Guess the Emojis – Classic Games Edition
- Grades
- Grades 3–8, Elementary, Middle School
- Pages
- 4
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Topic
- Guess, emojis
- Resource types
- Games, Activities, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
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What's inside this resource
Picture puzzles turn the names of classic playground and party games into short rows of emoji-style pictures for students to decode. A How it works strip shows two worked examples, then students solve five two-picture puzzles and three three-picture puzzles. Page 2 adds four puzzles matched to a word box with two extra names, two Fix the Puzzle items where students spot the picture that does not fit and suggest a better one, and a short task explaining what each picture stands for. On page 3, students plan, draw and test a puzzle of their own with a partner.
An answer key with a Try it in class team game follows the three student pages. Every game is a generic classic, so no brand names are involved. Suited to grades 3–8, in full color and print-friendly black and white PDF versions.
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Learning objectives
Combine picture names and related words to decode a game title
Explain how each picture in a puzzle stands for a word or word part
Evaluate a picture clue and replace one that does not fit
Teaching tips
Walk through the sunglasses and love letter examples first, since they show that a picture can stand for its own name or a related word.
Page 1 works on its own as a quick warm-up; pages 2 and 3 build on the same picture-blending idea.
Pair students for Make Your Own Part C, where they fold back the plan, trade drawings and guess.
Skills covered
Visual decoding: students say each picture's name or a related word and blend the words into a game title.
Word parts: students notice how compound and multi-word names split into smaller words.
Explaining reasoning: students write what word each picture in a three-picture puzzle stands for.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do students need to know brand-name board games?
Every answer is a classic playground, party or pencil-and-paper game, so students who know common recess and family games have what they need.
What happens in Fix the Puzzle?
Each item names a game and shows two pictures. Students check the picture that does not fit the name and write a better picture to replace it.
How does the Make Your Own page work with a partner?
Students write a game and plan a picture for each word, draw the puzzle, then fold the plan back so only the drawing shows. A partner writes a guess, and the maker notes which picture they would change and why.
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