Teacher guide · Sorting Stones

Random team generator: how to use it in class

Fair random teams on the board in one tip of the pouch — nobody can argue with it.

At a glance

Three ways to play it differently once the class knows the rules.

New teams every game
Cast again between activities, so the groups keep mixing and nobody is stuck with the same team all lesson.
English team names
Before you start, each team picks a name from the last topic — an animal, a fruit, a kind of weather.
Stations
Treat each circle as a corner of the room: teams start at their circle's station and move on at your signal.

Word lists that suit it, with pictures and translations.

Interactive Game

A painted carnival wheel with your class on its slices. Spin it, hear the ratchet slow, and a ticket prints with the lucky name.

Interactive Game

One question, two great doors, one answer on each. The class votes, and the right door swings open into the light.

Interactive Game

A torchlit great hall where every team is a banner — each point hoists it higher, a crest stamps the cloth, and the crown drifts to the leader.

Interactive Game

Tip the leather cup and one to four ivory dice tumble out onto the velvet. The total is stamped into the felt in wax.

Interactive Game · 5–15 min
Story Lantern
The story is written on the panels of a paper lantern. Read it, hear any line again, then show what you understood.
Interactive Game · 1–10 min
Moon Hourglass
Turn the glass and stardust starts to fall. The moon ring empties with the minutes, and a soft gong says the time is up.
Flashcards
This or that
Two options, one word to answer — perfect for the shyest beginner.
Lesson Plan
This, that, these, those
Near and far, one and many — the pointing words. The whole grammar fits in an arm gesture.