1-2-3 Come Make a SPLASH With Me! “Making a Splash!” is a super-fun writing prompt that your students will really enjoy. The craftivity is very versatile, as you can use it for the end of the year, or for back to school. It's a fun icebreaker & interesting way to get to know your students too. Simply choose the appropriate writing prompt “cover” for the flip-up booklet: * “Diving Into Summer and Looking Forward to…” * “Diving Into a New School Year and Looking Forward to…” Or Use the “Diving Into ____________ and Looking Forward to…” option, so that students can fill in their new grade, or something else that they are looking forward to. (Diving into sports & looking forward to playing soccer & baseball.) As you can see by the photo on your right, the writing prompt is the "title" on the "cover" of a mini booklet that flips up to reveal what students have written. The writing prompts are also easily diversified for various ability levels & grades; as you can keep things simple for younger students, who can write one or two sentences, or a list; while having preschool children dictate a few one-word answers. Older students will be expected to write one or two pages of more in-depth explanations. There’s a blank page pattern for this. There’s also several “brainstorming” worksheets for the various prompts, which can be used for prewriting. As with all of my products, I’ve included completed samples to give you some ideas, as well as enable you to quickly & easily zip off an example to share with your students. Adding a sprinkle of glitter and a school photo, along with a few 3D options, gives extra pizzazz to the project. Completed projects make a terrific bulletin board, or wall display in the hall. Because students trace & trim their own foot, each project looks a bit different. I’ve included several "Big Splash!" posters you can use for that as well. For additional writing options, there’s also an “I’m Ready to Make a Big Splash!” writing prompt cover, which works for both summer & back to school, allowing you a chance to touch on idioms if you want. To help you grab that extra teachable moment, I’ve included some background information, samples & links about idioms, as well as a definition poster. Introducing this terminology is not just for “big kids”, as my 1st graders easily understood the concept & excitedly shared all sorts of examples! Since the end of the year is fast-approaching for many of us, you may be thinking about an end-of-the year slideshow, or perhaps you're getting ready for preschool or kindergarten graduation. If so, you'll find today's featured FREEBIE especially helpful. It's an alphabetical list of 150, (teacher tested) songs suitable for your end of the year programs. I hope you find it a helpful stress-buster, and one less thing you have to look for. Well that's it for today. I marathon-shopped for flowers and plants all day yesterday, so I'm super-excited to play in the mud this afternoon. Wishing you a sunshine & love-filled day. "A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfull good intentions. They thrive because someone expended loving effort on them." -Unknown