[sunhelen]

Here is a good flashcard game. Throw a set of cards in the air. Call out the words from the cards, and see who can find the right card first. If anyone pushes or fights, they are out of the game. Sometimes I only let them step on the cards because if they try to pick the cards up, their hands get stepped on.

Pictionary can be a good game also. You should start by drawing some vocabulary words on the board to see if they can guess. Then let some of the better behaved students come up to draw the words they know.

Sometimes you can have the students teach each other. Have each student come up. Show them a flashcard and whisper the word to them. Then they have to tell the word to the rest of the class.