783 results
Games for Microsoft Word and for ESL-EFL-ELL
Mystery at Mr. Grim's Mansion (Murder Mystery-style Game)
[05/05/2024: I'm testing a new murder mystery. E-mail me (contact@englishcurrent.com) if you want to test it for free - Matthew]This is a murder mystery-style activity designed to get students engaged, thinking critically, and most importantly, speaking. Class time: 60-90 minutes No. of students: 4-11* (*You can make more characters, but this increases the time it takes for interviewing. For larger classes, divide them into two separate groups.) Level/Age: This activity was written for interme
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Types:
Scattergories Jr. Modified Game {editable}
I have played this game with classes ranging from 3rd grade through 8th grade, and they have all loved Scattergories. The game is quick to explain and easy to understand, and it is great for building vocabulary. I currently use this activity as a reward with my middle school ELL students who are about half SPED.
You can choose to play this game for any amount of time. I typically give my middle school students about 4 minutes per category, so you could play three categories in twelve minutes,
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Text Structure Matching Game
Students match ten paragraphs with ten types of text organization patterns including cause/effect, problem/solution, persuasion, narrative, compare/contrast, etc. Copy the game on one piece of paper or cardstock and then cut apart. Great hands-on activity for groups or individuals. Uncut, the page can also be used as a study guide. Great for ESL and special education students, also.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Common Noun and Proper Noun Bingo
Do your students like to play bingo? This bingo gme is perfect for your ESL and special needs students who are visual learners.
The bingo game includes 25 playing boards with both words and pictures on each. All the bingo cards have the same pictures and words and are in 22 font, big enough for those little eyes. The calling cards and bingo letters are slightly bigger.
Simply print out the cards and laminate.
How to play:
Pass out a game board to each student. Give them markers to use s
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Roll and Build Silly Sentences
A fun task to practice various tenses.All you need is this editable template (which you can complete yourself, typing the necessary verbs, coming up with famous characters, places and time) and 2 dice. Divide the students into pairs or mini groups of 3-4 people. Each pair/group will need 2 dice and a table filled with the necessary information (see the photo).Children take turns rolling both dice at the same time, choose the appropriate parts of the sentence and make up funny sentences orally or
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 7th, Adult Education
Types:
111 Rule Game
This game is for the 111 Spelling Rule (double consonant when adding a vowel suffix). It can be used with an Orton-Gillingham program, or for any teacher looking for spelling practice. It can be played by one student solo, 2-4 students individually, or as a whole class split into two teams.
You will need Avery 5160 Labels and 1/2 size index cards to make the game.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Minute To Win It Vocabulary Games
Use engaging,fun,and quick games to teach and practice vocabulary words across the curriculum. Based on the concept of the hit TV game show, students engage in various games that help them read new vocabulary words, learn meanings, and apply them to practical use in one minute intervals. The twenty games, created by Jan Wiggs, have been used with students ranging from elementary grades through college level students. Vocabulary words from thematic units, science and social studies textbooks, b
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th, Adult Education
Types:
Ice Breaker in ENGLISH & SPANISH | Find things in common | Cosas en común
Great way for students to talk to everyone in class including their teacher.Las cosas que tenemos en comúnHabla con tus compañeros/as sobre los siguientes temas para ponerse de acuerdo en algo que tienen en común (find something in common). Incluye fotos para no tener que usar inglés en clase!Great way for students to talk to everyone in class, move around the classroom, and interview everyone including their teacher.The things we have in common. Students must keep asking until they find somethi
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Text Organization Matching Game
Students match ten paragraphs with ten types of text organization patterns including cause/effect, problem/solution, persuasion, narrative, compare/contrast, etc. Copy the game on one piece of paper or cardstock and then cut apart. Great hands-on activity for groups or individuals. Uncut, the page can also be used as a study guide. Great for ESL and special education students, also.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Word Processing Skills Activities - Computer Games
Three fun and easy to use activities that teach and practice basic word processing skills!My adult learners and ESL students often haven't had much experience using computers to type essays or do class projects. So I devised these three worksheets to get my students from knowing nothing about word processors, to being able to type a perfectly formatted essay! And each one is hands-on, nitty gritty, students sitting at the computer, learning by doing. Build their confidence by letting them do it
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Multiple Meaning Words - I HAVE / WHO HAS
As an ESL teacher, I have fallen in love with I have/who has games! They are a great way to have the students engaged while practicing their reading, speaking, and listening skills.
This particular I have/who has game is dedicated to multiple meaning words. The students are given two meanings for the same word in order for them to become familiar with both definitions.
I have/who has is great for a learning center, partner/group work, or even a whole class review!
*45 cards included! Pri
Grades:
1st - 12th
Types:
Drop E Game
This game is for practicing the English spelling rule that you drop a silent-e before adding a suffix that starts with a vowel (the Drop E Rule). It also includes challenge words for basewords ending in UE or GE/CE and the rules which go along with adding suffixes to those basewords.
This game can be used alongside the 111 Rule Game, and you can re-use the same suffix deck for both.
1-4 players or teams, ages 7 and up.
