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Free Printable Classroom Scavenger Hunt
A tour of the classroom a new class will actually remember, because they did the finding.
Made by the PaperCarnival team · Updated
24 things to find · a fresh sheet for every child · US Letter & A4
- A date written down somewhere
- Something that starts with the same letter as your name
- Something that lives in the room
- A number bigger than fifty
- Something in three different colors
- Something that was here before you were
- Something we use for measuring
- A map or a globe
- A word with more than eight letters
- A label with your teacher's name on it
- A picture of an animal
- Something that helps us tell the time
A new class does not remember a tour of the classroom. They remember finding things themselves, which is why a hunt beats an introduction in the first week of term. This one gives each child twelve things to find from a list of twenty four, so thirty children do not all end up at the same shelf.
The list does two jobs. Half of it teaches the room: where things are sorted, what needs electricity, which label has the teacher’s name on it. The other half is quietly curricular, a shape with four sides, a number bigger than fifty, a word with double letters, a book with a number in the title, and it gives you something to talk about when the sheets come back.
Print a class set and you are ready before the bell. Two rules make it work during a lesson rather than after one: walking only, nothing moved. If your room has its own vocabulary, open the hunt in the generator and write it in.
The things to find
Every item on the list, or edit the list in the generator
- Something that starts with the same letter as your name
- A book with a number in the title
- Something shorter than a pencil
- A shape with four sides
- Something that helps us tell the time
- A word on the wall with double letters
- Something we use for measuring
- A book you have already read
- Something made of metal
- A label with your teacher's name on it
- Something we recycle
- A picture of an animal
- Something in three different colors
- A word with more than eight letters
- Something that needs electricity
- Two things that are the same size
- Something that lives in the room
- A date written down somewhere
- Something we would use in science
- A map or a globe
- Something soft in a room full of hard things
- A number bigger than fifty
- Something that was here before you were
- A place where things are sorted
Ways to run it
First week of term
A hunt is the fastest way to teach a new class where everything lives, and it is far better than a tour they will not remember.
Quiet rules
Walking only, and nothing moved. The hunt works perfectly well at a whisper, which is the version you want during a lesson.
Buddy pairs
Pair a confident reader with a younger child. Several items need reading a label or a title, which is the point.
Questions
Does it teach anything, or just fill time?
Several items are quietly curricular: a shape with four sides, a number bigger than fifty, a word with double letters, a place where things are sorted.
Will it work in any classroom?
Yes. Every item is written to be found in an ordinary room rather than one with particular equipment.
Does every child get a different sheet?
Yes, a different twelve items each, which stops thirty children from converging on the same shelf.
Can I write my own list?
Yes. Open it in the generator and write items specific to your room.