This animals and habitats are from the Junior Horizon Picture dictionary.
I print around 150 cards (I have 30 stundents in some classes)
I've made some cards rarer than others
Card Distribution:
-Distribute one animal card to each student.
Interactive Questions:
- Students mingle and ask each other:
"Where does [animal] live?"
"What does [animal] eat?"
-Replace the blanks with the animal on their card.
Comparison of Card Stats:
-After an exchange, compare the card stats.
Left number: Attack
Right number: Defense
-Compare the Attack (left number) of the card against Defense (right number) of the other.
Determining Winners:
-If Attack is higher than Defense, the higher-numbered card wins, and the winner takes the loser's card.
-If the cards would beat each other, the students exchange cards.
Getting New Cards:
- When a student runs out of cards, they can ask the ALT for a new card.
Alternative play
Students sit in groups.
-Place all habitat cards on the table.
-Deal the remaining cards to each student.
-Students take turns asking the nearest peer: "Where does [animal] live?"
-Based on the response, place the animal card in the corresponding habitat pile on the table.
karta and other games may work as well.
_Deck building and Animal duels may also be possible, but I have not tried or tested. _
::Laminating Alternative: I make cards slightly smaller than standard trading card size and then put them into clear card sleeves. Since I am a trading card collector, I recycle my old broken sleeves for this purpose.::