Did you know there was
actually a Joke Day? It’s July 1st,
but most of you won’t be in school then.
So, how about choosing another day before the end of the year to tell
jokes? And, no joke, but here are
a few standards you can reinforce as you laugh with your students!
Double meanings of words
Oral language
Confidence speaking in front
of a group
Questions and statements
Memorization (develops short
term memory)
*Check out joke books from
the library and read them to the class.
If someone doesn’t “get it,” ask another student to explain it. When one student “thinks out loud” and
explains their thought process it can help another child scaffold to a higher
level.
*Send a note home on Monday
explaining that you will have “Joke Show and Share” on Friday. Ask each parent to help their child
practice a joke that they can say.
(I’d also include the skills children can learn from jokes.)
*Check out free websites
where you can get jokes for kids.
There’s also several free apps you can download. (K.J. loves the free “Knock Knock Jokes
for Kids.”)
*Let your students make a class
book of jokes. Each child can
write a joke, and then illustrate the answer under a flap as shown.
If you’re curious about
the riddles in the photo, Pamela Pounds shared them with me.
If
the alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A? Zebra
Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide.
Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide.