I got them good....twice! We started April Fools with a long list of steps to work on silently. The students were very diligent and worked hard at the tasks listed on their paper; however, direction one said to read through all the directions before beginning. One of the last directions said it was an April Fools joke and they didn't have to do most of the jobs on the paper. It pays to read all the directions!
Right after they realized they had been tricked, I moved to the next prank....with a hunt to see the elusive Lirpaloof Bird. The students learned some important characteristics like you can only see the bird at the beginning of April, Lirpaloofs like carrots, and, don't forget, you can not yell at the Lirpaloof. You must sing to it. The students read all about it in an article. The students studied hard so that we would be successful on our sight seeing tour.
Unfortunately, there were no lirpaloofs out when we were searching. So, the students returned to the classroom and we decided to do some word work with April Fools. We worked to find as many words as we could in the word Lirpaloof. That is when it dawned on them....April fool backwards....Lirpaloof! Gotcha!
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