Elvira Woodruff - Tips For Teachers - A Dragon In My Back Pack
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Activities for A Dragon In My Back Pack

1. Have your picture taken by your teacher in the class's King or Queen cutout. Then write a poem about what it feels like to be King or Queen for a day!
   
   
2. Make a King or Queen crown.
   
   
3. Draw a picture of your favorite thing to do at school. The teacher can compile these pages into a class book to read to Bumps.
   
   
4. Discuss what you are/were afraid of when you started school, and how you overcame it.
   
   
5. Introduce the word "phobia". Create and illustrate your own phobia.
   
   
6. Write a story about your pet dragon. Draw a picture to go along with it.