Then spell it on the blacktop and have them read it backward…” -Wendy M. “Loof Lirpa bird! We take the kids outside, have them hold up marshmallows, and call for the bird. I started in on the official script, but when they got to the part about opening the test booklet to page 3, I had tucked in a note “April Fools”. I told them we couldn’t give up a whole week again so they had to be finished that afternoon and Monday morning). They questioned why I was bringing them back and I told them their answer sheets had been destroyed during the grading process and we needed to do the whole battery of tests over. I borrowed standardized testing booklets from the office (we had taken them a couple of weeks prior). “My best was 20 years ago when I taught 5th grade. “I give my students an April Fool’s Day Word Search that has none of the words they are searching for.” The kids loved the switched-up roles, and it was a good challenge for the staff to step into someone else’s shoes for a bit!” -Jen K. The principal was the PE teacher, the 1st-grade teacher was now in 4th grade, etc. “Quite a few years ago, all the teachers and staff drew names and switched teaching roles for the entire morning. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, just silly. We act like they are joking when they protest. “My grade level partner and I lead our class into each other’s rooms every year. Students usually just stand there and stare at me like I’ve lost my mind. You and a teammate walk out and grab each other’s students and take them into your classroom and start teaching like it is any regular day. Then I spelled the words incorrectly and tried my hardest to stifle my laughter as the kids gave me the funniest puzzled and confused expressions!” -Ara B. “I gave my kids a spelling test a couple of years ago and told them to exchange papers for grading. “Fake spelling test with nonsense words! So funny!” -Meg K.
I made it to like word #6 before I completely lost it…and only because I had a kid start crying!” -Brittany N. “I gave my kids a ridiculously hard spelling test one year.
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