This post originally appeared on the blog Joy in the Journey.
Good-bye teachers!
Sad similar night no one!
While that may read like a bunch of gibberish – it isn’t! I’m practicing for National Opposite Day! 🙂
You see, that’s how I greet my kiddos every year on Opposite Day – which happens every year on January 25th.
So what I’m really saying to them is:
Hello students!
Happy Opposite Day everyone!
Get it? 🙂
As a 5th grade teacher, one of my goals was to engage my students to such a degree that they wanted to come to school each day. One way of maximizing student engagement without compromising learning time was creating packets that capitalized on their interests and let them have FUN while developing and practicing important skills.
Here is one of those packets:
National Opposite Day (yes, it is a real thing) is coming up! This year it’s Wednesday, January 25th. Carve out some extra time to have {structured} fun with your students. It will be a day they won’t soon forget!
This *FREE* packet includes a poster to hang on your door as well as some ideas for celebrating Opposite Day in the classroom/home.
It also includes 5 activity pages that will stretch their imaginations while reviewing important skills.
1.”My Opposite Age” asks students to imagine that the numbers in their age have been switched! They must write a journal entry about what their life is now like – and include a picture!. (For example if they are 06 years old, they pretend that they’re 60! If they’re 12 years old, they pretend they’re now 21.) Note: If they’re 11 years old, they can choose to be 1 or 110 🙂
2. “Antonyms are Amazing” gives students practical experience with opposites – antonyms!
3. “An Opposite Adventure” tells a strange story – the students must read it and switch out the underlined words for their opposites – and re-write the story so it makes sense.
4. “A Day of Opposites” is a creative writing prompt that asks students to write about a day they have in which EVERYTHING is OPPOSITE.
And finally, 5. “Opposite Learning” gives kiddos some practice with basic skills – but with an OPPOSITE twist 🙂
This was good practice, even for my 5th graders – they were a little rusty on their alphabet and basic math facts. It’s good to brush up every now and again 🙂
You can download this packet for FREE here:
If you download this packet and use it in your classroom, please come back and leave feedback! It helps me to hone my craft and provides helpful information to other shoppers 🙂
Looking for other activities to use in the classroom in the coming weeks? Check out these student-tested and teacher-approved products to simplify your lesson planning!
Sad similar night no one! 🙂
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Jessica Lawler is a passionate educator and creator of teacher resources. As a fifth-grade-teacher-turned-
