A few days ago
Betsy D

What are good classroom-type activities for sixth grade (11-12 year old) students?

Not homework-type assignments, please. I do have a curriculum to follow, but I want to know how to make things more interesting. I’ve written variations on games of Taboo and Trivial Pursuit, and I have a few crossword puzzles around. It’s not a formal classroom setting (e.g. public school), so games and small-group activities are possible. All ideas gratefully considered. 😉

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A few days ago
bailie28

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the coolest thing i can remember from 7th grade was this paper that came out once a week..it had current event questions on it..we divided into two groups..i was always amazed that some kids knew all the answers..it encouraged watching the evening news for this country as well as worldwide..you could make your own version of this game once a week…to encourage the kids to realize what is going on around them in the world..i have an 11 year old who is in the seventh grade and she would probably do fairly well in a game like this
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4 years ago
Erika
We often initiate college in previous due August, and to commence 6th grade you oftentimes could desire to be 11 by employing September 1st. So oftentimes, there at the instant are no 10 3 hundred and sixty 5 days olds in 6th grade, until you count quantity the very youngest pupils born in previous due August, who would be practically to teach 11 on the initiating of the three hundred and sixty 5 days. in any different case, they’re 11 whilst they commence and turn 12 for the period of the three hundred and sixty 5 days or here summer time.
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A few days ago
Jeƒƒ Lebowski
This is not really an activity, but I had some experience with junior high kids and this is something that surprised me, but they absolutely loved it.

I went to Home Depot, and bought some solid white tile board sometimes called Melamine tile wall panel (that material that is like a dry erase whiteboard). I got them to cut it into about thirty (1ft by 1ft) squares. (Cost about 10-15 dollars) I brought them to school and gave each student a whiteboard square and a dry erase marker. And instead of having them work problems on their paper, they wrote on the whiteboards. I really had no idea how much they loved it. the kids were asking if they could work problems on the whiteboard almost every day. Watch out though, 30 dry erase markers in one room will get you light headed unless you open a window.

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A few days ago
emmy7465
Try cranium, kids love it. Set up a monopoly table and rotate in for math ideas. I love boggle and maybe they will too, it could help with their word placment. And lastly maybe scrabble. Then try to play “around the world”. Questions about these games? [email protected]
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A few days ago
sharon m
Are you smarter than a 5th grader. You make up your own questions. Really fun
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A few days ago
KYGrace
Go to www.abcteach.com and see if you find some good things there!
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Try these links:

http://www.nhk.or.jp/school/english/programs/school_02.html

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/04/04/wtf/doc4613b058c9ea0696310308.txt

http://www.cilc.org/collaboration_all.aspx

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