Do you ever struggle knowing how to review Spanish content at the beginning of the year, a semester or after a long break? I know that this has been a struggle for me over the years. This Skittle review game is engaging for students and is a great way to review up to five Spanish questions in one game. All this game requires is a bag of Skittles and five questions that you want to ask your students.
All right now for the details
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First I type my questions and standard answers out to fit a standard piece of paper and copy them onto the five colors of Skittles: orange, red, purple, green,and yellow.
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I used the questions: ¿Cómo te llamas?; ¿Cuántos años tienes?; ¿Cómo estás?; ¿Cuál es tú color favorito?; ¿Adónde vives?. Feel free to use any review questions you want!
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Then I have my class sit in a circle. I hold the 5 question cards so that I can hold up the correct card after each student has chosen their skittle.
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Next the first student grabs a Skittle and answers the question based on the color skittle that they grab. After answering the question they get to eat the skittle.
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Then I continue for as long as I want the game to last. I find that in my 3rd-6th grade classes of 24 students 2 or 3 rounds works best.
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This game takes about 15-20 minutes in my class.
Assessment
This activity is great for some quick formative assessment. As students answer questions I check to see
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Can they answer without help?
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Do they use a full sentence?
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Can they answer quickly or does it take time?