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fun year end activities
By Alyece

My favorite end of the year activity is Shaving Cream Spelling. I start by telling the students that we're just going to practice writing our spelling words on lined paper & that today's lesson is a little boring. They
groan & I tell them to hang in there! After a few words I tell them to forget about the paper, let's just write the words on our desks with pencil. I'm make them swear not to tell the principal on me or I'd be in big trouble!! They are schocked that I'm actually allowing them to write on their desks! After a few more words I change my mind & tell them that maybe we're making too big

of a mess. Then I take out a few cans of shaving cream & begin squirting it onto their desks. You'd think they'd dive right in, but they're hesitant to even touch it!! I quickly explain the rules (don't put it in your mouth, hair, etc...) and then we practice spelling our words into the shaving cream with our fingers. It's a fun lesson & the students love it. A few tips- if you rub the shaving cream too much into the desk it dissapears. I have 30 students and two cans is plenty. It easily wipes off with a wet sponge, leaves the desk tops clean, and your room won't smell like hot, stinky bodies!! HAVE FUN & take lots of pictures too!