Happy Holid-AI-s
December AI-th
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We've come up with some fun holiday-themed ideas for you to get started with. For each idea, we've included a fill-in-the-blank prompt that you can copy and paste into ChatGPT, along with samples so you can see what ChatGPT might generate.
Personalized Holiday Cards
Create fun, personalized holiday poems to send home with your students using ChatGPT!
Prompt:
I am a (insert grade level) teacher and I'd like your help writing personalized poems to go in holiday cards for my students. I have their names in a list along with a unique thing about each of them that I'd like the poem structured around. I'd like the poems to be fun and lighthearted, with vocabulary that a (grade level) grader can easily understand. Please make sure all content is appropriate for their grade level, that each poem is six lines long, and specific to the holiday season. Here is the information:
No Problem Word Problems
Raise engagement by changing your real world problems to be holiday or winter themed.
Prompt:
Can you please help me create five winter and holiday themed problems for my (grade level and subject) students. We are currently learning to (copy and paste the exact verbage from your TEKS). Please provide the solutions to each problem.
Below are examples from using this prompt in ChatGPT.
Math: Gift Wrapping
Samantha is wrapping holiday gifts. She uses 2 feet of wrapping paper for the length and 1.5 feet for the width for each gift box. If the total area of wrapping paper used for one gift is 9 square feet, what are the length and width of the gift box? Write and solve an equation.
Reading: Grammar Errors
It's a snowy day, and your friend wrote a sentence about building a snowman. Unfortunately, there are some mistakes. Help your friend fix the sentence by identifying and correcting the grammar errors.
Original Sentence: "Me and my sister is making a big snowman in the backyard."
Science: Snowball Energy Transfer
Tom is playing in the snow and decides to make a snowball. He notices that as he rolls the snowball, it gets bigger. Explain what form of energy is being transferred to the snowball, and why.
Social Studies: The Candy Cane Market
During the holiday season, there is a high demand for candy canes. If a local candy shop increases the price of candy canes because of this high demand, what economic principle is being applied, and how might it affect the candy cane market?
Festive Attendance Questions
Asking quirky attendance questions not only adds a dash of fun to the classroom routine but also helps students feel more connected, turning a mundane task into memorable moments. The only issue with attendance questions? It can be hard to think of a new one every day. Luckily, ChatGPT can help! Check out the fun attendance questions it helped us with:
"The Polar Express" or "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?
"Jingle Bells" or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
Ugly Christmas sweater or festive pajamas?
Gingerbread cookies or candy canes?
Turkey or ham?
Favorite winter activity?
What's your favorite holiday treat?
Favorite holiday song?
What's one gift you asked Santa for this year?
Favorite winter sport?
Prompt:
I'm a (insert grade level) teacher. Could you please help me think of some festive attendance questions appropriate for their grade level and fun for the holiday season? Each question should be able to be answered with one or two words.
Holiday-Themed Dad Jokes
Who doesn't love a good dad joke? Ask ChatGPT to help you write some for your daily slides!
What do you call a snowman with a six-pack? An abdominal snowman!
Why did the Christmas tree go to the barber? Because it needed a trim!
What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Frosted snowflakes!
Why did the gingerbread man go to school? Because he wanted to be a smart cookie!
What do you get if you cross a snowman and a vampire? Frostbite!
Why was the snowman looking through the carrots? He was picking his nose!
Prompt:
I'm a (insert grade level) teacher. Could you help me write some holiday-themed dad jokes that are appropriate for their grade level?