February Activities

February is the shortest month, but it is the busiest.  There are so many events to celebrate - Groundhog Day, Black History, Dental Health, Valentine's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, President's Day, and for many schools - 100th Day of School.  Below are two of my favorite activities to complete.

Dental Health Month - Teach students about dental health by hard boiling eggs and dipping them in pop.  Let soak overnight.  The next day the "teeth" will be nice and yellow.  Brush the teeth.  If you are interested in checking out my lesson complete with activities, click here.
                                                   
Valentine's Day - Give each student a box of conversation hearts.  Then give them an author's purpose.  Students then write about their conversation hearts with their author's purpose. Click here to get this lesson and activity.

                                                

Whatever you do with your students, have fun!  With testing coming up, I like to through in these fun activities.  Everyone needs a break!

Author's Purpose

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I first used this to teach Author's Purpose to my students (P.I.E. - Persuade, Inform, and Entertain).  I took 3 pie tins and wrote a type of Author's Purpose in each one.  I put paragraphs onto slices of pie and then they had to match it to the correct tin.  Since we have already done it in class, it is now a review center. 

 

* This also makes a great lesson for your teacher observation!

Fly Swat

 

Fly Swat is a game that can be played in a variety of ways.  Basically, all you do is put words or phrases on the board or on cards.  Give different teams a fly swatter.  Call out a question.  The first person to swat it wins a point.  You can do this for any subject!

 

Variation - Create mini fly swatters by taping an index card to a large popsicle stick.  Perfect for centers!

 

Ideas for use -

Fact and Opinion

Author's Purpose

Vocabulary Review

Math Facts

Dates in History