Happy summer! It’s officially here and what are most of my mail rings talking about? This fall and working on things for the upcoming school year! My husband thinks we’re all crazy.
How does that saying go? 3 good reasons to be a teacher: June, July and August. What lunatic thought of that? You are reading her blog. Guilty as charged.I bet you never thought a teacher would dream up such an oxymoronic ditty! I slapped it on a magnet for Russ Berrie for the sake of earning a few dollars back in the early 80’s, because I knew people who weren’t teachers would buy it.
Teachers of course knew vacations were “stay-cations” for cleaning, sorting, revamping, organizing, making stuff, and going to school to get SBCEU’s, our Masters or staying credentialed!
So I’ve decided to start making short little blogs about school stuff that might be of interest to the at-home “resting” teacher who is just dying to whip together a project or two.
This activity can be found in my Back-To-School Packet
The first little ditty for you to do is a big question mark with question words. I don’t know about your students, but my Y5’s don’t know how to ask a question.
The librarian, after her introduction to the library, says: “Does anyone have a question?” and Corry “asks:” “My mommy reads to me.” Lanie “asks” “I have that book.” The librarian finally says: “We have time for one more question.” And Billie “asks:” “I wanna leave now.
The same thing happens in October when the fire department comes for Fire Safety Month and Aubrey “asks:” “I once saw a fire when…”
Now I teach my students HOW to ask a question and that those questions MUST begin with question words. These question words make wonderful word-wall words too.
Header above question mark poster: “Start a question with these words!”
Now…if you have questions, comments or suggestions; I’d enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com
