I created this set of free Mini-Break Cards that will work great with any task card set for almost any grade level. Just intersperse the number of mini-break cards you need with the task card set you are using, and have students do the activities on individual white boards or scratch paper.
Use this free Boggle template to create a Boggle game. Copy it for the number of extra stations that you need for your SCOOT game. When students get to a Boggle station, they use the back of their answer sheet to record the words that they find. Since the same Boggle board is at each station, students can continue their list of words. If you think this will give them too long looking at one Boggle board, you could use several or even a different one for each station.
Copy enough different word searches to cover the extra stations you need. When a student gets to a word search station, he or she works on that word search for the allotted time, making sure to cross off the words that he or she finds. By the end of the game, everyone will have contributed to solving each word search.
There are all kinds of fun little manipulative puzzles that you could put out at extra stations. Consider Tangrams, a Soma cube, or pattern blocks. You only need one or two puzzles per station since the time is short.
Instead of having one child at each station, have students move in pairs. Then you will only need half as many cards. You could allow students to work together to answer the question on the card or have them work independently and just move together. If you want students to have a different partner each time, then split your students into two groups. Put a student from each group at each station. Have students in group 1 move to the left with each rotation and have students in group 2 move to the right. It sounds complicated, but if you practice the rotation a few times before you play, your students will know what to do.
Maybe you are making one of those projects where students use a finger to make little cups from squares of tissue paper and glue them onto a picture. Maybe you are making a banner with bubble letters that need to be colored in. You could label your extra stations “Art Project,” and when students come to those stations, they go to the back table and work on the project for that rotation, a few at a time. You could even group the art project stations so that students have a decent period of time to work before they rejoin the SCOOT game.
Special thanks to Randy, who inspired these ideas, as well as the SCOOT Mini-Break Cards.
This post is on the Link Up Party at The Cornerstone’s Best February Teacher Freebies, where you can find more terrific freebies!
Minds in Bloom
We built our reputation on quality. With a history of over 12 million downloads by more than a million teachers, you can trust Minds in Bloom to provide standards-based learning materials your students will love!
Quick Links