Riddles

We have been working on writing our own poems this month.  I love the Scholastic Instant Poetry Frames!  I use many of the ideas from both of these books with my first graders throughout the year.

Scholastic's Instant Poetry Frames

Here’s a look at our classroom riddles creation!  

"I am very flat and you see me everyday."  "What am I?"

... a name tag...

A fabulous parent volunteer designed and cut out the pop up booklets for each student and she gave me permission to share her template with you!  Click here to download the pattern.  You will need to use 11 by 17 construction paper folded in half for each pop up book.

I just had to share this student’s riddle:  

Too Funny! 

“I’m as smart as the teacher {?!?}, but I can't talk or move.  The line leader uses me.  What am I?”  

 (Answer:  "The April Calendar Board")

...the calendar "dates" are continued on the other side of the project...I guess he ran out of room on this side!  :-)

Click here for a link to the Scholastic's Printable.

Want to make the pop up book and not sure on the size?

Here's a look at our animal riddles!

Have a great weekend!

Laugh Out Loud

A Great Joke and Riddle book from Hallmark!

The Super Silly Laugh-O-Meter will be a big hit with first graders!

With six hilarious sound buttons, even the teacher will laugh along!

I just love a great classroom find!

Smiles and Laughs,

Ready, Set, Giggle!

Do your favorite first graders love to tell jokes?

Are “joke books” a favorite in your classroom library?

If so, introduce my “Ready, Set, Giggle” journal into your classroom! 

(Click above to download the pdf in color.)

(Click here to download the pdf in black and white.)

You can use folders, binders, or even marble composition notebooks to get the fun started.  We feature a “joke of the day” each school day and at the end of the week, we choose a joke to enter in our giggle journals!

The jokes we use are from some favorite books, kid friendly websites (…just Google ~ there’s a lot to choose from…), and/or student generated!  I begin by typing up the joke for student illustration, but your students could certainly write their own entries by copying from the posted classroom joke.   We have “Fun Friday” in my classroom and the giggle journal is a great way to begin the day!

These journals are favorites for take home reading, classroom buddy reading, and the go to choice in our classroom “Read Again Bags”!

Spring is the perfect time to begin this new “journal” in your classroom!

Wishing you a little laughter in your day,