The teacher can use this activity to start a class.
Band Guess
Students try to guess the name of the band from pictograms.
Cross Out Spelling Relay
Students take turns in teams to spell out a word the instructor calls out by crossing out a letter on their team
Eraser Get
This is a quick and easy vocab review 'game' for 1st grade past tense verbs. Ideal for a quick review before doing a writing exercise.
Famous People Introductions
A shiritori type game where students race to write sentences about famous people.
Yamanote Line
Students pound on their desks and while practicing various English target vocabulary.
Body Discovery
A row race where students attempt to fill in as many body parts on a stick figure, within five minutes, as possible.
English Phrases
Students study basic useful English phrases. It works best for first year students, but it is recommended for second and third year students as well if they don't already know the phrases.
Winter Break Bingo
Students ask each other if they did different activities over Winter Break. If the answer is "yes," they sign their names under the activity. The first student to have a Bingo wins.
Listening Bingo
A fun and challenging listening-based bingo game.
Ping Pong Pang
Students play an adapted version of the popular drinking game (a point that should NOT be made in class).
Shaped Animals
Animals made out of geometric shapes for practicing shapes and counting.
Halloween Karuta
some cute Halloween-themed cards to use in class along with a complimentary vocabulary list of the cards.
English Tongue Twisters!
This is a worksheet I made for my JHS 2nd years to have fun with English tongue twisters while still focusing on important sounds.
Birthday Present Memory Game
"What do you want for your birthday?" Memory Game
Spot the Number
This is a number version of the game "Spot it" (also known as "Dobble")
Dondake Money
Students blindly bet money they can spell words correctly.
What is this? What is that? Guess the Sound
Play random sounds and have students in groups guess what they are.
Occupations RP Hello Kitty Quiz and Karuta
Practice the 'who' relative pronoun
Criss Cross
Students race to answer questions in hopes of sitting down before their friends.
Jump
The ALT says a number and the students must jump that many times.
Pronunciation Pyramid Mummys
This activity is to help the students with difficult minimal pairs. It is a good warm
Small Talk Board Game
A basic boardgame to practice making questions
Simon Says
A game in which students perform actions according to the teacher's commands, but only if the command is followed by the phrase, "Simon says."
Go Fish
Students walk around playing Janken and asking for target vocabulary cards.
The Guests
Students listen to a scary story and reach for an eraser when they hear the target word.
Week Time Race
Each student in turn says one day of the week in order. The class races to beat their time.
Printable playing cards
If you don't want to spend money on a bunch of card decks, print these out instead!
Who am I? Quiz
A three-hint-quiz type of game where students have to guess the character being described. Perfect activity for We Can! 2 Unit 3 "He is Famous. She is great."
Hidden Numbers Challenge
Find the hidden numbers and practice speaking them.
You Have
Get students predicting and practicing "you have" in this rhythmical one-on-one game.
Get It Wrong To Win
Students must answer the questions wrong (but grammatically correct) to win!
You Must Commands
Short pair activity. Good as a warm up.
Weather Race
A speak and race activity. It could also be a writing activity.
Chalkboard Bingo
Students write words in their notebooks hoping to score a bingo.
Categories
Students aim to think of many words associated with a topic.
Bomber Man
Students answer questions to force their classmates to sit down or stand up.
True Or False
Students listen and decide whether various sentences are true.
Land Of The Blind
Students work in pair teams; one blindfolded while the other issues commands　to move around the room and avoid getting caught by the Oni (Devil) team.
Cute Hand-drawn Phonics Chart (A-Z)
A bright and cute hand-drawn phonics sheet covering the letters of the alphabet.
Small Talk
A dialogue modeled by the ALT and HRT or JTE and then mimicked by the students
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