Hands-on games can be a great activity for stations or comprehension checks in your Spanish class. But do you ever worry about how to store all of those manipulatives? And what happens when pieces get misplaced?
Tips to avoid losing game pieces
Many games can be created just by using small slips of paper or notecards. Let’s imagine your biggest class is 24 students and you want them to work in groups of 3. You will need 8 copies of the game. Before you laminate your photocopies label the back of each individual piece on that page with its own number.
Let your homeroom or first class of the day cut apart the individual pieces. You don’t have time for that!
Provide each pair with a baggie that corresponds to their number. As part of clean-up, they must make sure that all the pieces with their number end up in their baggie. And at the end of the day, when you find random pieces on the floor, you know where to put them so next year’s class has a complete set!
How to easily store games
So what do you do after the activity is complete? Multiple baggies can take a up a lot of room if not stored properly. However, if you have a filing cabinet, try this:
No need to buy containers that take up space! Just add these to your files and re-use them year after year!
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