REP Game: Rock-Paper-Scissor Championship
Recess is the perfect time for kids to burn off energy, practice good sportsmanship, and build confidence through playful challenges. Rock-Paper-Scissors Championship turns a quick hand game into a classroom-wide tournament, where every player who doesn’t win joins a cheering squad for the final showdown.
READY
Who: Grades 3 to 5
Players: 10-30
Set-up: Students pair up
Time: 15+ minutes
Where: Classroom
Equipment: None
EXPLAIN
- Find a partner!
- When I say “GO”, you will play Rock-Paper-Scissors.
- Rock beats Scissors
- Scissors beats Paper
- Paper beats Rock
- If you win, find another winner and play against them.
- If you don’t win, you become your partner’s cheering squad.
- Keep playing until there is a final round between 2 players and their cheering squads.
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
- What does Paper beat?
- What happens if you don’t win?
PLAY: REP IT OUT
EASY: Walk to the next player.
MEDIUM: Have students cheer with inside voices.
HARD: Play Rock-Paper-Scissors while running in place.
TIPS
GAME TIP: Have students repeat “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Say Show” before starting.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION TIP: Play multiple rounds to have more than one champion.
OUTDOOR TIP: Have students use Rock-Paper-Scissors to resolve any conflict at recess.
