Lapbook pour la fête des mères
– But I don’t have a mom…
The rookie teacher hadn’t thought about the possibility that any of the students wouldn’t have a mother and was certainly not ready for an alternative activity for the oh-so-obvious Mother’s Day card.
The rookie teacher looked at the little boy and tried to hide the panic starting to take over her thoughts: “Now what do I do?”, “What if he starts crying?”
Then, the little boy turned to her and, in the sweetest voice ever, said:
– …no problem! I’ll just write a card for you! Can I write a card for you?
“Yes, yes you can!” And just like that, the rookie teacher was saved!
Yes, I should have been better prepared, but I was a new teacher then and I was already overwhelmed with all I had to do. But I learned my lesson.
If you can’t avoid celebrating Mother’s Day in your classroom, you have already been or will certainly be in the same situation as I was: having a student who doesn’t have a mom to celebrate.
My best tip is for your turn this holiday into an event celebrating an important woman in the students’ lives: their grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and even teachers.
When I create printables and other resources for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I try as much as possible to take this into account.
My new Lapbook pour la fête des mères (French Mother’s Day Lapbook) can also become a Grandmother’s Lapbook, Aunt’s Lapbook, and so on. Lapbooks are engaging and great gifts as well.
Check out the pictures below and find at the end of the post a SlideShare that you can use to get kids talking or writing about any important woman in their lives.
The foldable flaps, mini-books, and other pieces can be used in lapbooks, or in interactive notebooks.
What’s included?
– cover (or coloring page) with the message “J’aime maman!” I’ve also included the options: “J’aime mémé!”, “J’aime ma tante!”, and “J’aime ______”.
– “tout sur maman”: a text profile about the student’s mom to be filled out
– “tous les jours, maman…”: a mini-flip book to be assembled and completed by students. They write about their mothers’ routines.
– “Si ma mère était un fruit/une saison/un animal, elle serait…”: students complete this hypothetical sentence about their mothers.
– Secret Message – a word work activity. Students find out the missing letters in the list of words. The missing letters form a message: bonne fête.
– a pop-up card – students assemble their own pop-up cards. Picture instructions included.
Mother’s Day is a great opportunity to introduce, review, or practice adjectives for physical description and character traits.
Use this no-prep Slideshare to support the use of adjectives. Each slide presents a scrambled word for students to unscramble. Then, they need to write or tell you if their mothers (grandmothers, aunts, etc) are like that. There are eight scrambled words.
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Thank you for stopping by!
Lucy
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