Math Tag

Everyone stands scattered around the room — answer your question right and you get to move and tag someone.

Make it yours: Swap the questions for whatever you're drilling — times tables, vocabulary words, capital cities, historical dates.

Time:

10–15 min

Group:

Whole class

Materials:

A list of quick-answer questions matching your topic

• Brain break
• 10–20 min
• Moves around the room
• Primary
• Review / test knowledge
• Secondary
• Solo

How to play

1. Everyone stands scattered around an open space.
2. Call out a question. Whoever answers correctly gets to take one step and tag another player.
3. A tagged player is out for that round, or does a quick forfeit (a star jump, sit and stand back up) before rejoining.
4. Keep the questions coming fast — the pace is what keeps it energizing.

Variations

• Play in teams instead of every-student-for-themselves, with one designated tagger per team.

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