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Connect Four

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NOTE: This game is for personal and educational purposes only. You are not allowed to sell this template or use it to make money. Thank you for respecting the work that went into creating these resources!



Category

Speaking Online-Friendly Single-Student Friendly 10+ Minute Runtime


Game Features

  • Imagery and gameplay based on the actual Connect 4 game
  • Easily correct mistakes or reset the board
  • Minimal prep work and simple game mechanics
  • Play as a reading or speaking game


How to Play

  • Split your class into 2 teams: Yellow and Red.
  • To drop their colored puck in a slot, a student/team says the target vocabulary or expression in the white box of row they choose.
  • The teacher then clicks the team’s corresponding button above the white box to drop their puck.
  • Then, it’s the other team’s turn.
  • Teams keep taking turns until one team gets four pucks of the same color in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. That team wins the game.
  • Further instructions on how to play and edit the game can be found in the notes section of each slide.


Variations

  • To play as a speaking game, use images in the boxes. To play as a reading game, use letters/words/sentences in the boxes.
  • If using as a warm-up activity, I usually just play one round. If I’m trying to take up more time, I count each win as a point, and the team with the most points when time is up wins the whole game.



Fonts Needed: N/A

You will get a PPTX (20MB) file


Teacher Feedback

(comments and runtimes from the previous version of my site)



  • Students: 40 | Time: 30min | Skill Focus: Speaking | Finished Game? 🟢


    Played with non-academic high school students- they had to make an original sentence using the target language (present/past tense) plus the word that was in the column they wanted to place the puck. In one class the students were divided into two big teams and a co-teacher alternated calling on a student from each team. In another class the students were placed in teams of 6 and assigned a color, raised their hands to answer (without a designated order), and were allowed to place multiple pucks on the board per turn as long as the incorporated the words in the columns.- Anon

  • Students: 22 | Time: 15min | Skill Focus: Reading | Finished Game? 🟢


    We played 3 rounds. - Anon

  • Students: 22 | Time: 15min | Skill Focus: Speaking | Finished Game? 🟢


    All classes finished at least 1 round but no more than 2. Students really liked it, but I had to give them a time limit for choosing a sentence because they would think about their move for a long time.- Anon

  • Students: 16 | Time: 15min | Skill Focus: Speaking | Finished Game? 🟢


    I teach middle school and I've been playing this with all grades this week. 1st grade is definitely the most into it and has the most participation. 2nd grade is pretty ok too. 3rd grade there's usually only 1 or 2 people from each team making the decisions and speaking and the rest just doze off. So, I made it a rule that everyone on the team has to say the sentence or I won't move the puck. This game SAVED me with the super low prep time. I'm going to use it soon at my travel school as well. - Anon

  • Students: 8 | Time: 15-20min | Skill Focus: Speaking | Finished Game? 🟢


    Played this game with my 5th graders (5 students) and 6th graders (8 students). The 5th graders seemed to have more fun and were able to get in a couple of rounds. The 6th graders were more strategic and therefore a bit slower to answer and maybe didn't have quite as much fun. If I play again with the 6th graders I might have to implement a timer. The 5th graders played with "Where are you from" and photos of flags in the bottom, they had to respond with "I am from _____." While the 6th graders played with "What grade are you in?" and "I am in the _____ grade." Overall they seemed to enjoy the game! - Anon

  • Students: 5 | Time: 20min | Skill Focus: Speaking | Finished Game? 🟢


    I played this with my 4th grade english club students and they loved it. it took them a while to realise that this wasnt only a game of english skill but also a game of strategy. the kids who though would win would always get caught out in the last round. it was fun to watch.- Anon

  • This one is such a hit! I used it as a quick fix to fill 10 minutes thinking the children wouldn't find it as engaging as some of the others with more complex point scoring etc but they were CRAZY for it. Huddled round their tables like military strategists plotting their next move. Creeping closer and closer to the screen. They're not even very good at it (the connect 4 element, that is) but that seems to keep them even more hooked! - Hannah

  • My kids LOVED this game! They took their time planning their next move. - Trinity

  • Fantastic! I was looking for a way to refresh my vocabulary activities and this was such a hit!! You are the best. - David

  • Loved this game, VERY easy to edit and customize quickly, but I would NOT recommend it for teams with more than 5-ish players. I tried to divide a class of 16 middle schoolers into two teams to play this, but it's impossible to stop the teams from hearing the other team strategize. Because of this, in the end, the games ended with one team being literally forced to lose (due to very few slots left to fill in the game board), rather than ending with one team snagging a surprise win, which is what makes the original Connect Four so fun. - Laura

  • I think this is a really good game! My students really enjoyed it, I think what would make this even better is if when they got a 4 in a row there would be like music to celebrate it, rather than the game just ending. - John

  • EUREKA!!! This game is simply mind-blowing! I am sure a lot of work was put into this. I am just too grateful right now. I want to let you know that this game will surely make wonders in our class. I'm thinking of using this game for irregular verbs mastery! Thank you! Thank you! You are a genius Tay! - Perry

  • 1 Student

    Time: 5min

    Skill Focus: Speaking

    Finished Game? 🟢

  • 2 Students

    Time: 3min

    Skill Focus: Writing

    Finished Game? 🟢

  • 16 Students

    Time: 30min

    Skill Focus: Reading

    Finished Game? 🟢

  • 17 Students

    Time: 25min

    Skill Focus: Speaking

    Finished Game? 🟢

  • 20 Students

    Time: 20min

    Skill Focus: Speaking

    Finished Game? 🟢

  • 30 Students

    Time: 10min

    Skill Focus: Speaking

    Finished Game? 🟢

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