These decade days rock! 80's day was radical! Righteous even! Music was rocking all day. Of course, if you know me at all, it wasn't just a dress up day....we used the theme to experience rigorous academics in a tubular way!
With so much neon, I got out the black lights. We started the day with a multiplication word/equation find. Highlighter really pops in the black light. The students bopped all morning, working on academics with 80's music.
We also used the highlighters to analyze words. The students had cards with interesting vocabulary words and context clues. Students had to figure out what the vocabulary words meant using (and highlighting) the evidence. After highlighting so many context clues, we played vocabulary GLOW Connect Four. The students worked so incredibly hard to analyze words and provide contextual evidence.
For math, we warmed up with the best number of the 80s. Students had to think of as many equations as they could for 867-5309. They could use addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Next, we played multiplication Jenga. Students had to take a block like in regular Jenga; however, the blocks were color coded and every color represented a multiplication problem to solve. We are looking for as many different ways possible to practice our multiplication facts.
Happy 80th day of school! I'm one lucky teacher to spend these milestones with a terrific bunch of students.
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