The caterpillar race game.

 

The caterpillar race game.
Subject	This will work for almost any vocabulary,
Richard’s comments.	This should be a good game for learning vocabulary. It is highly productive with a good amount of repetition. (Just watch out for any health and safety issues that may arise with students running around.)
Group size:	Teams of about four or five would be ideal.
Team teaching game?	This game would be better with one teacher per team.
Materials	Focus cards. (You might want to pad the number of cards out with other vocabulary. Ideally you need two sets. (one per team) If you only have one set of vocabulary cards, try my ‘push, push’ version in the variations.
Game set up.	Divide the vocabulary between the two teams. Lay the cards down in a row face up and touching.

 

Playing rules.	The two teams race to get their caterpillar to the finish line.   Take the rear card. Identify the vocabulary (Say each of the words in the line) and place the card face down and touching at the front. First team to the finish line wins.
Variations.	For a variation force the opposing team over the finish line by placing your card at the front of their caterpillar. It’s a good method to make sure the vocabulary is rotated through both teams and is my preferred method at the moment.