Read a poem and have students supply the last word of each line or stanza. Play Follow the Leader. Each time the leader stops, students must turn around and pay a compliment to the next person in line. Invite students to share a riddle or joke. Play The Change in My Pocket, another variation on 20 Questions.
Students try to guess the number and kinds of coins in someone's pocket.
Ask a student to name a noun that begins with A. Have the next student name a noun beginning with B, and so on. Play Simon Says. Tell the first two or three sentences of a story, and then ask each student to add a sentence. The last student should complete the story. Display a number of items, such as a rope, an over-sized pencil, an eyelash curler, a CD, a newspaper advertisement, a straw, and so on.