The code breaking game.

 

The code breaking game.
Subject		The alphabet, spelling and vocabulary.
Richard’s comments.		A nice little exercise for a few minutes or for a longer individual exercise. It is a word game that differentiates easily allowing students of different levels to have a suitable challenge for them. Just adapt the code suitably.
Group size:		You may need to support some of your younger or more inexperienced players initially so bear that in mind. The class size will depend on the class I suppose.
Team teaching game?		You can do this yourself though some support might help if your students are likely to struggle.
Materials	Be a boy/girl scout. Pre-prepared exercises.  (Words and codes) Have them graded so they become more challenging as you go. Make sure you throw a couple of tricky ones in for your ‘star students’
Examples. A = A+1 (The next letter)- ehrg = fish A = A-1 (The letter before)- gjti = fish A=A+? Choose an option of your own. A=1, B=2, C=3 etc. Replace letters with numbers or even pictograms.
Game set up.	Simply put the questions/words on the board explain the concept (probably with an example) and go…
Playing rules.	Just decipher the coded words to win points.
Variations.	Use the coded words to make structures. Make a treasure hunt where the words become the clues to a ‘treasure’.