8.31.2012

Strategy Sandwiches

Today I'm excited about sandwiches! Not real sandwiches, although I do love a good chicken salad. Nope, I'm excited about the strategy sandwiches I found {here} so I decided to try a Calm Down sandwich for lunch.

photo of a strategy sandwich

Since I de-cluttered my office by putting a lot of stuff in my new suite, I now have room for a small bistro table. One student, who comes at lunch to practice her calm-down strategies, and I made this sandwich while she ate. The ingredients - some meat and cheese, two tomato slices and a piece of lettuce - represent the things that we've talked about trying when the worries start to overwhelm. We put it in a zipper sandwich bag and she tucked it in her lunch kit.


This activity leaves SO much room for variation. How about a respect sandwich? I see math integration, too, by having the students cut and identify their shapes. (The lettuce could easily be an oval or a triangle!) 
Here are some titles that lend themselves to a sandwich enrichment activity:


In this tasty tale, Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman, what will Carla do when she gets teased for her odd sandwich creations?


In The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania with Kelly DiPucchio, will their difference separate these fast friends?

  
In The Peanut-Free Café by Gloria Koster, kids in the Nutley school cafeteria learn a little bit about the challenges of coping with a peanut allergy.

What strategies could you sandwich together?

5 comments:

  1. I love this idea about a calming sandwich! We have so many kids who worry today. This would be a fine individual or group activity, thanks!

    I also have a neat little thing that the kids love too---it is a jar of colored rice and inside it I have put little words on labels like: relax, breathe, count and the kiddos have to locate all the words by shaking the jar.

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  2. I'm thinking of making a Feelings Sandwich. Much like a sandwich has a lot of stuff in it we sometimes have a lot of different feelings stuffed into our bodies all the same time.

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  3. I'm going to have to look for The Peanut Free Cafe. I have a child in my room this year who's severely allergic to peanuts ... even just the scent of it!
    ❀Barbara❀
    Grade ONEderful
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  4. Barbara, what a fantastic idea!! This would be a wonderful group activity. So many possibilities for this too! Thanks so. Much for sharing!!

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