Lesson Plans for Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Day 1

Make a back pack to keep vocabulary words in. Backpack http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/backtoschoolcrafts.html

Vocabulary Word of the Day

wail - A long, loud, high-pitched sound, scream, screech, whine

Day 2

Vocabulary Word of the Day - psychiatrist

psychiatrist - a physician who specializes with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders, shrink.

Page 17 - Dr. Pickle was a psychiatrist. . . . A psychiatrist is a doctor who doesn't cure people with sick bodies. He cures people with sick minds.

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Read Chapters 4 - 6

Answer Comprehension Questions Online.

Make a paperclip bookmark -  Paperclip Bookmarks http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10718

Day 3

Vocabulary Words of the Day - limousine & chauffeur

limousine - any of various large passenger vehicles, especially a luxurious automobile usually driven by a chauffeur and sometimes having a partition separating the passenger compartment from the driver's seat.

chauffeur - one employed to drive a private automobile.

Page 34 -

     Early in the morning a white limousine drove up to Wayside School.

     Just like always.

     The chauffeur got out of the car, then opened the passenger door.

Activity

In Chapter 7 Mr. Kidswatter decided that the students should no longer use the word door. Students were asked to call doors goozacks. Mr. Kidswatter thought this was a better word.

Play Fakeout - This is a great way to learn new words where students summit definitions for words. http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

Also try Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/ where you may invent new words.

Make an edible school bus. Bus - Zingers Wheels - Mini Oreos Lights - M & Ms Front Grill - Wafer Sugar Cookies

Other Ideas - School Bus Cakes

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_schoolbus/

http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/cake270.htm

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_bus/

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Day 4

Vocabulary Word of the Day - attentively

attentively - expressing friendly interest through close observation and thoughtful gestures, alertly, conscientiously

Day 6

Vocabulary Word of the Day - excessive

excessive - exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit, too much, unwarranted, extreme

Day 7

Vocabulary Word of the Day - disposition

disposition - the combination of qualities that identify a person,  temperament, character, personality, nature
 

disposition - Page 105  - She usually had a pleasant disposition.

Activity

In Chapter 19 Miss Zarves teaches her class about the following shapes:

• triangle

• square

• pentagon

• hexagon

• heptagon

• octagon

Draw each of these shapes.

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Day 8

Vocabulary Word of the Day - stashed

stashed - to hide or store away in a secret place

stashed - Page 121 - She had a suitcase stashed in the boathouse, just in case this ever happened.

Activity

Dentist

In Chapter 21 Jason took a trip to the dentist. You too can take a virtual trip to the dentist at this terrific site.
Crest Sparkle City http://www.crestkids.com/index_flash.html

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Day 9

Vocabulary Word of the Day - vandalize

vandalize - to destroy or deface (public or private property) willfully or maliciously, wreck, wreak, break, sabotage, deface, spoil

vandalize -  Page 139 - Miss Nogard sadly shook her head. "I am very disappointed in you," she said. "Not only did you vandalize the dictionary. But then you lied about it."

Activities

In Chapter 26 Jason invented an outlandish story about shoelaces. Choose a common object and create a ridiculous story. Share these with the class.

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Day 10

Vocabulary Word of the Day - pang

pang - a sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress, spasm, shooting pain, twinge

pang - Page 155 - For just a second she felt a pang of sadness.

Vocabulary Practice for Week 2

Activity

In Chapter 30 Mrs. Jewls tells the students about her doctor. What do each of the following doctors specialize in?

• obstetrician

• pediatrician

• podiatrist