Review games

Charades

Students act out a word or phrase without speaking while their team guesses. A movement-based review game that works for vocabulary, characters and historical events.

🎓 Grades K–12
⏱ 10–30 min
👥 Two or more teams
📦 Low prep

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How to play Charades

Prepare slips with words, book characters, verbs or events.
A player picks a slip and acts it out silently for their team.
The team has 60 seconds to guess.
A correct guess earns a point. Switch teams.
Play until every student has acted at least once.

Variations

History charades: act out famous moments.
Reverse charades: the whole team acts and one student guesses.

💡 Teacher tips

Agree on hand signals first, such as holding up fingers for the number of words.

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