You will need 1/2 size colored index cards or colored flashcards and Avery 51
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Watership Down Memory Match
Remember that Memory Match Game where you are supposed to pair two shapes. Now it's a whole class game and instead of pairing shapes you are pairing characters and quotes, literary devices and descriptions, etc. Tape the pieces of paper backwards to your board in a square formation and get started. Have fun!
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Verb Battleship (Batalla de Barcos) - verb practice game (Spanish, French, etc.)
Built on the idea of the original Battleship board game. Students will use this version of the seek & find activity to practice their verb conjugations in whatever tense you are studying. The whole game is also played in any target language.
You will receive an editable Word document with the instructions and the grid. You can change the verbs and/or subjects to suit your needs. It can be used for any language: Spanish, French, German, etc.
Students will ask to play this instead of tradit
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
SUMMER FUN - ESL FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ICE BREAKER
Have fun talking with your ESL students on the first day of school! This game board includes questions about students' summer, and it's a good way to get the conversation started! : )
The game is great for all ages -- it is colorful and fun without being too juvenile for other students, and it can be printed in color or simple black and white.
Prerequisites: Students need to already no at least a little English and be able to read the game board. You might want to have a vocabulary picture di
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Types:
Trivia en español! (Spanish Trivia)
A fun and exciting way to help learn Spanish and find out who is the smartest in the room!25 questions in Spanish ask about everything from pop culture to geography to sports and more! This activity might even challenge the instructor :)Answers included.
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Speaking Activity: The Taylor Swift Concert Line-Up (Intermediate ESL)
Skill Focus: Speaking, VocabularyEnglish Level: B1/B2 (Intermediate & Upper-Intermediate)Language Focus: Past Progressive, Past Simple, Yes/No Questions Class Time: 25-45 minutes (depending on the no. & level of students, not including extensions)This speaking activity gets the whole class (up to 30 students) out of their seats and mingling. The objective is to reconstruct a queue for a concert line-up in the correct order using the clues provided on their role cards. PreparationCut up
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Grammar Goals: 12 Timed Drills to Review Basic Parts of Speech
Need a fun way to review and asses the different parts of speech? Here are 12 quick drills that cover nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
I used these quizzes at the end of the school year, testing my students one to two times a week. I gave my students a certain amount of time to complete each quiz. They were only able to go on to the next quiz if they passed with a 100%. Think of these like timed math drills, but for grammar!
To make these quizzes more fun and competitive
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Types:
IB DP English B theme 'Sharing the Planet' Bingo!
Looking for an engaging refection tool to end a semester with your students? Look no further than this resource!Use this fun game to finish a unit after exploring the prescribed theme of 'social organisation' with your English B students! Questions explore English B concepts, IB learner profile attributes, CAS and Theory of Knowledge.Includes:Four different question cards9 questions on each cardQuestions are conceptual questions based on 'sharing the planet'Links to IB Learner Profile, CAS and T
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: IB DP English B Prescribed Themes BINGO Bundle
Full Course Phonics Lessons 1 - 25 (25 lessons for Online Teaching) *NO PREP*
Full Course Phonics Lessons 1 - 25 (25 lessons for Online Teaching) *NO PREP*Beginner level phonics.Suitable for online classes.An interactive phonics course adapted for use with popular online platforms such as Zoom, ClassIn etc.25 phonics lessons covering alphabet sounds (A-Z) and digraphs (SH, CH etc.)Each lesson includes sounds, vocabulary and sentences suitable for young learners.The course includes fun tasks, chants and games to keep students engaged.
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
IB DP English B theme 'Social Organisation' Bingo!
Looking for an engaging refection tool to end a semester with your students? Look no further than this resource!Use this fun game to finish a unit after exploring the prescribed theme of 'social organisation' with your English B students! Questions explore English B concepts, IB learner profile attributes, CAS and Theory of Knowledge.Includes:Four different question cards9 questions on each cardQuestions are conceptual questions based on 'sharing the planet'Links to IB Learner Profile, CAS and T
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: IB DP English B Prescribed Themes BINGO Bundle
IB DP English B theme 'Human Ingenuity' Bingo!
Looking for an engaging refection tool to end a semester with your students? Look no further than this resource!Use this fun game to finish a unit after exploring the prescribed theme of "human ingenuity" with your English B students! Questions explore English B concepts, IB learner profile attributes and Theory of Knowledge.Includes:Four different question cards9 questions on each cardQuestions are conceptual questions based on 'sharing the planet'Links to IB Learner Profile and TOK!How it work
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: IB DP English B Prescribed Themes BINGO Bundle
Figurative Language Game Mat and Cards
This is a fun and easy file folder game that allows students to independently practice identifying figurative langauge, such as metaphors, similies, idioms, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and personification. Student will be able to read multiple choice questions and identify the correct form of figurative language. There is an answer sheet included for easy reference. Thanks! Mrs. Vogel
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Alligator, Alligator
Youth will utilize critical thinking with an interactive lesson that reinforces letter education and word building. They will put soft skills into play when they are able to practice their public speaking skills in an environment where they may not feel the most comfortable – giving them an opportunity to grow as a person within their environment.
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 783 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands