Five Easy Elementary Classroom Review Games

I have always been a fan of using games in the classroom.  The games I am sharing in this post are all meant to help spiral review skills at the end of the year, but can also be used at any time to reinforce learning.  Use these give easy elementary classroom review games in preparation for an assessment, or just as an end of the year wrap up time!

Let’s face it.  Students might be a little tired of getting all of the questions from us.  In a game, students are working on skills by naturally being curious about completing a partner game, puzzle, or activity.

People of all ages love to play games that are fun and motivating. When we combine that feeling with skills review we are making students enjoy learning while also getting in important review of skills.  So in no particular order, let’s take a look at 5 easy, fun, review games for the classroom!

Word Wizard Classroom Review Game 1

This first game is done whole group.  It is a game meant to review vocabulary.  You can also use it to review sight words and spelling words too.  Simply grab your word card off of the focus wall or word wall placing it behind the Word Wizard.

The Word Wizard is a student sitting facing the class.  The audience will raise their hands, and the word wizard can call on students for clues to the word.  Give several clues that students can request, such as three clues to start.  The word wizard tries to guess the word after a set number of clues have been given by classmates.  Change out the word wizard and continue playing!

•  Science Word Wall Cards K-2
• Literacy Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
• Social Studies Word Wall Cards
• Science Word Wall Cards 3-5
• Math K-2 Word Wall Cards
• Monthly Seasonal Word Wall Cards
• Third Grade Math Word Wall
• Fourth Grade Math Word Wall

Stinky Feet Classroom Review Game 3

This game is a stinkier take on pulling a stick. Every student takes off a shoe, and they are piled up in a spot in the room away from the carpet area.  The teacher begins gameplay by running and grabbing two shoes.  The owners of the two shoes are the new professors of wisdom.  The teacher displays a review question. (I do this on the front screen) The professors decide to work together to share how to solve or answer the question/problem, or they can each give their explanation/strategy. Once they finish, they run to the pile and each grabs a new shoe to bring back. Drawing two at once ensures that you don’t spend the entire day on this and that students who need help have a peer to lean on.  Gameplay ends when all shoes have been returned to their owners.

Below you can find digital review slides and culminating math assessments for each grade level K-5.

• Kindergarten Digital Review and Assessment
• First Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Second Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Third Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Fourth Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Fifth Grade Digital Review and Assessment

• Kindergarten Digital Review and Assessment
• First Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Second Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Third Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Fourth Grade Digital Review and Assessment
• Fifth Grade Digital Review and Assessment

For even more ideas on test prep review for third, fourth, and fifth, be sure to visit THIS POST. 

Scavenger Hunt Classroom Review Game 3

Take it outside! Lord knows we are restless and ready to be outside of the classroom!  Print your review slides full page-sized, posting them around the school, playground, or an outside area.  Bring whiteboards, journals, or clipboards along and enjoy reviewing outside of the classroom walls for a change. If you need review questions, these are taken from the digital math review links shared above.  Available K-4.

Math Puzzles Classroom Review Game 4

These quick and self-checking K-5 math puzzles take care of spiral review and engagement. Who doesn’t love a self-checking puzzle?  Make engagement “a piece” of your math block.  Ahem… Here you can find 26 math puzzles for all grade levels. Placed in a math station or done as partner play for a review session, these puzzles are highly requested. 

• Kindergarten Math Puzzles
• First Grade Math Puzzles
• Second Grade Math Puzzles
• Third Grade Math Puzzles
• Fourth Grade Math Puzzles
• Fifth Grade Math Puzzles

• Kindergarten Math Puzzles
• First Grade Math Puzzles
• Second Grade Math Puzzles
• Third Grade Math Puzzles
• Fourth Grade Math Puzzles
• Fifth Grade Math Puzzles

Brain Train Classroom Review Game 5

 Brain train is all about connecting trains of dominoes through math skill practice!  There’s nothing better than your students begging to do a math review!  Use for partner play or in math stations.  Students take turns connecting and matching math skills.

• Kindergarten Brain Train Math Dominoes
• First Grade Brain Train Math Dominoes
• Second Grade Brain Train Math Dominoes
• Third Grade Brain Train Math Dominoes
• Fourth Grade Brain Train Math Dominoes
• Fifth Grade Brain Train Math Dominoes

If you want to directly review skills or need assessments for your class, I can help!  Below you will find assessments aligning to all math skills K-2, as well as an end-of-year review to make reviewing skills FUN!

• Kindergarten Math Assessments
• First Grade Math Assessments
• Second Grade Math Assessments
• Third Grade Math Assessments
• Fourth Grade Math Assessments

New to our line of math resources are Skills Check Quick One Skill Math Assessments.  They are exactly what you need to quickly check for understanding or assess student learning. They can be used as one-skill assessments, exit tickets, homework, RTI, or to help reteach in small groups. These quick checks can help you focus math instruction and pace to student need.

Ten Math Review End-of-Year Activities

Looking for even more end-of-year solutions? Be sure to check out the post below Happy Reviewing!