Pajama Day
Pajama Day
Grade Levels: 3rd and 4th
Subjects: Language Arts, Art, Library, and Technology
Learner Outcomes: The students will participate in an all day READ-IN. On this day we will be involved in a variety of enjoyable reading activities. The students will be reading silently and orally, writing in journals or diaries, listening to bedtime stories and poems, watching videos on popular books, viewing educational TV Language Arts Programs, reading from children's magazines and comics and listening to surprise guest readers. The students will be able to develop a positive school atmosphere, which encourages them to behave in a safe, courteous, and responsible manner.
Time Frame: 1 day
Materials: books listed below, mask worksheet, crayons, scissors, yarn, snack (popcorn and root beer), white copying paper, direction sheets for making an airplane, pencils, and writing paper
Technology Tools/Courseware: Computer with Windows 95/98, printer, word processor software, animated books software, Internet, projection device, cassette/CD player, TV, VCR, Digital/35mm Camera
Teacher Notes:
In order
to create an atmosphere of relaxed reading, have the students bring in
pajamas or a sweatsuit to school to wear this day. They will also need
a pillow and a blanket or sleeping bag.
A letter needs
to go home to parents with the following information: a brief description
about the day (taken from the Learner Outcomes above), the date of the
Pajama Day, what grades or teachers will participate, bring in their favorite
stuffed animal, and what clothes to wear.
The teacher
should dress in pajamas or something appropriate for the day.
If you cannot
find the books listed below, substitute any books in their place.
Capture the
day's activities using a digital or 35mm camera and post on a bulletin
board.
2. On Pajama Day move all desks and tables to the side of the room or out in the hall. The students will be sitting or lying on the floor on their blankets or sleeping bags.
3. If the following times do not match your school's schedule, then adjust accordingly.
8:45-9:00 -
Oral Literature tapes. Turn out the lights and let students listen.
9:00-9:15
- Read orally "Where the Wild Things " by Maurice Sendak. Let the students
create a "Wild Thing" mask. Materials: Worksheet
with the outline of a mask, crayons, scissors, and yarn
9:15-9:30
- Bedtime stories and poems
9:30-9:45
- Comics/Jokes/Riddle Books (read orally/let the students share their ideas)
9:45 - 10:15
- Ask the local librarian from the public library, parents, or community
member to come in and read orally to your class.
10:15 - 10:45
- Read orally "Who is Root Beer?" by Norma Q. Hare and "The Popcorn Book"
by Tomie de Paola. Have a root beer and popcorn snack. Another suggestion
is "Mr. Picklepaw's Popcorn" by Ruth Adams.
10:45 - 11:15
- Make paper airplanes. Use "The Complete Paper Airplane Book" or any airplane
book or worksheet. Materials: direction sheets, white copying paper.
11:15 - 11:45
- Lunch
11:45 - 12:15
- Recess
12:15 - 12:45
- Silent Reading book of your choice
12:45 - 1:15
- Read orally, "There's a Nightmare In My Closet" by Mercer Mayer. Have
the students write a story about their own nightmares in their closets.
Materials: writing paper, pencils, crayons or take the students to the
computer lab and have them use a word processor to complete this assignment.
1:15 - 2:15
- Children's Matinee' - watch a favorite video or change rooms and have
all the teachers read a different book. (See additional resources below)
2:15 - clean
up room for dismissal
Include all
the students in your room. Ask for special permission to be excused from
Special Education Rooms.
Ask the specialist
for that day to work with this theme.
Enrichment Activities:
Using the digital
camera have the students insert the pictures into word and print
http://www.storycraft.com/
- The Kid's Storytelling Club
Multimedia
Software - Interactive Animated Stories called Living Books by Broderbund,
and Stickybear Reading Series by Optimum Resource
Surf
the Internet to experience a Pajama Day for each month of the year.
IGO's and Other Standards:
LA3.2, LA3.3, LA3.5, LA3.8, LA3.15, LA3.16, LA3.17, LA3.44,
LA3.57, LA3.64, LA3.74, LA4.2, LA4.3, LA4.5, LA4.8, LA4.44, LA4.69
CT3.83, CT3.85, CT3.91, CT4.93, CT4.94, CT4.95, 4.98,
CT4.101
WV Instructional Goals and Objectives:
http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/
References:
a) Resources cited:
The Complete
Paper Airplane Book
Sideways
Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Where the
Wild Things by Maurice Sendak
Who is
Root Beer? by Norma Q. Hare
The Popcorn
Book by Tomie de Paola
Mr. Picklepaw's
Popcorn by Ruth Adams
There's
a Nightmare In My Closet by Mercer Mayer
Multimedia
software called Living Books and Stickybear's Reading Series Popular children's
Literature that comes in videos - Babysitters Club, Ramona, Little House
on the Prairie, Jungle Book, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Charlotte's Web, etc.
Oral Literature
tapes - West Virginia Collection of Oral Literature, Troll Book Club, County
Reading Series, and Scholastic.
Visit NRC
in NASA - located in Fairmont, WV - to receive airplane models
Other books
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (students can eat gummy
worms)d) Internet links:
Created by: kgreen@access.k12.wv.us Anna Jarvis Elementary School
Date Created: February 15, 1999
Date Modified:
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