allowed to take their paper, write down anything, or yell across the room. They are allowed to return to board to look at their paper as many times as they like. Use words from class to reinforce learned vocabulary and grammar structures.