Wacky Wednesday

     Having April 1st fall on a Wednesday this year made it a shoe-in for "Wacky Wednesday"!  This special day is based on a Dr. Seuss book of the same name where a child wakes up and finds that everything is wacky - it all starts with a shoe on the wall.

     We read this book a day or two before the upcoming special day.  On "Wacky Wednesday"  teacher and students come with a few things wacky in their appearance - clothes on backwards, mismatched patterned clothes, different socks ... ...  We marvel at each other's creativity!

  Then, I have a collection of "what's wrong" pictures from Highlights Magazine for children to find wacky things.  It works well to do this in pairs.

     I also like to use a hidden picture for children to find things as this is another great learning activity and it calms them back down a bit:)

     Because it was also April Fools this year, I read them a few knock knock jokes and invited them to write a joke of their own.  Here's a couple examples to get them thinking:

Knock, knock
Who's there?
Atch
Atch who?
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had a cold.

Knock, knock
Who's there?
Ya
Ya who?
I didn't know you were a cowboy!

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Tank.

Tank who?

You're welcome!

This is the format we used to write the jokes (wish I had a couple to share, but they just had to take them home and I did not get a picture!)  Feel free to copy and use this format for some fun in your class!

     Hope this gives you some ideas for a Wacky good learning time!

Yours truly,

     Molly