Walk, Talk, Trade

Thanks to Meghan Boyle for sharing this activity!

Purpose: To reinforce the students’ familiarity with vocabulary through interactions with classmates.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: Cards with pictures or words of the weekly vocabulary.

Procedure:

1. Review the vocabulary words that will be used during the activity.
2. As a class, practice the language that the students will use to interact during the activity (e.g. What is this? How do you spell it?).
3. Give each student a picture card or a word card. Some students may have the same picture or word.
4. Model asking a student what is on their card, responding to their question, then swapping cards and moving on to a new partner.
5. Students mingle in the classroom asking and answering questions about what is on their cards. At the end of each interaction, students swap cards and find a new partner.

Watch a video of this activity and print a PDF of the instructions.