It was the Thursday before spring break. On Wednesday, a kiddo delivered a couple paper Easter eggs with a note. Later, I saw an email which said the same thing. The student leadership had come up with a school-wide game. My job: hide the Easter eggs in the classroom.
Okay, then.
They looked like this:
On the back were the instructions. The finder could take the egg to the ASB office and exchange it for candy.
I pondered where to hide them. It had to be someplace the students would be. I didn't want to make it impossible, but I didn't want to make it too easy. So, I hid this one behind that poster on the wall:
And I put the second one on the other side of the room, under the printer:
For context:
(If you'd like more context, if you look at the classroom pic at the top of this post, the heart egg is on the left side, just beyond the picture, and this printer is on the right.)
I had eleventh graders in third period, the period of the game. I wondered if they'd care.
When, in the morning announcements, they talked about the game, I interjected that the eggs were hidden in the classroom.
Nadine piped up. "I know where one of them is."
Me: "Go ahead and claim it."
She jumped up and retrieved it.
Then she looked around for the second one. I did not look in its direction. She did not see it. But Madden did. Again, I gave him permission to retrieve it.
He got up, retrieved it, and headed back to his seat. On his way, he gave Nadine the egg.
Me: "Uh... You found it. You can keep it."
Madden shrugged. He didn't really want it. But Nadine did.
Um, well, okay. I mean, he earned it. But, that meant that he could do with it as he pleased. And he chose to give it to Nadine.
There were also three golden eggs hidden, and the prize for those was a gift card to Raising Cane's. Nadine wondered where those were. I explained that they would be hidden for their lunch time, and it would be hidden outside.
The game finished, we got into our lesson for the day, which was a documentary on F. Scott Fitzgerald. They'd be reading The Great Gatsby once we returned from spring break. (Which will be as you read this. I saved my subbing stories for when we're back at school.)
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Jamie here:
ReplyDeleteOur group at Behavioral Health had an egg hunt on Monday at a nearby park. They were plastic eggs filled with gummy bears. I got 10 of them, out of 50 that were hidden. Another client got 13.
Nice haul.
DeleteI need to reread The Great Gatsby. I haven't read it since high school.
ReplyDeleteIt will hit you different now. I'm still not a fan, but I *get* it now. I didn't get it then.
DeleteI remember when we were kids and our parents hid two dozen Easter Eggs around the house. We found 23. And the 24th in August.
ReplyDeleteIn a related note, did you know eggs can grow beards?
Sounds like a fun time! Our granddaughter lost interest in our traditional morning Easter egg hunt this year (she's 12). The magical time is over.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been part of an egg hunt in ages. Sounds like fun. @samanthabwriter from
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I thought this was a really good way to do it. All students had a fair shot at finding the eggs.
DeleteSuch a cute moment! Love how Madden just handed the egg to Nadine—so chill about it. And the hiding spots were just tricky enough to make it fun. Perfect little pre-break vibe!
ReplyDeleteStudents must have had some fun with the Easter Egg game.
ReplyDeleteHopefully.
DeleteThat must have been fun for many - kind of like the people who hide rubber duckies on cruises and other people spend their time looking for them. I can't tell you how long it's been since I've been on a hunt, but this brought back memories of coloring Easter Eggs with my son. No I didn't hide them.
ReplyDeleteI've never had the opportunity to hide "eggs" before. It was an interesting challenge.
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