The Meaning of Beep Tips & Tricks

Following are tips, strategies, and reminders to support students as they play The Meaning of Beep.  Remind students of these tips before they play, and again as needed while playing.

Guessing

• All Guesses and Picks should make sense in all sentences in a round.
• Guesses can be phrases. For example, “run away” or “look over.”
• Look for clues in the sentence that are hints to the missing word’s part of speech or tense.
• Try speaking the sentences out loud with words you’re thinking about using.

Picking and Super Picking

• No points are earned for receiving Picks. Points are earned for picking a correct word.
• If two players guess the same word that you want to pick, you can choose either one.
• Incorrect Super Picks costs points. Only use the Super Pick option if you are certain of your choice.

Hints

• Don’t be afraid to use Hints! Selecting a correct Hint earns you a point, while making an incorrect guess earns you nothing.
• Once you unlock Hints, you cannot Super Pick

Tallying/Round Results

• Correct Guesses and correct Picks earn points.
• If you think of a word that works, but wasn’t counted as correct, congratulations! It means you’ve outsmarted the game! That is more impressive than just winning!
• The maximum you can earn in a single round is 9 points.

Other

• Multiplayer games require a My BrainPOP account and players need to be in the same class.
• Using text-to-speech is helpful for ELs and other students who may require support.