Mine Field

   
Concept Being Taught: Cooperation and Communication Skills
Objective: To have the group of students discuss different ways to complete a given task and then as a group complete the task.
Grade Level: 3-5
Equipment: Enough carpet squares or poly spots to make a 10x10 square.
Playing Area: Gymnasium
Cues: Share, Listen and Cooperate
Game Description: The teacher picks a specific path from one side of the square to the other.  The students job is to try to figure out the path without talking to each other.  The students start one one side of the square by stepping on a carpet square/poly spot.  If that carpet square is correct the teacher does not say anything.  If that carpet square is not one in the correct path the teacher tells the student that his/her turn is over and that child goes to the end of the line.  Now the next student in line gets a turn.  The game is over once all the students have had a turn.
Modifications: Have the student that is the first to successfully completes the path to create the next pathway.  You could also allow the students to talk and help each other or allow each student one question.
Assessment: Question and Answer, Observation and Completed Task
TEKS: 3.1 E, 3.6 A, 3.7 A, B, C; 4.1 C, 4.2 B, 4.6 A, 4.7 A, B, D; 5.1 L, 5.6 B, 5.7 A, B, C
TAKS: Language Arts: 11 Draw Conclusions, 12 Make generalizations, 14 Evaluate reasonableness, 15 Strategies to solve problems, 17 Sequencing, 20 Cause and Effect, 21 Predict actions and Outcomes
Submitted By: T Volkmann