Posts for January, 2009


Vocabulart Flashcards Lesson

January 13th, 2009

VocabulART Directions Flashcards are to be done on 3×5 index cards. On one side of the card write the word and an illustration of the meaning. On the other side, write the definition. This involves creativity, but it is a proven fact that you will remember more by using your creativity. Have fun with this. [...]

New Year’s Day Writing Lesson Plans

January 7th, 2009

New Year’s Resolutions Interview Interview a partner about his or her resolutions for the New Year. When you are done, write a paragraph about your partner’s goals. Include the following: your partner’s name, New Year’s resolutions and what they need to do to accomplish these goals. Be prepared to share with the class. New Year’s [...]

Write Your Own Spoonerisms

January 6th, 2009

The term Spoonerism comes from the Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), a clergyman known for his lips of the slip …I mean slips of the lip, in which he would transpose or reverse the sounds of two or more words in a sentence. The result is often humorous. Rev. Spooner probably only said a few [...]

Why God Made Moms

January 5th, 2009

Answers given by 2nd graders: Why did God make mothers? She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. Mostly to clean the house. To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? He used dirt, just like for the rest of us. Magic plus super [...]