Paper Wad Game

This is a great game for review.

• Divide the class into groups.
• Each group needs one piece of paper
• Each group decides on a group name. The group name is written across the top of the paper and on the board where the points will be tallied.
• A different person must write each time and a different person must toss each time.
• Show the review item.
  
• Each group writes down its guess on the paper.
• They wad the paper up and gently through it to the teacher.
• The teacher reads the answer. If it is correct, he/she writes the points under the appropriate team name and tosses it back. If it is incorrect, he/she simply tosses it back to the group and they try again.
• IT IS NOT A RACE. EACH GROUP HAS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN POINTS.

I tend to give the students multiple tries with a sliding point scale. For example, I will show a video of a Deaf person signing a sentence. Groups that have the correct answer on the first attempt receive 3 points, second attempt 2 points, third attempt 1 point.

My special rule is if the paper wad hits me, I will not read it. This prevents students from throwing it when I am bending over to pick up on that I missed catching!