Mystery Hat: Giveaway!

My latest LOVE from Learning Resources is a product called the Mystery Hat!  I, personally, think you would be hard-pressed to find a more versatile learning tool for $17.99!  There are SO many ways to adapt this for your class at so many grade levels, and maybe that's why I am so obsessed with it.  Plus, it certainly makes review a lot less lackluster!  Before I launch into all of the fun ways you can spice up your lessons with this fab hat, take a little peek at our Benchmark review session!

Here's the Mystery Hat in all of her glory.  The red flaps on the inside are a teacher's dream, because they prevent peeking.  The kids aren't able to eyeball the card like they would have to with a real hat (or a beach pail if you're ME).  You can see my pretty pink pail that I used for a vocabulary activity last year... and you can see how visible the magnetic letters are.  The Mystery Hat will  make a great substitute the next time I engage in a little Miss Alaineus: Word Play.  :)

Now, this is totally not high tech, and it's not the most original idea by far, but for a super easy review session, this really worked in a pinch!  {I am knee-deep in two grad school classes, so I am a big fan of EASY and QUICK right now!}  I pulled out my fun neon index cards, wrote comprehension related review questions on them, and then I folded them in half.  Viola!  Ready to review!

 

You honestly would have thought that I brought in inflatables and Justin Bieber.  The kiddos were beyond excited!  Of course, it certainly helped that we incorporated Sarah Cooley's "Cheerios"!  This may have been the most exciting review session... ever.  {We also spent some time playing "Are You Smarter Than a Third Grader" with our answer buzzers earlier in the week. This is also a very popular review activity in Room 13.  Okay, so maybe it's a tie.  They are both really fun to review with!}

As I said, there are LOTS of fun activities that you can do with the Mystery Hat!  You could use it for sensory explorations, fun money practice, to choose partnerships, for grouping, working on alphabet or sight word activities, vocabulary, probability, revealing new topics with fun tangible objects, teaching predictions, and practicing just about anything else you can dream up!

Here's what you need to do to win a Mystery Hat for your classroom...

Leave a comment telling me how you would use the Mystery Hat!  :)  I'd love to hear!
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(The winner will be randomly drawn next Sunday, February 18th at 9 pm EST}

The lucky winner will also receive a copy of my Mastery Hat: Language Arts Review resources.  It includes blank templates in black and white, POOF! {A third grade sight word game}, synonym cards, and antonym cards to make review and rote memorization magically engaging! If you're interested, you can check out a copy HERE!  It's the perfect {free}  complement to the Mystery Hat!