activities By tia

i like to do games/activities where the students will earn prizes at the end--this keeps them interested and motivated!

take those colored m&m's and have students suck through a straw to separate them into pink,

white, red (don't give too many though, they'll hyperventilate!) heart relay--teams of students: each one gets a paper heart and a straw--they have to suck the heart and carry it to the end of room and drop in bowl--if it drops, they must stop and suck it back up how many words can you get out of HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY? i'm sure there are valentine crossword puzzles/word

searches online. (i like to do very few active games and many seatwork games--often even educational--just to keep the party from being a screaming match--keeps up my sanity level!)

i also have a famous pairs activity (mine is a crummy old hard copy, but i bet you could find one online!) where students must match up famous couples....it's starting to get pretty hard for kids who don't have these reference....bess trueheart (i think tom sawyer or huckleberry finn) and dick tracy (i have to check my own answer key to see if they're right!!!)
you could easily make your own with more timely couples!

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