In need of a 5-minute filler? We’ve got you covered! Simply display the image below and see how many questions can be answered in the time available. Try this as an individual or a team challenge!
Are you ready?
Go!
Letter Zone:
- What sound do I make if I put a-w together?
- What sound do I make if I put w-a together?
- Can you think of a word containing –aw?
- Can you think of a word containing wa-?
- What happens when we have a word beginning with wa- (wall, ward, water etc.)? How does the sound change?
- How many words can you think of containing –aw?
- How many words can you think of containing wa-?
- What’s the longest word you can think of containing –aw?
- What’s the longest word you can think of containing wa-?
- Can you think of a positive adjective beginning with –aw? Can you think of a negative adjective beginning with –aw?
- Can you think of an animal beginning with / containing –aw and wa-?
- Can you think of a job title beginning with / containing -aw- and –wa?
Number & Symbol Zones:
- What number is hidden underneath the middle card? Why do you think that?
- What do I get if I add 1 + 3?
- What do I get if I multiply 1 x 3?
- What do I get if I add 3 + 1?
- What do I get if I multiply 3 x 1?
- With these digits, does addition or multiplication give me a bigger answer?
- Try this with other numbers. Can you discover any mathematical rules?
Colour Zone:
- Can you list more red things or more blue things?
- Which colour (red or blue) is more common in nature?
- Can you find more red things or blue things in the classroom?
- If I mix red and blue, what colour do I get?
Word Zone
- What is the opposite of rise / leave / clean / small?
- In your opinion, which of the words on the card will have the most rhyming words?
- Investigate. Were you correct?
- Can you jumble the letters of any word on the cards to make a new word?
- Change one letter in each word to make a new word.
- Add suffixes to the words in the word zone to create new words.
- Can you add a different suffix each time?
- Can you make up a sentence using the words in either word zone? Can you retell your sentence in a different tense?
Shape Zone:
- Would you put any of the shapes together? Why?
- Can you see an odd-one-out in the shape zone? What makes you say this?
- Do the shapes tessellate? How do you know?
Ok, so 5 minutes might be ambitious for all of these, but how about 5 minutes per zone?
Try it!
Any interesting discoveries? Any insightful discussions? We’d love to hear from you!