LC Primary 'Games & Activities for the MFL & ISL Classroom' - Flipbook - Page 2
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Primary Language Sampler Module:
vocabulary building activities and games for the MFL and ISL classroom
Guess What I Have
• Show a set of flashcards to all the pupils and call out or sign them together with the class
• Give each pupil a card
• Pupils should say to each other: “guess what I have”? and if their peer answers incorrectly, they get to keep the card. If not,
they give it to the person who guessed correctly
A Very Long Sentence
• This is simply an adaptation of the popular game “I went to the market and bought…”
• Going around the class, the pupils repeat the base sentence and add one word to it.
• You can also ask them to repeat the last one or two words and add their own, to make it easier
Bingo
• Prepare cards with 6-8 images or numbers 1-12. The cards should have some images in common and some different
• Play Bingo. Pupils mark what is on their card as the teacher signs or calls out the words
• You can also ask pupils to be the bingo masters
Roll the Dice
• Choose six picture cards and place them on the whiteboard with magnets
• Give each card a number 1-6, writing the numbers above the cards with a whiteboard marker.
• Divide the class into two teams
• Give a pupil a dice to roll, large enough to be easily seen. The whole class watches to see what number comes up. The first
pupil to sign or say the matching vocabulary card wins a point for their team
• If nobody knows the vocabulary card, re-introduce it and ask pupils to repeat it. They must try to remember so they can
answer correctly the next time
• This can also be played just with numbers, by asking each pupil to sign or say the number they roll
Stepping Stones
• This is a way to record the score in games and quizzes
• Draw a simple river on the board with some stones across it. For each point you can cross out one stone
• You can also draw a ladder and for each point the team goes up one rung
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