Fortune Tellers

Fortune tellers, cootie catchers, whatever you call them.  They are easy to fold, fun to play, and endlessly adaptable to teaching.  When I taught ESL, I used them for working on future tense.  Writing and reading "You are going to win four dollars," or "You are going to have seventeen children," was a fun way for kids to practice that skill.

I recently saw this pin about using them in a library.  SO MUCH FUN.  I had to whip up a couple for my classroom.  The next time a kid doesn't know what to read, they are going to let fate guide them.

Here they are in all their glory.  I made them on a picnic table at the playground while my kid was riding his bike at the skate park.  #winwin

In case you can't read them, the revealed options are:

• a book with a yellow cover
• a book by an author who has the same last initial as you
• a book your classmate recommends
• a book off the bottom shelf
• a book by an author you've liked before (see how I don't even tell them whether they have to choose a new book or can make it a re-read?)
• a book with a blue cover
• a book with an animal on the front
• a book from the 921 section (biography)
• a book with pictures inside
• a book with no picture on the cover
• a book with 2 or more authors/editors
• a book from the 800s section
• a book set in another country
• a book with two people on the cover
• a book with an Oregon connection
• the first book in a series

I bet you all want one now.  Maybe I should open an Etsy shop.  Kidding.