Fact games

Fact games appear regularly in Corrective Reading Comprehension B2-C (CRC B2-C). These games review key information and skills students have learned in previous lessons. The games should be completed before students begin the next lesson.

The CRC B2-C Teacher Presentation Book contains explicit instructions for how to organise fact games. The first game in CRC B2 is played after Lesson 10. The first fact game CRC C is played after Lesson 15.

Dice

Here is a step-by-step sequence for a typical fact game:

1. Students assemble in groups of four or five. The teacher designates one student in each group to be the monitor for the group.
2. The players open their workbooks to the correct fact game and the monitors refer to the fact game answer key (at the end of the workbook).
3. Students play the fact gamefor twenty minutes. The monitor awards one point for each correct answer and says the correct answer after each mistake.
4. The teacher awards points to monitors and bonus points to groups that play well.
5. Students total their points and enter the total on the point summary chart.

Image reproduced courtesy of McGraw Hill Pty Ltd from Corrective Comprehension B2, Teacher’s Guide, page 10.

The process:

The player to the left of the monitor goes first and rolls the dice.

The player who rolled the dice tells the number of dots that are showing.

The player who rolled the dice reads the item for that number out loud and answers it.

The monitor, using the answer key, tells the player if the answer is correct.

Every time a player answers correctly, the monitor gives the player a point by putting a tick mark on the player’s score card.

If the answer is not correct, the monitor tells the correct answer, and the player does not get a point.

Play continues to the left.

Questions and answers will be repeated many times, which is helpful for review.

Turn to page 28 in CRC B2 Teacher Presentation Book.
Practice the script for the first fact game.