Unit and test reviews shouldn’t be painful! A simple game will make a difference in the engagement of your students and they are remembering the material. Of course, a study guide will also help, but during class review time, use some of the below examples to boost student participation and information retention.
1. 6 Review Games Video
This source uses classic game styles and reviews questions that only let students win if they can give the correct answer. During testing season these games are a must need for revision.
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2. Virtual Classroom Review Strategies
We all need to be prepared for any circumstance now and with many hybrid and fully virtual schools becoming more commonplace, it is important to know how to navigate the online teaching world. Here is a great video with 10 fun review ideas for online learning.
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3. Bingo Board Review Game & More
This resource starts out with a game of BINGO with review questions and goes on to give four other fun review activities for students.
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4. Graffiti as Review
A unique and creative idea for review, this activity can be done by a single student individually or as a class. Whiteboards are useful for this exercise but not required.
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5. Trashketball
You’ll have to use a paper ball or two for this math review game. This is definitely not your typical worksheet review and does take a bit of prep. However, it is engaging and can be adapted for all class sizes.
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6. 11 History Board Games
Attention History Teachers! These 11 history board games should be put on your department order for next year. They vary in appropriateness depending on grade level, but this resource provides a great variety for many ages.
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7. Let the Cards Decide
This review activity uses game cards and can be adapted for any subject and age level. It utilizes flash cards for review to engage visual and kinetic learners alike!
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8. Jenga for History Review
History teachers rejoice! Here is another fun game that is hands-on for history review. You’ll need a Jenga set for every 2-4 students depending on how you want to split up your groups.
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9. Review Stations for High School Science
A student-centric and active way to review class material for test preparation! Although this particular resource is made for science, the same ideas can be utilized in other subjects. It includes practice questions, cheatsheets, and an ask the teacher station to name a few. This is one of those fun activities that are also extremely valuable to students.
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10. Ideas for High School Science Review
This resource encourages review games as well as a practice test the day before the real exam. Jeopardy has conveyed here as a clear winner and there are also online templates you can use to make your life easier.
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11. Flyswatter Game
Prep time should be fun! And this review activity fulfills that requirement ten-fold. In the Flyswatters game students work in teams to swat the correct answer to review questions. The answer sheets should be posted around the room which makes for a very lively and active lesson.
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12. BOOM Review Game
You’ll need a few materials for this review game but it is another one that can be adapted for any subject. Grab your popsicle sticks and get ready for BOOM!
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13. Vocab Review Clue
Everyone loves a good mystery and Clue is the ultimate mystery game. This teacher uses Clue to review vocabulary in History but it can be used in all subjects. It does take a bit more preparation but it will surely get students excited and engaged with the material.
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14. ELA Test Prep
In this resource, you get many ideas and activities to implement for ELA test prep. Whole class games, station work, and review of test-taking strategies are among these ideas.
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15. BAZINGA Review Game
A combination of questions and task cards, Bazinga is loved because the smartest group doesn’t always win. It keeps students engaged and you can add silly elements to the task cards for a bit of humor (cue dance card).
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16. Baseball Test Review Game
This math review game is a great way to encourage teamwork and have fellow classmates help students who are having trouble with a particular problem. The baseball element comes into play when a team is “up to bat” and has to answer correctly before forfeiting the next team.
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17. Task Card Review
Task cards can be used for review in a multitude of ways. In this resource, you are given 9 different ways to use task cards which means you can switch it up for different units or grade levels.
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18. Humorous History Review
Modeled after “Who’s line is it anyway?” and “Party Quirks” this review game has students acting as famous people from history and having their classmates guess who they are.
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19. Test Prep Olympics
This resource is made for grade 3 but can be easily adapted for higher levels. A mix between relay games and station work, will keep students energetic and help them retain information for their upcoming assessments.
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20. Peer Review
Getting feedback from your teacher is so important for your academic success, but learning how to give and receive feedback from your peers is just as important. With this review activity, students can gain valuable insight into a topic and format prior to a test.
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21. Biology End of Course Review
In this resource, you get 3 ways to prepare your students for their end-of-year exam in Biology. What makes this resource stand out is that one of these ways is project-based review. Expert teachers know that you need to use multiple review methods to help your students be successful in their exams. This resource gives you another take on reviewing materials besides playing games.
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22. Easy Review Game
A subject-specific Pictionary game that will surely keep your students excited and engaged. If someone doesn’t like to draw, simply give them a leadership role in the game.
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23. Test Prep Ideas
In this resource, you not only get activities for test prep that help students retain information, but you also get activities that emotionally prepare students for exams. This is a valuable article that focuses on a holistic test prep approach.
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