There are so many different ways to use Would You Rather prompts in a classroom. Outside of school, we've been asking our own kids questions like these for years. To pass the time on long road trips? Yes. When planning birthday parties? Yes. Even in the kitchen most mornings... "Would you rather have waffles or eggs?" Then at some point, these became questions we started asking in our … [Read more...]
Elephant and Piggie Book Activities
I know when I first started teaching, the Elephant and Piggie series didn't exist, but I've been reading the books for so long now, I can't remember my teaching life without them. When my own kids were little, they couldn't get enough of these two unlikely friends. And for well over a decade now, our students are just as in love with these quirky little characters as any kid I've ever … [Read more...]
National Grilled Cheese Day
Did you know April 12th is National Grilled Cheese Day? Neither did we, but we do now. For the last few years, we've been in the habit of browsing through the National Day Calendar to see all the quirky days it lists. If you're familiar with the calendar, you know there are a lot of silly, but fun days. Many center around food... jellybeans, pizza, pickles, and so on. This year, we noticed … [Read more...]
Write the Room Holiday Activities for K-1
Our students have been doing some version of write the room activities since I started teaching. It worked then and it works now. Any opportunity to get them up and out of their seats is a win. And this is one of those activities. If the write the room activity is new to you or your kids, it's simple: post key word cards around the classroom give the children their own recording sheet … [Read more...]
Elves Are the Worst
Elves are the worst! Or are they? Gilbert the goblin sure thinks so. And he spends a great deal of time in Alex Willan's picture book telling the readers why they should share his opinion. Even though Gilbert is anti-elf, it's hard not to like him. He thinks elves are the worst and he doesn't appreciate the way they hog the holiday spotlight. And on some level, we relate to him a bit. We've had … [Read more...]
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