Are you looking for an activity to change things up and still keep students engaged in the content? Do your students like to play games? Is it true? is a “board game” that can be used with almost any content you are working with.
Keep reading to find a free board game for you to use in your classroom.
How does it work?
The game is relatively easy to create, but it does take a bit of prep time. Find a resource you want to work with it. This can be a created story, a newscast, an authentic resource, or a YouTube video. Whatever resource you use, students will need to have access to it for the game.
After you have taught the content and vocabulary from the selected resource, you will want to create some true and false statements. The statements will be turned into cards students use during gameplay. For ASL, you will need to record these statements and use QR codes for the “cards.” Other languages can write the statement on a card.
During play, students will draw the cards and discuss the meaning of the statement. Students will then find the information in the text the teacher has provided and determine if it is a true statement or a false statement. If the statement is true, students will move forward a square. If it is a false statement, students will need to move back a square.
Rules
1. Play in pairs. Each pair should have a game board, two game pieces (could be anything), a
set of game cards, and a copy of the video text.
2. Each student puts a game piece on one of the start square. The objective will be to move
the game piece space by space to the FINISH square.
3. The first student takes a card from the draw pile. The student scans the QR code with a device and the partners watch the video together. The student whose turn it is announces if the fact was true or false.
4. Students need to search the video text and locate the information to prove their answer (for both true and false). Doing so allows students another chance to see the information again, providing them with more comprehensible input.
4. If the information on the card is true, the player moves their piece forward one square. If it is false, the player moves his or her piece backward one space. If the statement is false and the student’s game piece is already at “start”, then it does not move.
5. The player discards the card in the discard pile, and the other player takes their turn. Game play ends when one of the players reaches the FINISH space!
Here is a link to an already-created board for you to get started with. If you have an odd number and need a board for three people, click here. Have fun with this game.
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