I like to play games in class, and I LOVE teaching content area vocabulary, so here's another quick, easy, low (or no!) prep way to review vocabulary terms with any slush time you may find yourself with!

For years I have approached learning targets with my students in the same way.  We look at the target and the attached Marzano scale and I help them decide where their starting point is, then we start learning.  It works fine, but I thought I could do a bit more with it.  Then I tried adding a touch of inquiry...

The set up is very simple.  All you need to do is project your learning target (or have it written on the board).

I've been doing this for about a week now, and I love it.  I think my students do too - they like seeing when their hypotheses wind up being correct and do a little, "Yes!" and point it out to their neighbors, and I think that's really the point - students getting interested and invested in their learning.

So, if you try this in your classroom (or do something similar), please let me know about it in the comments.  And if you are looking for lessons with pre-made learning targets and Marzano aligned scales, check out my Interactive Notetaking or Complete Unit resources in my TpT store - each of them comes with several Marzano aligned scales along with the actual resources.

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