Aim: For each student on a team to hit each flashcard three times whilst saying the vocab word and return the hammer to the teacher before the other team has finished.
- Write the names of all your flashcards on the righthand side of the white board and number each one. If there are 5 flashcards on the whiteboard (WB) number them 1 to 5. Each number will correspond to a student on each team. Then scatter the flashcards at random across the whiteboard (flashcards should have magnets on the back to do this.
- Line up two teams (A/B) (seated) on either side of the room and give the first two players a hammer. The first student from each team must look at the list of flashcards you've written on the board and find it's corresponding picture. He/She must then hit the flashcard 3 times whilst saying the vocabulary word before racing their hammers to the next student in the line. They in turn must hit number 2 in the list three times and so on.
- The last students to finish must return his/her hammer to the teacher, then the whole team stands on their chairs and shouts "finished." First team to do so wins.
Points to remember: It's important to demo the whole process for the students on both teams so that by the time the teacher has cycled through each vocabulary word in the list on the whiteboard every student in the classroom understands what to do.
If there are more students than their are available flashcards you can always add numbers to the original list such as hit "all" or just repeat vocab words. Ex. There are 10 students, 5 on each team and only 4 flashcards. Your number "5" on the whiteboard can be an "all" label requiring the final student to hit every picture on the whiteboard and say each word three times before giving their hammer to the teacher.
I've found the game a hit with the kids as it's a really fast & fun way to review vocab after drilling. You may even want to use the game for saying simple structures once per flashcard.
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