7th grade Back to School english language arts games

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Poetry

Take ELA review days from dull to dazzling with this Jeopardy-style classroom game! This highly engaging Figurative Language Game Show PowerPoint makes practicing figurative language something that students are EXCITED to do! My class CHEERS when they see this game in the plans. Students will be listening to your every word as they work hard to earn points for their team. It’s a win-win for you and your students: you have a no-prep activity that practices important standards and kids will have

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Visual Arts

CCSS:

RL.3.4

, L.3.3

, L.3.3a

, L.3.5

, L.3.5a

...

Also included in: Figurative Language Activity and Game Bundle [7 Figurative Language Activities]

Fairly Tales: Grimm, ELA Reading Digital Escape Room: Middle School Escape

Created by

A Space to Create Art

⭐IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A GRIMM FAIRY TALE WITHOUT AN ADVENTURE OR ENCHANTED FOREST. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Grimm Digital Escape conjures up enchanted forests, villains, and happily-ever-afters. ⭐ Young teen students are invited to escape this Grimm Adventure using clues that practice reading, listening, sequencing, comparisons, logic, and other important skills!Now with two versions! A flat version with self-checking answers is included, no Google form is required. ⭐ Want a printable versio

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

End of Year, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

CCSS:

RL.5.7

, RL.6.7

, RL.7.7

, CCRA.R.2

, CCRA.R.3

...

Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle

End of the Year Escape Room Zombie Teacher Breakout Game Activity

Created by

Presto Plans

Escape Room Team Builder - Zombie Teacher Classroom Breakout Game Activity: Use this creative and fun end of the year escape room team builder activity to help foster classroom community and improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The teacher has transformed into a zombie, and students must decode puzzles, riddles, and challenges to get the ingredients to turn them back into a human! This can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills (spelling, homophones), but ca

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Cultivating Lifetime Learners

Also included in: Team Building Classroom Activities - Back to School Videos & Assignments Bundle

End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building

Created by

Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.⏳ Gameplay: 90 min

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: End of the Year Activities - Mystery Game Reading Comprehension Activities

Interactive Game Boards | Boost Engagement With Any Lesson

Created by

Joanne Miller

Boost engagement and excitement with these interactive game boards using sticky notes. These game boards can be used with any subject or lesson. They are perfect for review or test prep. Students can work as teams, partners, or as a whole class. Use your already printed worksheet or workbook and add these game boards to excite and motivate your students! This is the perfect way to spice up a review lesson or use for test prep. ***PowerPoint and PDF versions included. *These game boards were desi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Math

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

Also included in: Interactive Game Bundle | Student Engagement

Classroom Procedures & Routines Game: Back to School Activity | EDITABLE

Created by

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Take review days from dull to dazzling with this Jeopardy-style classroom PowerPoint game! This highly engaging Classroom Procedures Game Show PowerPoint makes reviewing classroom procedures something that students are EXCITED to do! My class CHEERS when they see this game in the plans. Students will be listening to your every word as they work hard to earn points for their team. It’s a win-win for you and your students: you have a no-prep activity that practices important standards and kids w

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Also included in: Game Show ALL ACCESS Bundle | Math & Reading Review Games for Test Prep

Escape Room - Team Building - Any Content

Created by

Taylor Teaches 7th

Escape room style team building activity - perfect for back to school! This escape room will help students learn to work together at the beginning of the year. This interactive escape room requires technology. Students will need to access a Google Form, so any technology that allows them to access and complete a Google Form will work! The Google Form is pre-coded, which automates the entire breakout experience! Other than printing and minimal cutting, this Escape Room is ready for you to use! No

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Also included in: All 4 Team Building Escape Rooms - BUNDLE - ANY Content

Icebreakers That Rock: Three-Game Bundle

Created by

Cult of Pedagogy

** NOW INCLUDES REMOTE LEARNING INSTRUCTIONS **Getting to know your students just got easier!Perfect for Back to School, this set of 3 easy, fun icebreaker games will help students get to know each other and feel more comfortable in your classroom without any corny gimmicks or embarrassing questions. Each game focuses on getting students talking on a variety of interesting, low-risk topics.The Games:Blobs and Lines: A set of questions that asks students to line up in some particular order (by bi

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More

Created by

Rachel Lynette

Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2nd - 9th

Types:

Back to School, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts

Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option

Created by

Real Cool English

In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

Also included in: Games & Puzzles Mega Bundle - Early Finishers, Brain Breaks, Fun Fridays & More!

Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review

Created by

Presto Plans

Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review: Help your students understand figurative language with this highly engaging interactive escape room breakout activity! Students will circulate the classroom, visiting stations and completing puzzles and challenges related to the following figurative language and literary devices: metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, pun, idiom, and allusion.How The Figurative Language Escap

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

L.7.5

, L.8.5

, L.9-10.5

, CCRA.L.5

Editable Jeopardy Template Google Slides & PowerPoint Test Prep Game Keep Scores

Created by

Science Spot

This template is different from the others because you can keep team scores! All you have to do is add questions to whatever topic you cover in class. It is also different from most others because the value amount will disappear after it has been clicked, preventing a question from being asked again. This is compatible with any version of PowerPoint and can be used for any topic in class.Update: This now includes a Jeopardy Template for Google Slides. A score feature is not available for th

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Science

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Games, Activboard Activities

Also included in: Jeopardy Template (Google Slides & PP), Money Wheel, Smarter than a 5th Grader

