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Slap!


This is a great game to practice vocabulary. It is a good idea to make word cards on the vocabulary your students are studying. There needs to be 2-4 copies of each card. The teacher chooses three vocabulary words. All cards are passed out to each student. The game progresses by each student placing a card in the pile. When the student sees the word chosen (for example name, read, and same are the word cards chosen) he or she slaps the card as fast as he/she can. The first person to slap the card gets the whole pile of cards. When one player has the most cards the game is over.

Variation: When a student slaps the card he/she has to make a sentence or they cannot receive the pile of cards.

I have used this card game many times for ages 1st grade thru 5th grade and it is very popular!