Inspired Creative Writing!

The past several weeks my classroom has been invaded by ALIENS!!  No need to call Men in Black!  These aliens inspired a great deal of creativity and writing!  When writing creatively, I have my students use invented spelling.  They say the word s-l-o-w-l-y and write down the sounds they hear.  This is a great technique for teaching phonics in a relevant and authentic manner.

 

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Alien Visit!

I invited an Official Classroom Alien to Visit!!  WHAT!?!?!!  See pictures below for ideas!  That’s right!  Convince your student’s that an alien wants to come to school to learn!  He could be your class mascot for the entire year!  Be sure to share the alien introductory letter (see below) with your class!  The writing, stories, imagination, discussions, and conversations this alien will inspire is amazing and well worth it!   

Alien Invasion!

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To kick off my Alien Thematic Unit I collected as many alien toys as I could to bring into my classroom.  Many of these pictured came from thrift stores.  My class even collected quarters, bid, and bought a class alien from Ebay!  (We bought a ROBOT for our classroom last month the same way!!)  What fantastic math lessons can come from that!!  The class was given time for free play to explore these aliens.  They also collected and changed out the batteries for these aliens.  Parents donated some of the aliens and batteries, too!

 

Robots Among Us!!

As a Show and Tell/Sharing activity, my students made their own Robot

Costumes to bring to school.  These were used for our dramatic play area.

Several children also brought in robotic voice changing machines to use along with their costumes.  The increase in vocabulary, and use of robotic terms from reading our word cards the students used during this creative drama time is just amazing!

 

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