I heard this idea from a teacher the other day and I thought I should pass it on.
Place students into two teams; each representing the current Super Bowl teams. In this case, for 2011, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. Instruct each team member to read over the weekend recording every twenty minutes of reading by coloring in a football. Each colored football is a touchdown!
You provide the reading class with a simple Super Bowl football card that has about 40 footballs on it that can be colored in by the student. Ask parents to sign the card and have students bring their cards back to the classroom on Monday. Add up the number of touchdowns (colored footballs) to determine which team wins.
Another great teaching tip is to ask students to write down a few lines about their favorite Super Bowl commercial. When students return to class ask them to read what they’ve written to everyone else. As an added element of fun, record a few of the commercials and play them back in class.
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