Get Out Of The Book And Back Into The Classroom

1. Get Out Of The Book And Back Into The Classroom Morton Ranch High School- Katy ISD Courtney Grant-courtneygrant@katyisd.org Christi Hurley- christihurley@katyisd.org Melissa Smith melissaksmith@katyisd.org

2. Sometimes Smart Kids Do Dumb Things!

3. Snickers and Hugs • Candy Break! • Kids want hugs and kisses and will do anything for candy.

4. Games • Minute to Win It • Common pastas are used in a game show fashion. How many noodles can you string on a spaghetti noodle. Toss shells into a small cup. Blow rice grains with a coffee creamer straw. • Team that wins the challenge then gets bonus questions to answer. Group that answers questions correctly gets to play game for bonus points. • Cookie Dough Relay • Divide into 2 teams and prepare cookie recipe. Each team member must stay in order and if they do not properly complete task then they are out and the task must be preformed by the next member of the team. Once teacher agrees that task was done properly then they may advance to next step of recipe. • Students love this one.

5. Bingo • Great way to teach terms. Hand out blank bingo card and have students write terms randomly on card. Caller only calls out definition. Review Ball • Find a large plastic children’s ball and write review questions on it. Have the students toss the ball around the room and whatever question the students thumb lands on they have to try to answer that question. • Buzzword Bingo- -bingo card handed out at start of unit with key terms written on it, as lecture and discussion progress students check off each square. Bingo any way and win a prize. Keeps students engaged.

6. Wrapping Paper Tube Game- (prep work collect 30 cardboard wrapping paper tubes and spray paint 10 yellow, 10 red, and 10 blue) Break the class into three groups, red, blue, and yellow. Pile all of the wrapping paper rolls in the center of the room and have each team take turns trying to get their colors tubes out with out disturbing the other teams tubes. If they get a tube out with out disturbing others tubes the team gets a point. If the move the other teams tubes they loose a point. Team with the most points at the end wins!

7. Eggriffic- Using plastic Easter Eggs teams must get their eggs into the basket. Basket is at front of room, and students and eggs at rear. Teacher asks an egg related question and the correct team gets their egg rolling toward basket. Students must move egg down the room without touching them, they can flap a folder, blow them with a straw, etc. If a team misses the question they are not allowed to move egg until they get it right. Question back and forth until all the eggs are gone. Team with most eggs in basket wins. Touch the egg and they are Dqed. The Price is Right- Come on Down! Food Fear Factor- Foods to use include: Goats milk, tofu, sardines, powdered milk, smoked canned oysters, sushi, pickled pigs feet, wasabi peas, bugs.

8. What is that? • Place seasonings and food in small disposable containers and have students ID what each item is. Give students a chart to record taste, smell, color, texture, etc. -Have students decide where the seasoning would be best suited for. • What Am I? • Quick game where you give clues to the answers you want. • What am I? I am found in pasta, and I'm the main source of energy for the body.- (Carbohydrates) • Trash Can Shooting • Newspapers from the recycling bin get a second chance. • Ask review question and correct answer gets to wad up paper and take a shot, team with the most points win.

9. Foldable Information Organizers • Shirt Off My Back - Great for personality and family activities • Window Box- • Create a room using principles /elements of design. • Work triangle in kitchen • 4 Door Foldable- measurements with pictures. • Vocabulary- this is great and makes it’s own study tool. • Interactive Journal- great way to keep everything together.

10. Recycling Teacher Style • Barbie's new life! • Project Runway for Barbie. Students are able to design and create new looks for the “old” girl. • Put out an all call for Barbie and Ken. Garage sales and friends are great sources for this resource. • Dye for it! • Grungy aprons and T shirts can all become new again when Fashion Design or Interior design learn about color. Tye Dye is great!

11. Empty Food Containers • Food labels can be used when learning about label reading and deciphering nutrient information. • Food Sort- Play games by sorting by nutrient or food groups. • Make students plan a meal by using the grocery items given.

12. Resources • Boxes • Magazine- students order own on internet and use them the entire semester. • Scrapbook supplies • Material • Paint Samples

13. Fun Ideas • Apple Person • T-Shirts –Memory Quilt • Paper Ball Gowns • Graham Cracker House • Ceiling Tile Bulletin Board • Frame It- great way to teach elements and principles.

14. Gallon Man- Yes like 2nd grade. • Nutrient Gal- • Silhouette Person- one student lays on ground and is traced. Nutrients are labeled as to body function, add digestive system, keep hung on wall and add to as you go. • Loop chains to show students nutrients. • Nutrient Collage- • Texture Collage • Chili Cook Off- brings in other staff for judges. Students want to win the title of best bowl. Good teamwork activity. • Hydroponic Leaches-students need to make ad campaign to sell them. www.animoto.com • Iron Chef activities

15. 3D Design Box – Excellent for evaluating students in a wide variety of TEKS objectives • Ceiling Tile Bulletin Board- Used when discussing wall treatments and accessories

16. Children’s Book • Teach manners • Eating Healthy • Units in Child Development • Correlating children’s activities • IFL topics- “How to get along with your friends”, Understanding My Family”

17. Computers in the classroom • Internet Research • Fast food comparisons • Culture • Careers • Trends in Interior Design • Parenting Blogs • Recipes • Nutrients • Diet related diseases • My plate • Food technology • Publisher- create letters, PowerPoint, posters and brochures over any given topic. • Articles- read current articles on classroom topics because the book is old. • Smartboard- wish we could help, only special people have those.

18. Ideas for Class Enrichment • Interview an adult who has made a major life-style change. (for example: lost weight, quit smoking, began an exercise program, changed diet) • Restaurant review (not fast food) • Visit a fast food restaurant and get their nutritional chart, analyze the meal you purchased. Be a consumer advocate. • Write a letter to a company about a product. This can be a positive or negative letter. Bring your results to class. • Contact a food company and ask them what types of jobs and skills are needed to work for them. • Review an article related to nutrition/food. • Interview a person who works in the Food service industry (could be our own cafeteria) • Create a poster with a nutritional theme.

19. Fabulous FCCLA

20. FCCLA • Facebook page to let members know what is going on. • Group E-mail list and texting to phone so students have current info. • Careful that texts not from teacher phone, and Facebook page must be monitored daily to remove any unwanted comments. • Wikki Pages • Teacher Web sites

21. MRHS FCCLA- 155 Strong • Read to Elementary Students • Book Drive for Hospital • Wheel Chair blankets • Fundraised for Breast Cancer • 2 Teacher luncheons • Worked Fall Festivals for local schools. • Pink Ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness • March of Dimes • Breakfast for the Principles