A Quick, fun, NO PREP way to review content!

I found myself with a few extra minutes of class and a room full of restless seventh graders who were wiped out from a day of NWEA testing when I came up with this great idea to quickly and competitively review content.  The best part is there is ABSOLUTELY NO TEACHER PREP INVOLVED​!

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SET UP

• None - like really, absolutely none!

STEPS

1. Divide your class into two equal teams and have them line up on opposite sides of the room.
2. Give each team one whiteboard marker (or piece of chalk if you have a blackboard).
3. Explain the rules:​​
   1. When the teacher says, "Go!" the first person in line writes down a fact about whatever topic you choose.
   2. When the first person is finished, they give the marker to the next person in line and so on until everyone on a team is done.
   3. The first team done wins!  (But both teams need to finish)
   4. ALTERNATE SCORING - Once both teams are finished, review the responses as a class and subtract errors from each team's list.  The team with the most correct answers wins.  Whichever team finished first would be the tiebreaker.

TAKEAWAYS

• Students get to demonstrate their knowledge of a topic.
• Your class bonds through competition.
• It gives you, the teacher, an insight into what your students are remembering.
• If you review and evaluate their responses (ALTERNATE SCORING in step 4), you get to eliminate any misunderstandings or misconceptions.

So, that's it.  That's my quick, fun, no prep way to review content with your students.  If you try this out, please let me know how it went in the comments, and if you liked it, look through this blog for more quick and easy ways to review with your students along with a lot of other great stuff.  And if you are looking for interesting, interactive or inclusive Social Studies resources, please consider checking out my TeachersPayTeachers store.