To wrap up our verb tense study, and in honor of the loads of snow we have been enjoying, we had an indoor snowball fight! First, we separated into three different groups - past, present, and future. Then, we all had to write a large sentence on a piece of scrap paper in accordance to our group tense. Afterward, we balled them up into "snowballs" which we then used in a lively winter "fight".
After lots of "fighting", laughter, and obnoxious screeching that I'm sure the adjoining classrooms "loved", we grabbed a snowball, sat down, and identified which tense the sentence was sharing. After writing which we believed it was, we balled them up and resumed the friendly winter rivalry - followed by another check of verb tenses and a carpet share time.
During small group, we also focused on verb tenses. Students identified which tense the sentence written on their snow flake belonged.
On a Side Note:
During recess a few days ago, I left school to grab some lunch, it took me quite a bit of time to uncover my car from the amount of snow that had accumulated throughout the morning. Upon return, I lifted my windshield wipers up so they would not freeze. Then it hit me .... I went in and found some willing kiddos to help me on our "secret snow elf mission" We went back out and lifted all the windshield wipers on all the cars in the parking lot to help their drivers when they finally left at the end of the day!
Secret Snow Elves in ACTION
During recess a few days ago, I left school to grab some lunch, it took me quite a bit of time to uncover my car from the amount of snow that had accumulated throughout the morning. Upon return, I lifted my windshield wipers up so they would not freeze. Then it hit me .... I went in and found some willing kiddos to help me on our "secret snow elf mission" We went back out and lifted all the windshield wipers on all the cars in the parking lot to help their drivers when they finally left at the end of the day!
Secret Snow Elves in ACTION