Flip tiles: a memory game from your list
A memory game for the board. Tiles lie face down; flip two at a time to find a term and its meaning. Choose four, six or eight pairs to a board.
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. Each line is a term and its meaning, and each term has its own meaning, so a match is never a matter of opinion.
- Choose how many pairs go on the board and press Play. The tiles are numbered so they are easy to point to.
- Flip a tile by tapping it, or with Tab and Enter. Two that go together stay face up. Two that don't turn back over.
- Press N for a new board with the next set of pairs from your list, or R to turn the same tiles face down and start the board again.
Ideas for class
- Play it with two teams: a team keeps its turn as long as it keeps finding pairs.
- Put it on the board while students arrive, so the first few minutes of class are not lost.
- Use a smaller board of four pairs for the youngest students, and the eight-pair board for a challenge.
- Keep the moves counter as a class goal: can we find them all in fewer moves than yesterday?
- Use a list of sight words and their pictures' names, or of numbers and their number words, for early readers.
Related
- All five classroom activities
- Match up: terms and meanings 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?
- Live classroom quiz game: students join with a code
- Brain breaks: 60 movement cards with a random draw and a timer
Questions
Why do some lines not appear on the board?
A board uses one line for each different meaning. If several lines share a meaning, only one of them goes on a board. Press N for a new board to see the others.
Can a student match two terms with each other?
No. A match is always a term with its own meaning, so two terms, or two meanings, are never a pair.
Does it keep a score?
It counts the pairs tried, so a class can try to beat its own number. It never keeps a name, and the count is gone when you leave the page.
What about students who find flipping and remembering hard?
Use the four-pair board, and let the class talk through each flip. A player can also point and have you flip. Every tile can be reached with the keyboard.
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