Teacher Idea Factory

Teacher Idea Factory

STANDARDS-BASED EASTER CRAFT

by

Looking to slip in a cute Easter craft and a few related activities that are still standard-friendly? If your answer is, yes, I have a handful of ideas just for you!  Not only do they engage kiddos, but they also target a handful of reading and writing standards.

 

 

ADJECTIVE BUNNIES

Students select an adjective word card and are given a basic bunny template. You can be as wild as you like with the adjectives.  It is the perfect time to introduce some descriptive language that may be new to your crew.  Think words like sassy, chipper, and mischievous.  Once your students have an adjective, it is their job to design a bunny around this adjective.  It’s always such fun to see what the kids come up with.  Some ideas will knock your socks off.  Case in point . . . check out the photo below.  “Trendy,” “rich,” and “fast” are spot on!
This craft can be easily followed up with fun story write about their specific bunny.  Not only are they practicing their narrative writing skills, but they also are having to figure out a plot that aligns well with their specific adjective bunny.

SPRING SENTENCES

Why stop at just the craft and a write?  Let’s come full circle with this idea and explore the power that adjectives have in sentences.  And . . . let’s do it with some fun flavor.  Spinning Spring Sentences works well in center rotations or as a writing block activity before Easter Break.  Students are given a spring/Easter related noun.  They use a spinner to generate a verb and an adjective. Students then use all three of these words in a detailed sentence.  See the picture below to get the idea.  This activity is part of my Adjective Bunnies packet.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE EGG HUNT

Hunting for eggs is always high on a kiddo’s list this time of year.  Leverage this like no other by creating a parts of speech egg hunt.  Write or print out a handful of Easter and/or spring themed nouns, verbs, and adjectives.  You may choose to print these words out on Easter egg clip art or you can up the ante and place the words inside cheap plastic eggs.  Hide the words in your room and send the kids on a hunt the room adventure with a special Easter twist.  It’s funny how changing the theme or incorporating new “hooks” (i.e. plastic eggs) makes a recycled activity (hunt the room) novel again.

Alright, so there you have it.  A handful of fun standards-based Easter activities that will delight your students and administrators (((wink . . . wink))).  All of the activities above can be incorporated with a little elbow grease on your part.  However, if you are looking to print and go, I have you covered.  My Adjective Bunny Packet contain all of the activities outlined above as well as a handful of other standards-based parts of speech practice activities.

 

Comments

  4. Angie says

    They are adorable! It's in my wishlist for now—gotta get through the next week or so before I can even THINK of bunnies-but this is just precious! (not only is it St. Patty's but also my soon to be SEVEN year old's birthday on Friday—and party saturday! and 2 weeks after easter is my soon to be 3 year year old's day—so I need all I can get right now!) 😉

    Angie
    Rulin' The Roost

    • teacherideafactory says

      Angie . . . how ya been??? Thanks so much for the kind words about my pack. Good luck with all of those b-days. Girl, you are going to be runnin' like crazy, but it will be a blast 🙂

Join the Newsletter

Latest on Facebook

View on Facebook