Fun Fridays

I try to always start class with some sort of game or challenge. Those games may have nothing to do with our content for the day, but it gets their attention. I promise your students will enjoy this one.

Masterpieces on Our Heads

Materials:

• 1 marker (no light colors) for each student
• 1 cheap, white paper plate

Instructions:

1. Instruct your students to flip the plate over. Draw on the non-glossy side.
2. They must put the plates on their heads and cannot look at them until the exercise is over.
3. Give them these directions:
1. Draw grass on the ground.
2. Draw the sun with rays in the sky.
3. Draw two flowers in the grass that are not touching.
4. Draw two birds in the sky under the sun.
5. Draw a ball in between the flowers.
6. Draw one cloud in the sky next to the sun.
4. View their masterpieces and tally their points:
• Score 1 point if the sun is in the sky.
• Score 1 point if none of the sun's rays overlap.
• Score 1 point if your flowers do not touch.
• Score 1 point if your flowers are in the grass.
• Score 2 points if your birds are under the sun.
• Score 1 point if your ball is in between the flowers.
• Score 1 point if your cloud is not touching any grass or flowers.