10 Fun End of the Year Games and Activities for Spanish Class
Are you a Spanish teacher looking for fun, engaging, and no-prep games and activities to keep your students in Spanish class hooked and engaged until the end of the school year?!
Here are 10 fun end of the year games and activities that you can implement TOMORROW!
1.) Gallery Walk: What units and topics have you covered this year? Write the list of topics on a piece of paper and tape them around the room. Then, have students in small groups go to each topic and write down what the remember on a sticky note and post them there! This can include a summary of information learned, vocabulary, their favorite activity, and so much more. The next group of students who go to that topic have to write something different. I tell my students to write their names on their sticky notes so I know which group is which.
2.) Top 10 Highlights: What were the top 10 things that happened in school this year? (Not just your class!) Have students brainstorm a list of the top 10 in small groups. Then, as the teacher, lead a discussion of these events as a class! This is a great way to personalize learning and keep students engaged. And the best part? It is a great way to get in sneaky input! You can compare and contrast events, have students defend their decisions, and review the past tense (if that is something you need to do!)
3.) Class Awards Ceremony: This is one that your students would have fun voting on! Who wins the award for making the class laugh the most? Who wins the award for helping out the teacher with tech issues? Create fun awards for your students and have them cast their vote! (The key here is that EVERYONE earns a reward. If you had students vote on one day, take time to dedicate the awards to give out the second day. You can even choose to make fun posters!) Again, use this as a way to get in some fun comprehensible input! Some awards include:
Ray of Sunshine: This award goes to the student who is always cheerful and has a positive attitude, brightening up the classroom.
Laughing Legend: Awarded to the student who constantly brings joy and laughter to the class, often through humor or jokes.
Book Buff: Given to the student who is an avid reader and is frequently seen with their nose in a book, showing a love for literature.
Tech Whiz: This award is for the student who is exceptionally skilled with technology, whether it's troubleshooting devices or mastering software.
Imagination Wizard: Awarded to the student who has a vivid imagination and often comes up with creative ideas and solutions.
Team Spirit Star: Given to the student who exemplifies excellent teamwork skills and always supports their classmates.
Future Boss: This award recognizes the student who demonstrates leadership qualities and has the potential to succeed as a future leader.
Social Spark: Awarded to the student who is outgoing, sociable, and has a knack for making friends easily.
4.) This or That: Students love expressing their opinions and preferences! Why not talk about some Summer This or That activities that students can relate to? You can decide options on the spot, or head to my TPT and have a Summer themed This or That done and ready for you! 😉
5.) Guess the Song: This one is a MUST for Spanish teachers who use TONS of music in their Spanish classes! This one is simple, just play short clips of songs and have students guess the title and artist. Want to differentiate this? Give students a list of songs to help and support them! Want to gamify it? Divide students into pairs, groups, or teams and see who can guess it first!
6.) Scattegories: This is a great way to review content if you have an assessment to prepare for! Choose a category (e.g., animals, hobbies, foods) and have students write down as many items within that category as they can think of. You can choose for students to do this by starting with a specific letter. For example, if the category is hobbies, and you tell students to write items that start with a b they could write basketball, baseball, bowling, etc.
7.) Quickfire Questions: Ask rapid-fire questions covering various topics studied throughout the year. Students compete to answer as many questions correctly as possible. This can also be done through a Jeopardy, Kahoot, Blooket, The Unfair Game, Trivia, and countless other ways. But if you’re looking for a no-prep easy to implement activity, just divide the class into groups and ask questions! If you want students to have a study guide, you can encourage them to write down the question and answer after each question.
8.) Language Links: Give students a word, for example, "basketball." Then, another student has to say a word that is related to the previous word. For instance, they could say "soccer" because it's another sport, or "ball" because it's related to the word "basketball." However, they could also say "orange" because it's the same color as a basketball.
Once a student has mentioned a related word, the next student must come up with a word related to the word that was just mentioned. For example, if "soccer" was mentioned, the next word could be "goal," since that's a part of soccer. If "orange" was mentioned, the next word could be "fruit" or "juice."
The game continues in this way, with each student saying a word that's related to the previous word mentioned by another student. The challenge is to keep the chain going without repeating words or hesitating!
9.) Finish the Sentence: This is an output styled game! Provide students with sentence starters related to topics covered during the school year. For example, a starter could be "Soccer is ____." Students then complete the sentences with their own responses with either facts, experiences, and/or opinions about soccer. Encourage students to use specific vocabulary words learned, as well as specific details, and connector words to expand their sentences. Review students’ responses! (You can choose to gamify this game if desired!)
10.) Guess Who: This can be done as an input styled activity or student output styled activity! Each student writes down three interesting facts about themselves on a piece of paper in English or Spanish. The teacher will collect all the papers, shuffle them, and then read them aloud one at a time, summarizing and simplifying them in comprensible language. The class tries to guess who each description belongs to. Alternatively, the teacher can describe a student in the class and the class then has to guess who that student is!
And that’s it! I hope these Spanish class games and activities allow you to have some fun at the end of the school year. This time of the year can be busy and overwhelming, but I hope you can find some FUN in Spanish!
From one Spanish teacher to another, con mucho amor 🧡
-Chanel
