Workshop Wednesday: Reading Tricks and Treats

When my BBB Jivey said this week's topic was Reading Tricks and Treats, I knew I had the perfect idea to blog about!

  Lunch Bag Reading!
After reading a mentor text (I Need My Monster) this week, my students responded to their reading on these lunch bags!

I just fed the lunch bags right into my printer-voila!  A fun, new way to respond to reading!

Funny thing....none of my students even asked why we were writing on lunch bags! (I'm not sure if that's good or bad!) One of my students last year said it best, "Expect the unexpected in Mrs. Miller's Class!" Great motto!

After reading all of their responses, I filled those bags with some delicious popcorn!

They loved it! And, one student responded, "That's why we wrote on bags, you're so clever Mrs. Miller!" :O) (Extra credit for him!)

 

 Sample student responses:

Responses can be thoughtful even on a lunch bag! LOL! 

Of course, it had to be a working snack! 

So, I "TRICK"ed them with their assignment, and then surprised them with a "TREAT"! Yay!

Printing tips: Manually feed one bag at a time. Small piece of tape at the opening and on the bottom fold will help prevent paper jams.

Hope you can use this idea in your classroom!  

Be sure to check out all the other ideas at Ideas by Jivey!