No-prep review activity: Review Booklet
We’ve all had to do review lessons where we don’t have much left to review. The quiz or exam is around the corner and all the review games we usually play like Kahoot, WordWall, and the likes are all played out. What I like to do in these situations is make a review booklet!
Hand out an A3 piece of paper
Hand out an A3 piece of paper to each student and tell them to fold it in half like a book. The students will end up with what looks like a little booklet with four usable sides.
Page 1: Draw a cover page
The first page of the booklet I always use as a cover page. It’s a bit of a time filler but students at this stage are usually exhausted from all of their reviewing and a little drawing break helps them relax and, in my experience, helps them work harder when we get to page two. Here are some examples:
I try to just make them fun and self-explanatory. I write the class name; a few fun pictures and I tell students to let their creativity free.
Page 2: Spelling and sentence practice
For page two, I usually have the students make a table in their worksheet where they have a small space on the left side of their paper for their vocabulary and a longer section for their sentences. I usually draw nine lines allowing for ten vocabulary words and ten sentences. Here is what it would look like:
I would then pick a few vocabulary words and have the students spell them. They can write the words on the left side. Next, I would use those words to write sentences on the right side. Here are some examples:
Page 3: In-depth review
On page three, I try to prepare something more in depth for the students to review. If it’s a reding class, I will prepare questions about the stories. The students write the questions down on page three and then answer them. Another fun way to do this is to have the students help you write the questions. I’ll go through each page of the story and ask students what would an interesting question be for this paragraph, and then write it down. Here are some examples:
For grammar review lessons, I use this page for grammar practice. I would also add some jumbled sentences of fill-in-the-gaps. Here are some examples:
For science I usually draw helpful pictures or graphs. Here are some examples:
Page 4: Play a game!
For the final page, I will always play a game. Drawing a cover page is a fun way to start the review booklet and a game at the end is a fun way to finish. The games I most often choose to play are Oscar’s Bingo and Stop the Bus.
Here are some examples:
Here is an example of a stop the bus game I played with my grade 5 class:
There you have it! This often takes me a couple of hours to get through and the students always look forward to it at the end of the term.
