Classroom Game: Think or Swim
Updated
by
Gayle McKee
Are you ready to play our new projector-based game, Think or Swim? This exciting game is a great way to review and remediate instruction, get students actively involved in their learning, and promote friendly competition in your class.
Think or Swim is now available on your Dashboard:
Think or Swim is a quiz-show-style game that is best played on a screen in your classroom, with you as the host. Here’s how it works:
- Launch the Game: Click on “Classroom Game” on the left side of your teacher dashboard, choose Think or Swim, then click Create Session.
- Name your Session and Teams: Give your session a title and divide your teams into groups of 3-5. Team names are automatically generated, or you may choose your own!
- Choose Your Standards: Select a subject and choose between 2-5 standards for the session. Each standard includes 5 questions. All questions are fully aligned with your state standards.
- Enable or disable mini-breaks: Reef Recess is a random, mini-break challenge that allow teams to perform engaging activities for a chance to earn additional points.
- Gameplay: Teams take turns selecting a shell to reveal a question and earn points. All teams write their answers and hold them up when you call time. Reveal the correct answer and award points to the teams that answered correctly.
- Winning the Game: The team with the most points at the end of the game is the winner, AKA the “biggest fish in the sea”!
