Sorry for the delays in posting - I have so much to share that I hope to catch you up on this summer! Today, I'll focus on one of our "Friday Club" activities we're doing the last nine weeks. My 3rd grade students have been doing a "Games" club while my 4th and 5th grade students have a "Mystery" club that has included Breakout activities as well as yesterday, a "Life Size" Clue game.
I am loving these "life size" games! I found some ideas and ran with them for popular board games. I have an old Twister game in the Makerspace my kids LOVE. In fact, they loved it so much the spinner pieces broke and after repairing multiple times, a crucial part got lost. So, I created cards in lieu of the spinner because they were begging to play again! You can find these {here}. The biggest problem with Twister, though, is that only a certain number of students can play at a time which of course leads to a bit of chaos and volume as potential players impatiently await their turn! So, a solution was to still use our mat, as well as borrow colored dots in the same colors from the P.E. teacher. We set the mat out and continued the pattern in a large area so all students could play!
Yesterday, my 4th and 5th grade club members played a school version I created of "Life Size" Clue. Students were divided up between detectives and suspects. Suspects wore a nametag that identified them (Principal Mustard, Chef Peacock, etc) and each got 3 cards to hold. They then rotated themselves through the marked rooms around the library as detectives asked them questions. The only catch was they could only ask yes/no questions. For example:
"Chef Peacock - did it happen in the library?"
(Chef Peacock looks at his/her cards. If he has a library card, he can answer "no". If he does NOT have the card, he answers "I don't know" which tells the detective he does not have that card).
I had some very intuitive students ask questions like "Chef Peacock, did Miss Scarlett do it in the Kitchen with a stinky sock?" - which gave them 3 chances to find out an answer! If the suspect had one of those cards, they had to show it to them.
The kids had a great time, everyone was involved (I was worried the "suspects" would get bored but they did not and for our 2nd round we had suspects and detectives change places because everyone wanted to be a suspect!)
Next week, I'll be playing a "Life Size" version of "Guess Who." We'll see if they ask to play Clue again - they seemed to really enjoy it! If you'd like to see more about Clue, check it out {here} in my TPT store and TN store {here} (who, by the way, are both having sales next week!). You can check out Guess Who by clicking {here} on Google Drive. I wrote out the directions but haven't played it yet so it might end up getting edited!
I hope you're having fun as your year is winding down, but of course, I can see using these games any time of the year! I hope to share more of what's been going on this year with you soon, including my love affair with Breakout!
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