Friday was Valentines Day. All the kids were excited about the parties and goodies that were scheduled for the afternoon. So they were predictably talkative and wiggly. Not my favorite teaching environment. What to do?
Thursday at the reading meeting my teacher daughter gave me a candy bouquet one of her students gave her. I decided to let my students choose a candy to eat as they worked on writing. Side note-that made for a quiet room.
There were also leftover cookies at the reading meeting. I took them but wasn't sure which group would get cookies. As the day went on I decided that the kindergartners were the best choice. They have lunch right before I get them, so it wouldn't spoil their appetites and it was before party time.
I had the kindergartners sit on the carpet and offered them cookies. I was going to read The Doorbell Rang but couldn't find it. So I read The Gingerbread Boy. It's about a cookie and gets eaten at the end. Winning plan. They loved the cookies and got the main point of the story-cookies are made to be eaten!
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