You're almost there! The end of the year is so very close! (or if you're out in May - congratulations you've officially made it to summer!)
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Wonka Week is my favorite go-to end of the school year activity, but it works equally well the week before Spring Break or any other time you're anticipating squirrely children and need something a little different to calm the masses.
If you have extremely excited kiddos and need a little something new, try out Wonka Week using Golden Tickets for Classroom Management!
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Print:the Wonka Tickets on yellow/gold paper.
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Students who get a Golden Wonka Ticket in their small candy bar get one of the exciting giant prizes!
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If you have extremely excited kiddos and need a little something new, try out Wonka Week using Golden Tickets for Classroom Management!
Here’s what you need todo:
Buy: a bag or two of small wrapped candy bars (not the vacuum sealed kind – the wrapped in foil-lined paper kind), and 10-15 candy bars or other "big" prizes. I get my candy bars here on Amazonand buy the large prizes at a Dollar Store.
Put:Wonka tickets inside the special small candy bars (as many special candy bars as you have“big” prizes). You will have to fold them up and reseal the small candy bars with a glue stick.
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Cut:the rest of the Wonka Tickets out and put them in a secure baggie hidden from view.
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Get:a beautiful clear bowl or vase to house all of the little candy bars. (Isn't mine pretty?! I pretty much LOVE this Teacher Appreciation Day Gift! Perfect for WONKA Week!)
Display: the clear bowl full of small candy bars and the “big” prizes somewhere up high in your classroom - keep them visible but not reachable! For maximum effect, put these out a few at a time the week before Wonka Week. The anticipation will be palpable!
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During the week give out Wonka Tickets instead of your normal classroom incentive to awesomely behaved students. At the end of the day you can let all students who received a Wonka Ticket trade it in for a pick in the candy bar bowl or do a random drawing of Wonka tickets, letting only students who are drawn choose from the chocolate. (I moved to the latter option after spending WAY too much money on chocolate!)
Secret Teacher Trick: to make sure the Wonka fun lasts as long as you want it to, only put one or two special “Golden Ticket” bars in the bowl at a time. That way you can draw it out for as long as it is effective.
If you are interested in trying out Wonka Week in your classroom, you can find a free copy of the Golden Tickets I use here.
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I use Wonka Tickets as our shiny new classroom incentives and integrate Wonka themed activities with other subjects too.
*WRITING - Students love creating their own new candy along with advertisements
*MATH - Make WONKA bars to practice place value and number sense (see my blog post about this here)
*ART/MATH - Design a new floor for Wonka's Factory to practice mathematical problem solving skills (a differentiated version of this activity can be found here in my TpT store)
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*SCIENCE - Candy-based science experiments are tons of fun! The one pictured below answers the question - What will happen to a Gobstopper when submerged in water over time? (I pretty much had extra cups, Gobstoppers, a sink, and some time to kill - but even with this not so exciting experiment - the kids were INTO IT! Anything that involves candy works wonders.
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You can also check out my WONKA Pinterest Board with ideas for Wonka themed learning activities, costumes, and fun stuff based on a candy/Wonka theme.
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I hope you can use this idea. My kids always love it and it's a fun way to end the year,
*WRITING - Students love creating their own new candy along with advertisements
*MATH - Make WONKA bars to practice place value and number sense (see my blog post about this here)
*ART/MATH - Design a new floor for Wonka's Factory to practice mathematical problem solving skills (a differentiated version of this activity can be found here in my TpT store)
I hope you can use this idea. My kids always love it and it's a fun way to end the year,
