Elementary Teacher Sharing Tips and Tricks
Charms Class is all about learning spells. There were two main parts to my Charms Class: reading the spell book and “casting” a spell. To cast the spells, students have to do a little science experiment. Before all of that though, we watched this snippet from Harry Potter about Charms class. Spell Book I […]
This is tricky and I’m not sure if I would go about this the same way if I do another Harry Potter day in the classroom. Before Harry Potter Day: For DIY Harry Potter Wands, I bought wooden dowels from Walmart and used hot glue to make the dowels look like wands. As I am […]
The sorting hat was the biggest point of excitement for my students. I did this in the beginning of the day after wand making – in the movies, Harry goes to Diagon Alley and gets his wand before heading to Hogwarts, so it made sense to do the wands first. How do you sort students […]
As I was planning my end of the year themed days, my students put in a request for a Harry Potter Day. I’m not going to lie to you… my gut instinct was to say no. It was for the last week of school, I had to pack my room up because I am […]