This a very effective go-to activity that requires very little prep and gets students moving and using the target language immediately. It’s also a great way to use a set of memory/concentration cards that you may have in your classroom. If you need cards you can find them here:
Choose a word card, say it out loud and student with that picture identified says they he/she has the corresponding picture card on his/her table (int he target language of course). He/she then uses the word in a sentence and puts a point up by his/her name on the board. Play the music again and continue the same process of stopping the music and students saying a sentence with the word if they had the picture match.
Students really enjoyed this activity, review lots of vocabulary, and speak a lot. You can also allow the winner of the round to be the one to start and stop the music the next time, choose a word card and say it to the class. Try this with verb forms as well, with the conjugations 0n the desks.
