Some more GREAT shirts and
GREAT activities from MS and AL!
Cheer (Cynthia
Morrow)
Hands formed in an “M” above
the head as you say:
“M m m m m m – I’m loving
it!”
Point to each other or the
one that is doing the right thing.
Campbell Soup Cheer (Mechickia Brooks)
Johnny’s work is “Mmmm, mmm,
good!”
Johnny’s work is “Mmmm, mmm,
good!”
Disco Cheer (Pamela
Reeves)
That’s the way, uh-huh,
uh-huh I like it.
Uh-hum, uh-huh. (Point like John Travolta.)
Cheers (Lakisha Jackson)
Fantastic – Fan yourself on
“fan” and hands in the air on “tastic.”
Good job! Good job! (clap, clap)
Good job! Good job! (clap clap)
G double o- o- d J – o – b.
Good job! Good job!
Time to Move Along
(Rebecca A. and Ben)
(Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)
Time to move along.
Time to move along.
Hi, ho, the dairy-oh,
Time to move along.
Clean up the mess you made…
Pick up your things and
walk…
Ticket, Please (Rhonda Anthony)
Children need a ticket to
enter or exit the classroom.
Students are asked a review question. If they get it correct, they get a ticket and it goes in a
hat. Pull the lucky ticket and the
winner gets a treat.
Mystery Trash
(Lindsey)
Tell the students there is a
piece of mystery trash for them to find.
After your room is spotless, award the person who found the mystery
trash!
Mystery Walker
(Lindsey)
Choose a random “pick me
stick” and hide it in your pocket when you are walking the halls. At the end of the day award that walker
for good behavior.
Attention Chant (Cynthia Morrow)
Teachers says: Spaghetti
Students say: Meatballs
Chocolate – Milk
Ring, ring – Hello?
Chump chump- Yum yum!
Smelly (Sara Jordan
Madison)
To reward students instead
of candy or stickers, give them a “smelly.” Rub their hand with a smelly chapstick from the Dollar Tree.
Macarena Months
(Nancy Gibson)
Say the months of the year
to the “Macarena.” End with hands
on hips rotating as you sing, “These are the months of the year.”
Birthday Month (Yvonne)
Have children stand up when
they hear their birthday month sung in “Macarena Months.” Children sit down when they hear their
month again. (Repeat)
Compound Rap (Rhonda Anthony)
Teacher: You
take two words and you make…
Students: One
big word.
Teacher: My
word is rainbow.
Teacher: First
word
Students: Rain
Teacher: Second
word
Students: Bow
Together: RAINBOW
Math Signs (Becky
McDaniel)
Use your fingers to create
“+, -, =” symbols.
Put fingers together on JOIN
the groups together.
The “+” sign means you have
to add or join the groups together.
- Minus means you take away,
take away, take away. This also
means subtract. (Move fingers
away.)
= Means the same as, the
same as, the same as. = Means the
same as and this is my answer.
Book Looks (Diana Beasley)
Each week write one of these
on cover stock and post on the wall:
Letters, Word Wall Words,
Fancy Words, Characters, Plot
Model how to find these with
big books. Give children small
sticky notes to mark when they find these in their books. Let them share what they’ve found with
a friend.
Letter Journals (Myra
Anderson)
Create letter journals for
all the children. At the beginning
of the year, they write the letter of the week and draw two pictures for that
letter. At the end of the year
they write blends, draw two pictures, and try to “sound out” the words and
spell them the best that they can.
Snowball Fight (Tarla Breazeale)
Pass out pieces of paper to
students that have been programmed with matches, such as antonyms, math facts
and answers, etc. Students wad up
paper and on “GO” they begin tossing the papers. Let them continue for 30 seconds or so. Call “time.” Students each get one snowball, unwad it, and try and find
their match.
Word Family Rap (Erica Smith)
Its time to blend - it’s
time to blend.
So now, so now, we shall
begin.
Its time to blend - it’s
time to blend.
So now, so now, we shall
begin.
B says /b/ A-T says /at/
Put them together and that
spells “cat.”
(Continue making words with
ad, an, etc.)
We’ve learned to blend –
we’ve learned to blend
So now we’re at the
end. The end!
Letter Motions (Dorothy Lee)
Use these hand motions to
help children learn letters and sounds.
A /a/ Fingers crawl up arm like an ant.
B /b/ Bat a ball.
C /c/ Cross hands and snap fingers.
D /d/ Beat a drum.
E /e/ Take hand and break egg.
F /f/ Take right hand and mash to left
hand.
G /g/ Pretend to gulp a glass of water.
H /h/ Fan hands as if hot.
I /i/ Pretend your nose has an
itch.
J /j/ Spread hands and jiggle.
K /k/ Raise hands and snap fingers.
L /l/ Raise pointer finger above nose
and down mouth.
M /m/ Rub stomach.
N /n/ Hold out arm and slightly rock.
O /o/ Hold head back and open mouth wide.
P /p/ Put one finger over lips.
Q /qu/ Put palms together
and raise fingers up.
R /r/ Lean forward and roar like a lion.
S /s/ Raise finger and wiggle like a snake.
T /t/ Turn head to the side and say the
sound /t/.
U /u/ Make a fist with one hand and place on
the other with thumb up.
V /v/ Put hands as if on a steering wheel and
make a /v/ sound.
W /w/ Put fingers on lips
and throw a kiss in the wind.
X /ks/ Cut in the air.
Y /y/ Hold pinky up and then dip as if
tasting yummy, yellow yogurt.
Z /a/ Take pointer finger and zigzag in
the air.
Number Line (Mary Mae
Street)
Write numerals 1-10
horizontally on a sheet of paper.
Put in a zip bag with a tab.
Teacher says a word problem and the children find the answer using their
number line.
Left to Right Progression
(Bettie Martin)
(Beyonce’s song “To the
Left”)
To the left, to the left,
Everything starts from the top
to the left.
In your writing, in your
reading,
To the left, to the left.
Contractions (Cynthia
Morrow)
You put the “can” in. (Shake your invisible shaker.)
You put the “not” in. (Shake the other hand like a shaker.)
You take the “o” out and add
an apostrophe. (Take out something
and make an apostrophe in the air.)
You smoosh it all together
and “can’t” comes out. (Clap hands
together.)
