Schedule & Supply List
Week of Nov. 29 - Dec.
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MONDAY, NOV. 29
READING
Opposites Game
Travel to the Fun and Games category of the main website
for this simple word game. Write two words that are opposites on a stack of
index cards, and challenge two teams of kids to come up with as many examples
of each word as they can in one minute. Opposites attract! And this game builds
fluency, vocabulary, and fast-thinking skills.
http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1212-1154/pressrel10.asp
Snack: Pop-Tart and glass of milk per student
Supplies: leader should prepare index cards in advance with a black marker;
paper and pencil for scorekeeping; stopwatch or clock or watch with a second
hand
TUESDAY, NOV. 30
WRITING
Ideas: SCAMPER Brainstorming
Technique
Take something - anything - and see how you can brainstorm
it into something else. Substitute it for something else? Combine it with
something else for a whole new use? Following the acronym S.C.A.M.P.E.R., this
fun and useful brainstorming technique will help students come up with wild and
amazing new ideas!
http://www.writing.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame159-1038/pressrel6.asp
Snack: 2 hard-boiled eggs and ice water
Supplies: per student: rubber band, cardboard tube, paper clip, empty plastic
bottle, quarter, clothespin, fabric square
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1
MATH
Time & Money: Five Time
Puzzles
Here are five little pieces of "brain candy" to help a student's mind use math
to tell time.
http://math.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame106-1006/pressrel3.asp
Snack: hard candy and water
Supplies: scratch paper and pencil, calculator, coins
THURSDAY, DEC. 2
ENVIRONMENT
Nature Creatures
Nothing makes you love and appreciate the natural environment more than seeing
it up close and personal. You can combine this activity with (1) a nature walk
in a nearby park to collect these materials, and (2) a creative writing
exercise afterwards, in which the students write stories that "star" their
Nature Creatures.
http://math.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1209-1150/pressrel6.asp
Snack: strawberries, grapes, marshmallows or angel food cake chunks, wooden
skewers; mini chocolate chips or candy sprinkles, corn syrup, toothpick
Supplies: leaves, twigs, pine cones, walnut shells, seedpods, short pine needle
twigs, bark, rocks, pebbles, flower seedheads, hot-glue gun, tweezers,
scissors, googly eyes, sharp-pointed marker
FRIDAY, DEC. 3
DRAMA & SPEECH
Melodrama: Funny Food Fiction
Hero, heroine, villain . . . and they're all made from food. This silly and fun
activity will give kids a little storytelling experience, and produce (pun
intended) lots of laughs.
http://math.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1208-1149/pressrel2.asp
Snack: hero sandwich
Supplies: clean, empty food boxes and containers; paper towels; kitchen towels;
hero sandwich; cupcake or well-shaped pear; old, ugly, sprouted potato or
wilted celery; vegetable peeler; salad spinner; blender; tinfoil
Creative Enrichment and Snack Ideas
