Group Activities: Let’s Make Squares
- Form a group of 4 students, and give each student 3 strips of paper. In different color (but same length) with 4 students, a group has a total of 12 papers.
- Instruct that the students can only touch his/her color of paper
- Pieces cannot be parallel
- Pieces can cross
- Must use all the pieces
- Create the number of squares as given by the teacher
Lessons learned/Reflection:
This group activity requires students to communicate in the TL and understand basic instructions. They must do more than just point since students cannot move other students’ pieces. Teamwork!
Teacher could also introduce colors, shapes, and/or numbers. To expand this activity, the teach could require a scout to observe other groups shapes and report back to their own team and the team must replicate what the scout saw.
For beginners this is a good activity for reviewing/learning shapes and colors but for advanced learners it is still a good activity for teambuilding and breaking the ice.
Posted by Ayako, Brieanna, Kathy, Minh
