Spooooky Times
Posted by Hope Spencer on 14 Oct 2009 | Posted in: Grades 2-3, Intermediate, Planning and Curriculum, Teachers and Teaching, The Mailbox
Boo! I’m back with great seasonal ideas from the current grades 2-3 and intermediate editions of The Mailbox® magazine! Enjoy!
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To prepare this seasonal center, write each sentence of a step-by-step description on a different sentence strip. Repeat three more times, creating a different description each time. Store each set of strips in a resealable plastic bag and put the bags in a plastic jack-o’-lantern. A student selects a bag, removes the strips, and orders them on his workspace. Then he copies the sentences on his paper. (The Mailbox, grades 2-3, Oct./Nov. 2009)
Ghoulish Perimeter
For this interactive display, have each pair of students create a haunted house using construction paper squares, rectangles, and triangles. The pair determines the perimeter of each part of the house, records the measurements inside a ghost-shaped card, and posts its work on a board. As time allows, a student visits the board and chooses a house. Then she measures each part’s perimeter and peeks inside the card to check her work. (The Mailbox, intermediate, Oct./Nov. 2009)
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Hope
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To help students understand subjects and predicates, I create a bulletin board titled “Tickle My Funny Bones”. On bone shaped sentence strips I write several seasonal subjects and then on the other half predicates that could be interchanged with other subjects. Using velcro, they can match a subject with a predicate to create some rather silly sentences.
Using 2 store bought skeletons (the dollar store window hanging type).
First laminate or contact paper one to a large piece of paper. Next separate the second skeleton and laminate the individual pieces. Now you have a body part matching skeleton center. It also works for doctor themes!
Create a spooky creature by cutting out body parts from a magazine. Use 2 different eyes, arms legs, silly hair and even animal parts to make some silly monsters that teach parts of the body as well as cutting skills. If they are young toddlers you can offer them choices of 2 or 3 arms, legs etc. Have fun!
i need ideas for spooooky time to do with toddlers
thamk you marlene