As a supply teacher you may have a few gaps in the day caused by lessons finishing early, assembly running late or waiting for resource so it’s always a great idea to have a few short tasks up your sleeve to keep the children occupied and maintain control of the class.
The word game – This is where you write the name of a storybook/film character on the board, e.g Mary Poppins and ask the children to quickly write down all the words that they can make using those letters with a prize for the person with the most words.
The dictionary game – Allow the children to pick a letter then you read from the dictionary the definition of the word and they guess what the word is (ensuring children raise their hand to guess, not shout out)
Hangman – sometimes the oldies are the best and this game is a great simple one that you can play with the whole class to distract them for a few minutes.
