PinkCatGames by Belinda

Tech Tool - Pink Cat Games

learningwmslai — 2025-03-18 15:09:09 UTC

Purpose

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Pink Cat Games is a website that allows teachers to either make interactive games or use pre-made interactive games to support classroom learning. These games can question students about curriculum content or to help students review rules or concepts.

Features

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1) Questions banks readily available on the site are categorized by grade and cover educational content from Pre-Kindergarten up to Grade 12.

2) Classroom Management Tools

Ex. attendance tool, student picker tool, group maker tool, and a group work/ station rotations timer

Free Options

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There are 4 free games available that are linked to all question banks on the website. These 4 games provide options for teachers or students to choose the format of their game. The description of each game is listed below its name.

Whole Class

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To encourage engagement and student interest, these games can be used as brain breaks or an alternative to whiteboard or paper work. If used during direct instruction, teachers could use the questions as sample questions and then demonstrate how to solve them in front of the class.

Early Finishers

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For students who finish work quickly, games that cover a specific concept can be curated and linked in a Google Classroom post for students to access and review on their own.

Home Practice/Review

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For students who want to do extra practice of certain concepts at home, games that cover a specific concept can be curated and linked in a Google Classroom post for students to access and review on their own.

Paid Options

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There are hundreds of other game options that gives students a large variety of characters, game styles, and formats, but these require a paid plan.

There are 2 plans available.

1) 1 Year Games Subscription

Single Teacher License

US$ 49.99/year

"Review any subject in a fun and engaging way with this 1-year all access pass to our educational games for interactive whiteboards, iPads and computers. With a growing library of games and the ability to make your own questions, you can tailor the games to your students’ exact needs."

2) 1 Year Tools Subscription

Single Teacher License

US$ 29.99/year

"This 1-year all access pass to our teacher tools will help keep you organized and your students engaged while taking attendance, rotating to centers, controlling noise levels and more!"

Kindergarten

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Students choose an item to add onto the monster. A flashcard pops up and students need to sound out and read words (for example CVC, CVCe) and match the word with a photo. If correct, the monster will have that item added onto it. This can be done as a whole class activity to drill sounding out words or can be assigned for students to complete independently in class or at home.

Primary Math

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Students choose an item to feed the shark. A flashcard pops up and students need to solve the math problem. If the correct answer is selected, the shark will eat the selected item and grow larger. This can be done as a whole class activity to drill math facts or can be assigned for students to complete independently in class or at home.

Grammar

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Students choose an item to add onto the monster. A flashcard pops up and students need to read the sentence and fill in the blank with the correct pronoun. If correct, the monster will have that item added onto it. This can be done as a whole class activity to discuss what pronoun best suits the sentence or can be assigned for students to complete independently in class or at home as a review.

Monitor

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If leaving students to work independently on a game or sharing it with students to work on at home, possibly unsupervised, make sure to go through all the questions in the question bank and the settings for the game to make sure everything is classroom and age-appropriate before sharing the direct link to the game.

Pros

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Games are very animated and have visual elements
Teachers can create their own questions and answers to ensure that question sets shared with students are related to what they are learning in class
Some games do not make the students compete with one another but there are also games that do add friendly competition to learning
Can use the games to teach students about multiple choice and choosing the best option available

Cons

learningwmslai — 2025-03-18 16:47:32 UTC

The items that students can choose may lead to some silliness
Teachers have to go through all the question sets they want to make available to students to make sure all questions are curriculum relevant and age-appropriate because sometimes some questions have incorrect answers or may not be clear
Students may get bored with only the free version

1. Go to website

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2. Click "Play Now"

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3. Click "PLAY"

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4. Search from the Question Bank

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These are question banks that other educators/users have made and published publicly

9. Go back and click "My Questions"

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To make your own question set, click My Questions instead.

10. Create Questions

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5. Choose a Game (Free)

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There are 4 free game options to choose from. the first two do not make students compete against one another. The last 2 can be played with teams.

6. Select questions you want in the game

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7. Set Settings

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8. Click "Play" or "Save"

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To preview the game or play right away, click "Play". To save the game and game settings to play in the future, click "Save".