1-8
1. One students plays the role of Mr.Wolf ( the teacher gives them a watch and mask or picture of wolf-see page 13 )
2. Mr. Wolf stands at one end of the classroom with his back turned to the students,who stand in a group at the far end of the classroom.
3. The students ask in chorus: watch
4. Then the students step toword Mr. Wlof according ( one to five steps).
5.they can try to take more steps,but Mr. Wolf can turn around before or after counting out the permitted number of steps and catch them still moving. Then Mr.Wolf ,It is time and chases the student back to the other end of the classroom, while the other hold their places. If the student is caught,they are out of the game.
6.The game ends when one of the students is able to touch Mr.Wolf.
Scrambled
1-9 Days of the week
Pages of old calendars and dice
1. The teacher brings to class a few pages of different months from old calendars.
2. the students are divided into groups of four. Each group gets a copy of the calendar and one die.
3. The students in the groups take turns tossing the die on the calendar.
4. Each student must spell the day of the week on which the die lands. If the student spells the day of the week correctly, they get one point. If the day of the week is spelled incorrectly the student is out. The student is who gets the largest number of points in 10 minutes.
1-10 Think of a number
To practice arithmetic
1. The teacher divides the class into pairs.
2. Then the teacher writes the following instructions on the board:
Think of a number.
Double it.
Add 10.
Divide by 2.
Subtract the number you first thought of.
Your answer is 5.
The teacher needs to point out that it is important that the students follow the order of instructions written on the board.
3. then the students play, taking truns.
December in Vermont
Fool moon Hanukkah begins
New moon Winter Solstice Boxing Day can Eve
1-11 Number Snatch
5-8 small objects (sharpener )
1. The teacher divides the class into two teams and assigns numbers to students so that each student has a number that is also assigned to someone on the opposite team.
2. The teams line up opposite each other (No.1 faces No. 1,No.2 faces No. 2,etc ).
3. The teacher places an object halfway between the two teams so it can easily be snatched.
4.Then the teacher calls out a number, for instance,” number 10 ,” and members of both teams who were assigned No.10 run to snatch the object.
5. Another object is placed in the center and a new number is called out.
6. The winner is the team possessing more objects.
1-12 Alphabet game
To practice the names of alphabet letters
1. Before the lesson begins, the teacher writes two sets of the letters of the alphabet on the board.
2. The students are divided into two groups.
3. Then the teacher calls out a letter of the alphabet, and one student from each group runs to the board and circles the appropriate letter.
4. Next , the students run to the end of the line. Each student circling the correct letter scores
One point for their group. At the end of the game (when five minutes are up), the teacher counts the number of points for each group,and the group with more points wins.