Classroom activities from your own list
Paste a list of terms and meanings, or questions and answers, and play it on the board as match up, flip tiles, a quiz show, group sort or odd one out. Print it as a matching sheet or cut-apart cards. Free, no sign-in.
8 items (up to 40). Put a colon, a tab, a dash with spaces, an equals sign or an arrow between the term and its meaning.
How to use it
- Paste your list into the box, one item to a line, with a colon, a tab or a dash between the term and its meaning. Or press a sample list to see how it looks.
- Choose an activity. Each one says what it needs. Group sort and odd one out use items that share a meaning, like “dog: mammal” and “cat: mammal”.
- Press Play and use Full screen for the projector. Every activity can be run by tapping the board or from the keyboard, and the keys are listed on the screen.
- To use it without a screen, choose a print version: a matching sheet with an answer key, or cards to cut apart for matching or sorting.
- Press Share to copy a link that carries your list after the # in the address. Nobody's server, including ours, ever sees it.
Ideas for class
- Make the list from this week's vocabulary on Monday and play a different activity from it each day.
- Use match up as a warm-up, flip tiles at a center, and the quiz show on the board before a test.
- Print the cut-apart cards for a group that has no device and let them sort and match at a table.
- Paste two columns from a spreadsheet, such as a word and its definition, and it just works.
- Share the link with the teacher next door so you are both working from one list.
- Keep the list short, six to ten items, for the youngest students, and let the older ones tackle all forty.
Related
- Match up: terms and meanings from your list
- Flip tiles: a memory game from your list
- Quiz show: a multiple-choice game for the board
- Group sort: sort items into categories from your list
- Odd one out: which one does not belong?
- Review game board
- Flashcards
- Learning games by grade
- Live classroom quiz game: students join with a code
- Brain breaks: 60 movement cards with a random draw and a timer
Questions
Is my list sent anywhere?
No. The list stays in your browser, and a shared link carries it after the # in the address, a part that browsers never send to any server. We never see what you paste.
How many lines can a list have?
Up to forty. A forty-line list makes a quiz of forty questions, and match up and flip tiles deal it out a few at a time.
What can I type between the term and the meaning?
A colon, a tab, a bar, an equals sign, an arrow, or a dash with spaces on both sides. If the line has none of those, the first comma is used. The earliest one on the line wins.
Can I use questions and answers instead of terms?
Yes. Put the question first and the answer after the divider, and every activity works the same way. A number sentence such as “7 × 8: 56” works too.
Do students need devices?
No. Everything is made for one screen at the front of the room, and each activity can also be printed. Nothing asks a student for a name or an account.
Can I use a Peabody Set?
Yes. If you have a Set as JSON, paste it into the box. The quiz show uses the two wrong choices the Set already has.
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