Extra, Extra...
Idea by Karen Taylor / ga

 

Yesterday was our class presentation day. I never know if I'm going to have five minutes or 25 minutes on those days, so I have to be ready with something flexible. So I decided to teach extra verses. I drew and colored pictures of things with the word "extra" and put them
on the chalkboard. I drew:

*A slice of pizza with "extra cheese"
*A bottle of "extra strength" Tylenol (but only the TYL showed)
*A school paper with an A+ that said "Extra ___" (credit)
*A baseball diamond with a baseball pop-flying out (extra innings)
*A cheeseburger dripping with "extra ketchup"
*A pair of dark glasses next to a roll of movie film (extra in a movie)
*A road with a milepost (go the extra mile)
*A newspaper that said "extra, extra,___ __ ___ __" (read all about it)

You could also use a picture of Extra Gum. For each picture I chose a song with extra verses and wrote the words on a large school pad, propped on an easel. I had not taught verses 2 and 3 of An Angel Came to Joseph Smith because I wanted a small group of soloists for the program. I taught the second verse of I Want to Live the Gospel. I reviewed all the verses of I Know that My Redeemer Lives. I taught the second verse of Hum Your Favorite Hymn. We sang all four verses of "I am A Child of God" and I told them some of the funny mistakes I thought the words said in it when I was little. (For many years I wondered why I was singing about how great my knees were...interesting that the words following that phrase ask for help in understanding the words before it's too late. My son told me he thought it said that his knees were gray!)  So I had picked other songs just in case, but the class presentations were the right length and I didn't need them. I did let them finish guessing all of the riddle pictures before we sang the last song.