Instant Activities… Instant Learning! Free 5-Minute Filler!

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!