I was fortunate enough to have a lot of freedom during student teaching and with that freedom I created "Monster Day." My students and I took an entire day and devoted it to monsters. Below are some of the activities we did.
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| The goal of monster day was for students to start using describing words. We created a predictable chart to begin that process. |
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| When Monster Day was over I created a bulletin board to remind students of what we learned. |
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| Students used the masks in the books to describe their emotions. |
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| I used a monster book to help students understand different emotions. |
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| We brainstormed different things we knew about monsters. |
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| Every student made a shirt for the day as well as an individualized monster locker tag. |
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| I made monster manipulatives for patterning, sorting and number sense. |
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| Students were encouraged to reread the books we had read throughout the unit on monsters. |
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| One of the centers was made so the students could create "emotional monster cookies." |
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| The students and I thoroughly enjoyed our fun and different day. |
