Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Ideas are Poppin' in Second Grade


After a trip to the teacher store to look for thematic back-to-school stuff, the theme idea has changed. Now we are looking at a popcorn theme.

I bookmarked some webpages.

• del.icio.us popcorn bookmarks

Here are some stickers.

• Popcorn stickers

More ideas...
• Look Who Popped in to Second Grade!

Ideas from Melissa:

Estimation
Popcorn in a jar

Graphing
What kind of popcorn do you like best?
plain, butter, caramel, cheese

Glyph
stripes on bag a certain color, number of kernels, draw a picture in middle circle of bucket of hobby, sentence along the top lip of the popcorn bucket (see pdf)?

Read poem/song in hallway
www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems94.html

I think it's the 4th one I like--didn't know if happy little fellow could be changed to second grade someway

Different character for math, reading, etc
www.popcorn.org/kids/books/coloring.cfm


Popcorn boxes for homework
www.popcornpopper.com/16605.html

Possible Bulletin Board Titles

newsletter: What's Popping Up in Second Grade?

hallway: Ideas are Popping in Second Grade or
Let's Make Second Grade Pop!

possibilities:

Munch a Bunch of Math

Take a Bite out of _____________

Chew on Some __________ Strategies

Mouth Watering Work!
This Work Really POPS!
An Explosion of Poppin' Good Work!

Pop Open a Good Book! (from Upstart They have some bookmarks,stickers, etc...)

Image from webweaver.nu

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