ACTIVITY PLANNING SHEET (1)

Name(s): Michaela StJames Hughes,

Modality: Games Theme: Team Building Grades: 3-4

Name of the Virtual Charades

Activity/Type:
The participants will be put into even groups and put in breakout rooms. Each participant
Brief description of
will receive a word that they have to act out without saying any words in 45 seconds. The
the activity:
other team members will guess what their peer is acting out.

1. The facilitator will give a word to each participant prior to this activity or even,
individually sent out in an individual chat to the participant. The participant
cannot say the word they have received to any of their peers.

2. The facilitator will break out the group into break out rooms on zoom depending
how many participants attend the activity.
Procedures and
steps for the 3. One at a time a participant will act out the word they have received from their
CYC/Facilitator (in facilitator. The participant acting out the word is not allowed to speak or give
numbered format) hints using their voice to help their team.
STEP BY STEP
4. The others in the group will have to work as a team and try to guess what word
INSTRUCTIONS:
their peer is acting out. They have 45 seconds as a team to try and say as many
words as possible or sentences that they think their peer is acting out.

5. After 40 seconds if no one has guessed the right thing, the participant will say
what they were acting out.

Teachable moments for this activity are that all the participants will learn team building,
know how to work together, and understanding teamwork is needed to get this activity
Describe and outline done.
the teachable
Questions for the CYC facilitator to ask the participants:
moments and
questions for the How did you feel working together with your team?
CYC/Facilitator to
What do you think you could have done differently working with your team?
ask:
Do you think working with your team was effective or not effective to get this activity
done?
Identify the goals of The goal for this activity is to have participants learn the importance of working as a
the team to get a task/activity done.
Icebreaker/Activity Participants to be able to work as a team.
for children/youth Participants to be able to understand the instructions, and follow through in the
(What do you want breakout rooms.
your activity to
accomplish? What is This activity should enable participants to understand team building, be able to work as a
the purpose of your team comfortably with others.
activity?)

N/A

List of Materials (if

any) required

N/A
Budget and rationale

45 Minutes

5 minutes for instructions.

Anticipated length of 5 minutes to send participants into breakout rooms.

time and rationale 30 minutes for charades.

5 minutes for debrief.

Identify the Participants need to understand the words.

appropriate
Participants need to understand acting out a word.
developmental age
range for the Participants need to be able to wait their turn.
activity. Briefly
explain using Participants need to be able to communicate their guess clearly.
knowledge and Participants need to be able to work as a team.
experience from
Child Development.
 This activity can be competitive, whoever guesses the most correct answers for the word
acted out wins.
Describe
modifications you Mic on/off.
might make if the
activity does not go Using the chat instead of the mic.
as planned or if
there are
participants
requiring
modifications.

References, https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/bluejays/downloads/pdfs/2020/activity-manual-for-
Resources or Web educators.pdf
Links (if applicable)