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Rock Paper Scissors Tournament

Students play rock paper scissors, and losers become the cheering section of the winner. It ends with two finalists and the whole class cheering.

How to play Rock Paper Scissors Tournament

Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of rock paper scissors.
The loser becomes the winner's biggest fan and follows them, cheering their name.
Winners find another winner and play again. Their fans follow and keep cheering.
Keep going until only two players remain, each with half the class cheering.
Play the final in the middle of the room.

Keep playing

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Students stand in a circle in ninja poses and take turns making one swift move to tap another player's hand.

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Students walk around the room saying "mingle, mingle" until the teacher calls a number, then quickly form groups of exactly that size.

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Each group gets a vegetable name, and the group that is called squats while chanting, then calls the next group to squat.

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Students tiptoe to one of four labeled corners while a caller with eyes closed picks a corner.

Quiet games

Seven students secretly tap classmates with their heads down, then the tapped students guess who tapped them.

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A "splatter" in the middle of the circle points at a student, who must duck right away.