Student
Syllable Sheet (Kristen Bray)
Put a picture of
each student on a poster. Under
each photo put four boxes. Clap
out the syllables in their name and color in the applicable number of boxes.
Odd and Even (Lisa Edwards)
Teach zero to
nine using fingers. Explain that
even numbers have partners whereas odd numbers do not. Hold up two fingers and touch fingers
to make a partner for even numbers.
When you hold up three fingers, one won’t have a partner. That makes it odd. Children can choose any number and
they’ll know that the number in the one’s column will make it odd or even.
*Make an odd man
with a funny hat and mismatched clothes.
Partner Up
(Jenny, VA Beach)
Collect paint
chip color cards from home improvement stores. Put two of each color in a basket and have the children each
pick a card. Children match colors
and that’s their partner. Use four
of each color for small groups.
*The kids love
the Disney paint chips because they look like Mickey Mouse.
Vertical and
Horizontal Song (Amanda O’Brien)
Sing this song
to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” as you make the motions:
Vertical goes up
and down, (Bend
knees up and down.)
Up and down, up
and down.
Vertical goes up
and down.
Horizontal goes
flat! (Spread
out arms horizontally.)
Season Song (Aurora Sta Ana)
Let children
describe different aspects of each season and insert it in this song to the
tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
Summer:
Oh, when the sun
gets so, so hot.
Oh, when the sun
gets so, so hot.
We know that it
must be summer.
Oh, when the sun
gets so, so hot.
Autumn: When the leaves fall off the trees…
Winter: When the snow falls to the ground…
Spring: When the flowers start to bloom…
Rocket Cheer (Aurora Sta Ana)
Clap up. (Clap up.)
Clap down. (Clap down.)
Clap left. (Clap to your left.)
Clap right. (Clap to your right.)
Up. (Thumb up make a hissing sound.)
Down. (Thumb down make a hissing sound.)
Left. (Thumb left make a hissing sound.)
Right. (Thumb right make a hissing sound.)
BOOM!!! (Both hands in the air as you shout
boom!)
Skip Counting (Starlett Phillingane)
Have the
students stand in a circle and tell them a magic number. (If you’re counting by 5’s, then choose
a multiple of 5.) Go around the
circle having each child skip count.
The student who the magic number lands on sits down. Continue the game until there is one
student left standing.
Step Book
(Sebrina Ruth-Cooper)
Make step books
when studying Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Write facts on each page and then have children illustrate
the fact. On the last page have
pictures from google, such as the Washington Monument, quarter, one dollar
bill, Mt. Rushmore, etc.
Cheerleader (Carleigh Kingsbury)
After
introducing the cheers, use them to reinforce good workers at reading stations. Ask a student to compliment a friend
for what they did at a station.
For example, “___ helped ____.”
“”____ used a quiet station voice.” Then the one who compliments gets to choose a cheer for the
whole class to give that student.
This reinforces the rules and makes the student feel proud.
*Let students
make up their own creative cheers.
Yes, Class! (Stephanie Sentelle left this comment
post "Shhhh!" post.)
The
teacher says "class" and the students respond with
"yes." The trick is that
the students have to say "yes" the same way the teacher said
"class." Example: Teacher says: "Classity, class, class."
Students respond: "Yesity, yes, yes." This can be done in any pattern, tone, or range. Great attention grabber that’s short
and sweet.
Amy Gibson gave me the idea for the "Pump Up to 100 Song" on my new CD.
Lucky me to get to autograph the CD for her in Richmond!