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[vitamin-d]

Hey all,

I don't have a TV and I'm beginning to run out of ideas for Grades 1 & 2.
Any ideas would be most welcome.

Resources I do have: 6 whiteboards & pens...

[kaymac]

Hurting! I have played Give Me 5 without the powerpoint with my kids before and it's gone over well. You end up having to explain a bit since they don't have the visual. Taboo is an excellent game to play that doesn't require technology and is also on this site. If you have some way to play audio in your classroom, music listening exercises are always entertaining whether it be a discussion of music genres etc, or a simply lyrics filling the blank sheet ( I usually show the video after but you could get away with not doing that). Hope some of these suggestions help!

[krb974]

You can play Bumper to Bumper.  Start with a word, and the last letter of the word needs to be the first letter of the next word.  You can make this a group activity, and get the students to do different things to say the next word.  Examples of things the students can do to say another word: the first group to all sit on the ground, the first group to stand on one foot, the first group to touch their nose, etc...

This can really spark some competitiveness within the class.  Also, in between rounds, the students were pretty good at quieting down quickly.

[nancy]

If you have an overhead projector and screen you might try getting the kids to make crossword puzzles. I gave my kids an overhead sheet with a grid and a plain sheet to put over it. They had to compile a list of 15 words that had something to do with the topic we were discussing(in my case, it was sleep). Once they have compiled a list ( bed, pillow, dream etc.) they put it on the plain overhead with the grid sheet underneath as a guide. When that is complete they make clues for their words. Once they have completed this, they present the crossword to the class and have their classmates fill it in by giving them the clues verbally.  I stay at the back of the class and pass out candy to those students who get the right answers to the clues. You can try any variation of this with the kids leading the class. They really enjoyed it and so did I!! It takes at least 2 classes depending on the kids.
With whiteboards I also like scattergories. I write the categories on the blackboard and then give a letter. They work in a group to fill as many items in each category.It's a fun game before exams.

[sonya]

Jeopardy can also be done on the board...or you can make one on cardboard so you are not always drawing it on the chalkboard...just bring your questions with you.

Scattergories is another good chalkboard game! It is posted here: http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,957.msg2670.html#msg2670

Letter Lingo is also at that link...this would be fun to have the students make up a worksheet of rebuses and All Stressed Out you also don't need a TV.

Top 5 you can also play without the TV as I found out when the computers went down this week!  Luckily, I had a copy of all the answers!http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,1724.0.html

I think there is a lot of stuff you can do chalkboard style or print off and do flashcard style.  The powerpoint just enhances the lesson.

Good luck

[vitamin-d]

Thanks everyone, some really useful stuff...

[infogoddess]

lots of games here that don't require a computer

http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?Games

hope it helps