Getting to Know You | Four Corners Game | ESL Activity | Back to School

Created by

Kristen Vibas - A Walk in the Chalk

Four Corners is an activity that gets students up and out of their seats. This 4 Corners game is a fun "Getting to Know You" activity, perfect for the beginning of the year and throughout. It can also double as an engaging class warm-up activity! Created for beginning and intermediate English learners, thirty differentiated slides with visual supports provide ample question choices to suit your class needs. Three levels of questions are included, with ten slides for each level. Project a questio

Subjects:

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Back to School Four Corners Game for Middle and High School - Icebreaker Game

Created by

Write and Read

Are you looking for a fun activity for the first day of school? This back to school four corners game is a fun, engaging activity that gets students out of their seats and helps you get to know them. The game includes 22 slides with questions relevant to teens. Students will love this game, and there's no prep for you! It's a great activity for the beginning of the school year or start of a new semester, and it can be used for any content area. Save 20% by buying the Back to School Activity Bund

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Also included in: Back to School Activity Bundle for Middle and High School - Games and Activities

This or That: An Icebreaker that Rocks!

Created by

Cult of Pedagogy

** NOW INCLUDES REMOTE LEARNING INSTRUCTIONS **Getting to Know Your Students Just Got Easier!Perfect for Back to School, this fun icebreaker game will help students get to know each other and feel more comfortable in your classroom without any corny gimmicks or embarrassing questions. This or That focuses on getting students talking on a variety of interesting, low-risk topics.How it Works: This game has students informally debate on light topics such as "Which animal makes a better pet...dog or

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

Choose Three! Ice Breaker Digital Learning Game

Created by

Joanne Miller

Choose Three is a fun and engaging game to get students to think creatively! This game includes 50+ scenarios to choose from. This game can be played in person or digitally during a live meeting.**15 Christmas scenarios included in this resource with almost 70 scenarios in this fun game!So many ways to play the game! This is a great ice breaker and getting to know your students first week of school activity. Also, can be played as a five minute filler, reward, or just for fun on your Friday meet

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Cultivating Lifetime Learners

Also included in: Interactive Game Bundle | Student Engagement

End of the Year Break Activities Mystery Game - Engaging Team Building - Digital

Created by

Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learni

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: End of the Year Activities - Mystery Game Reading Comprehension Activities

CHRISTMAS Escape Room (Activities, Trivia & Puzzle Games for Students)

Created by

The Classroom Sparrow

There are five Christmas escape room-type (trivia) challenges included in this file. Each activity can be completed individually or in conjunction with one another, depending on the time available in your planning. The challenges could be used as individual, pair or small group activities. The puzzles and games are designed to promote communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills. A detailed and thorough teacher instruction page has been included, which provides differentiated instructio

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: Christmas Writing Activities BUNDLE: Middle and High School Holiday Writing

Nonfiction Text Features Game Show | Test Prep Reading Review Game

Created by

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Take ELA review days from dull to dazzling with this Jeopardy-style classroom game! This highly engaging Text Feature Game Show PowerPoint makes identifying text features something that students are EXCITED to do! My class CHEERS when they see this game in the plans. Students will be listening to your every word as they work hard to earn points for their team. It’s a win-win for you and your students: you have a no-prep activity that practices important standards and kids will have FUN and be

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Back to School, Coaching, Physical Education

Also included in: Game Show ALL ACCESS Bundle | Math & Reading Review Games for Test Prep

The Crazy Cards Challenge | Icebreaker, Cooperative Team Building Activity |

Created by

The PE Specialist

This is a great game that you can play as an icebreaker at the beginning of the year (or anytime really) to help kids develop connections, laugh, get to know each other and have a good time working together to complete a challenge.This game is good for all ages - even adults :-) The challenge is to finish all 60 task cards in the shortest amount of time possible.The real purpose of the game is just to “break the ice” - to have fun working together, to get kids laughing with one another and to p

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Citing Text Evidence Digital ESCAPE ROOM! Virtual Field Trip Game & ELA Review

Created by

Howes in the Middle

In this interactive and engaging citing text evidence review game, students will review and practice citing evidence while they attempt to escape the jungle! This immersive and engaging escape room will have your students citing text evidence like champions and begging for future escape games! This activity requires ZERO preparation** just share the link with your students, and they are on their adventure!**Please make sure your school does not block Google Sites or Forms. Some buyers may ne

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.6.1

, RL.7.1

, RL.8.1

, RL.9-10.1

...

Also included in: Middle School Mastery: Engaging Reading & ELA Skills Digital Escape Room Bundle

Prefix and Suffix Game for Literacy Centers: U-Know {Vocabulary Game} Review

Created by

ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary

Do you need prefix and suffix review games for reading skill practice to help your students learn quicker and with more FUN? Use this Prefix and Suffix U-Know game to have them practice reading skills while also having fun!! This fun and engaging game will make the skill of identifying the meaning of prefixes and suffixes something students WANT to do! Play separately or mix and match cards from different sets to suit your needs.Works great for centers, early finishers, or small groups. Students

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Games, Centers

Also included in: Reading Games Mini U-Know Bundle 1 | Reading Test Prep Review Games

How Well Do You Know Your Teacher? (Fun End of Year Activity)

Created by

Ellie Sherwood

This is a fun, no-prep end of year activity to see how well (or not well) your students know you! The students get to come up with creative responses to fun and engaging prompts.Depending on the age of your students, you can pick and choose which slides to assign. For the older kids, I've included prompts related to social media.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, End of Year

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types: