REVIEW with Rock Paper Scissors Races.

An all time (and every time) favorite in my classes....Reviewing Vocab by incorporating "Rock Paper Scissors Battles.

• Two Teams
• A stack of Vocab pictures printed on flash cards (need at least 13 different cards)

Set Up

• Can attach with magnets to boards (as in video)... or
• Can set up desks in a horse shoe shape (about 13 desks) with a card on each desk...or
• If outside you can lay the flashcards in a half circle

Play

• Teams line up, one at each end of the row of flashcards
• 1 player from each team move towards each other saying aloud and pointing to the flashcard as they go.
• When they come face to face at a card, they battle rock paper scissors.
• The loser goes to the back of their teams line and the next person in the queue starts along the line again from the beginning. The winner carries on from where they stopped, in their quest to infiltrate the other teams base, heading towards their new oncoming opponent.

AIM

Each time a player successfully makes it to the oppositions base on the other side of the line of cards, play stops (amongst a heap of cheering) and they score a point for their team. 

Play resumes on equal footing with two new players at the start of each side of the line of cards.

A whole bundle of these ready to be printed cards are available for download in my store here

Halloween Hang-Time

Halloween Games...YAY! A Free Halloween Card Game...Double YAY! Not that you should need holiday celebrations to have fun with your kids but they do always provide a great opportunity to break out some cool activities to smash the classroom mold. We don't celebrate Halloween in Australia, although it does seem that it is starting to creep in more and more each year. I have also made many American friends in the last few years whom have initiated me into their Halloween extravaganzas which have been impressively fun. My kids are also always keen on learning more about Halloween, so this year I've made a host of interesting games and activities. There literally is something for everyone and I've based all the activities around a fictional neighborhood of Halloween characters (from my imagination) called "The Spooks".
Starting with the FREE card pack introducing all of THE SPOOKS.

Each of the 34 character cards have a picture of the spook and includes their  age, height, weight, speed and spook factor. Instructions on how to play the "Stat Attack" game are included and the cards also make great collectibles to hand out as rewards to the students.

THEN...your student's can really get to see the spooks in action with the Halloween Hang-Time power-point game. With an original atmospheric soundtrack, the animated spooks community appearing when correct letters are guessed and 15 Halloween words to solve (in a hang man style format)...this is BIG FUN.

For a little reading comprehension I made "The Spook Scoop Pack" which has an interesting page from the Spook Scoop newspaper to read with follow up comprehension questions to answer.

The pack also has a ghostly Halloween word search, a Halloween Menu to be written and some questions that can be used with the Spooks Free Stat attack card game (which is also incorporated into this download.

IF YOU JUST LOVE THE WHOLE LOT (well they can be used separately of course but are all interlinked by the lovable characters) you can pick them all up as one Halloween Pack bundle.

If nothing else, my gift to you all for Halloween is the FREE pack of spook character cards which I'm sure you and your kids will love.
"HAPPY HALLOWEEN"

New Faces Of TpT

I made it into the Specialist edition of "The New Faces Of TpT." Lots of freebies and great new products from fresh new faces. Check it out

Love To Laminate?

Wanna compare laminators? After quickly breaking two standard ones (I have 12 classes 60 students in each) I bought this heavy duty beauty a couple of years ago. My love of stationary and art shops is not heavily catered for in China and finding a good quality machine that didn't give up the ghost after a couple of jobs really took some doing. Fast, fully heat adjustable, huge...even has reverse ...SUPER HEAVY DUTY. Actually, with such big classes I do a lot of group work and try not to do much in the way of printables (for obvious reasons) but I love this laminator. Unfortunately it weighs an absolute tonne and I don't think getting her back home when I move is at all a possibility. Love to laminate!

Life's Delights

Perfection Personified 

Ahhhh...When you've just finished all the mornings tasks and you stop...and manage to pull off a perfect cup of coffee. Somehow you add just the right amount of everything to get the perfect taste that you love and you can just sit and totally enjoy it. It's one of life's pleasures that I get totally immersed in :) That's what I'm doing now so...gotta go. It's time to give total attention to my cup :) BYEEE

My Best Friend Has Fur

It's been a long journey of ups and downs, over 7 years here in China, but a little like when sportsmen say "I just knew it was time to go", I'm going to retire my chopsticks and return to Australia.

I'll be taking my little furry adopted daughter (my dog) Moli and heading back to the beautiful country that I love. That in itself is not an easy task. Australian Quarantine has recently made things a little easier than the previous rigmarole, but it is still a long (7 month) and expensive ($10,000 AU) process, which we got underway with last month.

I consider myself unbelievably blessed to have all through my childhood and adult life (except my first two years in China) always have had a dog. I've had many furry best friends who have sat and listened to my worries, dragged me out the door for exercise, welcomed me after a hard day, snuggled up when I needed company and given a lovely sloppy kiss just to say "Hey it's all OK...you've got me". To celebrate them all and help fund  Moli's journey back home, I came up with a dog breeds and facts related PowerPoint game and worksheet bundle.

My Best Friend Has Fur

I always endeavor to make every game and activity I create fun and interesting but I have to say this little game is very special to me. There are many amazing things about China but the treatment of dogs is not one of them. Raising and then sustaining my little girls health for 5 years has been difficult and now...I just want to take her home.

This PowerPoint Game will test student's knowledge with dog facts and trivia (in a multiple choice format) and also give them a chance to see how many different breeds they can correctly identify whilst their chosen dogs run back home for a yummy dinner with each correct answer the students give.

The worksheets include
*color-able cover page
* dog breeds word search
* match the description to the breed activity and
* two writing prompts "If you were a dog... what type of dog would you be?" and "About My Dog".

AND don't forget there is also an editable template for the game that is also included (just in case you wish to use the game with your own questions inserted for any topic that you wish).

Of course funds from all my products are helping us get home, so any purchase is appreciated more than you can probably ever know.

My Best Friend Has Fur...How about you? Click on any of the above pictures to purchase this bundle.

Please have a quick look at the short demo video just down below to see the game in action.

A huge thank you for your time from myself and Moli xx

Back To School Sale 2015

My store is participating in the Teachers Pay Teachers "Back To School Sale" which runs from August 3-4. Save a minimum of 20% and up to 28%(with promo code BTS15) discount across the board on all of my products (Yes that includes PPT Games and Bundles) EVERYTHING is on sale. Remember it's only for two days, so all of you that have wish-listed products, now here is your chance to grab them at a super discounted price. For your convenience I've added some thumbnail links to the most popular products and my store below.
Best wishes!

   

    

P.S Thanks to Mrs Beatte's Classroom for designing the great advertisement picture for the sale up top!