![]() Kids also LOVE Jenga games that are themed for special times of year! They make Jenga lots of fun all year round, and are perfect for classroom holiday parties if you do center rotations. Jenga Game Cards: Benchmark Advance High Frequency Words Bundle Jenga is also perfect for sight word practice! You can find game bundles for all of the major sight word lists below:įountas and Pinnell Sight/High Frequency Words Bundle Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs, & Adjectives) Just like the math games, all games can be purchased individually or in discounted bundles.Īlphabet (letter/sound recognition and printing practice) I’ve also started creating some Jenga game sets for language arts skills like the alphabet, reading, grammar and spelling. Math Jenga game cardsīalancing Addition and Subtraction Equations Here are some of the most popular math game sets that are currently available in the Life Between Summers shop (individually or in discounted bundles). You can also find them directly by clicking on any of the links below. If it falls, the kids have to rebuild and start again.Īll of the Jenga resources shared in this blog post can be found by searching “Jenga” in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. They keep taking turns until the tower falls. The student who rolled the dice then gets to move a Jenga block that matches the color of their card. ![]() Students can show their work using their squares on their answer sheets, or if they need more room I have them use their white boards. The problem is read aloud to the group, and everyone in the group solves the problem and records their answer on their answer sheets. For whichever color is rolled, a card is selected with that color. When it’s a student’s turn, he or she rolls the dice. They sort the cards by color and put them into separate piles. Each kid gets an answer sheet and the group shares a set of game cards, which contain problems or questions. Students set up the Jenga blocks in a tower. The game can be played in partners or a small group. Students have so much fun during this center that they don’t even realize how hard their brains are working. As far as games go, Jenga is always one of the biggest crowd-pleasers in my class. Kids hear the word “game” and eyes that may have been glazed over seconds earlier suddenly pop open wider. Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to spice up any otherwise common task, such as basic math fact or grammar practice. ![]() But if and when it is ever possible to up the fun factor at school, I say go for it! Especially if it has a direct positive effect on student learning. Talk to any teacher after a long day at school who is sitting through a staff meeting that could have been an email. “In any job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” -Mary Poppins
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