If you’re like me, sometimes the timing of a lesson goes completely wrong.
There have been moments in my classroom where a lesson went really well…and then…it ended early. There have been times in my classroom when a lesson went completely wrong…and NEEDED to end early. There have even been fire drills, assemblies, or periods of time after state assessments, when the classroom had “down time” – otherwise known as “let’s-act-crazy-time” in the mind of a middle schooler. Sometimes the unplanned-for-minutes can be filled with homework or reading an independent novel, but more often than not, I found myself playing an educational game with my students.
Recently, I compiled some of my students’ favorite games
into a single resource. I call it my ‘Fun in Five’ pack and it’s perfect for pulling out and occupying students’ minds when
a lesson ends early and soaking up every instructional minute with students.
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| You can find it here. |
They don’t require any prep.
They cross multiple disciplines.
Some even encourage team work and cooperation.
Oh, and the best part is that they’re FREE for you!
If you’re feeling extra crafty, you can even compile them
all together into a set of lesson extenders.
I just copied the activities on colored paper and then glued each activity onto a piece of colorful scrapbook paper.
Then, I put them through a laminator.
Finally, I punched a
hole in each corner and used a clasp to hold them all together.
I hope you find them as useful as I have. There is one warning though, the Paper Airplane
Challenge lesson extender is a huge hit!
Be prepared to get a lot of requests for that one!
Thanks for stopping by!
Brain Waves Instruction
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