Ideas
to use in the P - 6 ClassroomIdeas
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1. Eggsactly Draw and decorate an Easter Egg
2. I'm Beginning to Flag Flags of the World Choose a country and draw its flag.
3. Facing up to the World Faces of people can show all sorts of emotions, characteristics, ages, etc.
4. Everybody Loves Somebody Bodies can show occupations (uniforms), costumes, age, seasons, etc.
5. Vehicles Create a vehicle for the past, future, rich, poor, etc.
6. Home Amongst the .... Draw your house, a friends, castle, igloo, caravan, ....
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1. Cloze the Door Create a cloze exercise for a story, poem, ...
2. Limericks A five liner that offers a nice structure.
3. Acrostic Everybody can A chance to use fonts Sentences for big kids You can use just words
4. Poetry in Motion Type the words to a poem with a strong meter. Get the children to change it.
5. As Reported Retell a story in 50 or 100 words.
6. Nursery Rhymes Little children love filling the gaps on nursery rhymes |
1. A Class of their Own Create a fact file of each person in your class.
2. Big Books Select a non fiction Big Book and create a database of information. e.g. Natural Disasters
3. Guess Who? Based on the well known Board Game. Make up your own identities.
4. State of the Nation Fats and figures about the Australian States
5. Quizzical Songs, Famous People, Countries. Movies, .... Make your own Question and Answer database.
6. TV Guide Survey the class about their favorite programs. Record their answers. |
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Tables, figures & graphs |
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1. Smarties Open a packet of Smarties and fill in the colors and numbers of each.
2. Magic Squares A good number is 15. Create a 3X3 grid that adds to 15
3. Calendar Daze Make your own monthly calendar with room to write.
4. Times Tables Create a homework, school timetable or
5. National Budget Remember the lemonade stand. Create your own for a sausage sizzle, birthday party, car wash, camp out, etc.
6. Grab a Graph The graphing facility of spreadsheets allows you to graph any set of numbers. e.g. team numbers |
1. Never Ending Story Start a story and get somebody else to continue it.
2. Teddy Bears Picnic Or a doll, book, toy etc. Send it to another class and get them to email you about its adventures.
3. Keypals Share information with those far, far away. Or just around the corner!
4. Wimmeranet Kids Club A great place to start.
5. Home Page Have an interesting site on your web site and ask others to email you.
6. Sky's the Limit Collaborative Projects are activities where you work with others to collate information, poems, research about just about anything. They have a rigid framework of Purpose, Starting Date, Participation Requirements, Ending Date and Resolution Activity. |
1. It all Ads Up Create an advertisement or poster about a product, person, locality, interest, etc.
2. Projecting Away Write up a project. Keep it short. Ask the children to complete it on the computer.
3. Slide Shows Create a storybook, counting book, alphabet book for the juniors.
4. Making News Making a Newspaper isn't new. Make it a 1 or 2 page newsletter of 2 or 3 columns.
5. Top Ten Research 10 facts about a topic, include a map, photo, graphic, etc. e.g. person, country, hobby, etc.
6. Encyclopedia Brown Use a CD ROM encyclopedia e.g. Encarta to research a set topic. e.g. Olympics, |
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