A big congrats to a loyal follower and a truly gifted and talented teacher, Carmen!
Her idea is awesome and I think I'll have to try it this year with my second graders. No matter how the cookie crumbles :) I think they'll have a ball doing it! Check out how she is incorporating the elections into her classroom:
misscarmencita9cOctober 15, 2012 5:03 PM
I love doing a Cookie Election with third graders! Each group picks one store bought cookie and then creates a campaign for it. They make posters, buttons, speeches, etc. On NOvember 6 parents, teachers, and some classrooms come in and vote for the BEST COOKIE. My kiddos then tabulate the ballots and graph them by grade level, parents, teachers, ....we look at which cookie won in each area, we do recess polls, and on and on. One of my favorite ways to teach the election process! :)
Thanks to all who shared how they're incorporating the elections into their classrooms this year. I hope you found some new and exciting ideas!
If you're still looking for more ways to add some election day fun into your classroom, try having your students role play running for class President and complete the sheet below. Just click on it to download it from Google Docs.
