Any April Fools' Day Prank Suggestions(I'm a teacher)

In My Humble Opinion
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I’m trying to think of an April Fools’ day prank I can pull on my kids. I teach 7th Grade Language Arts and the kids rotate throughout the day. I teach five 55 minute periods, so I’m trying to think of things I can do throughout the day.

Anyone remember any pranks their teachers pulled on them?

:slight_smile:

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How about a 20-page essay? Typed. Single spaced. In 8-point font.

3

A pop quiz could be pretty funny! :smiley:

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There is a test that comes around a lot on April 1.
It starts off “Read all the instructions before you begin” Then continues with obvious stuff like "Put your name in the blank marked name. Neatness counts. No looking in the book. … and at the end of the instructions: “Turn in your paper when you read this line. The following questions are just for those who don’t read instructions. Happy April Fools Day.”
Then follow a lot of typical questions for that class.

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Wait, I remembered that wrong. It says “Read all questions before you begin”. Then the last question is the gag line.

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A couple of pranks my teacher’s aid and I pulled on our 7th-12th graders:

  1. She had a piece of fabric that for some reason we had pinned to the board. It was kind of cloudy-looking, like watercolor paints, and we realized it looked a lot like one of those “can you see it?” 3D picture books that were so popular at the time. Just then the kids began gathering, demanding to know what we were doing. I said, “You know, I never can see the picture in these things, can you?” The we went off to observe, as more and more kids gathered, tilting their heads and trying to see the hidden image.
  2. I had a shipment come in that was packed in those dissolvable peanuts that are made of cornstarch. Happened that I also had an empty tree-hugger type cheeto bag, some organic brand that no one would recognize. I shook a few of the peanuts in it so they’d have some flavor, and offered them to a couple of our kids. Everyone tried them and agreed that they were “okay, but nothing special.” Truthfully, the didn’t taste much different that the real thing. :smiley:
    It’s a wonder I never got fired.

Best,
karol

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That’s the one I was going to mention! I found an example here . Obviously, 7th graders aren’t likely to have crayons with them, so some editing would be in order.

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I remember getting one of those in grade 10 or 11. I knew exactly what it was straight away so I skipped to the last question. It told me to go outside and read, all while my classmates wrote things down, patted their tummies, etc.

An elementary school teacher of mine once got everyone to learn about an early explorer, Loof Lirpa, but I’m not sure if that would work for kids in grade 7.

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I once had a student who would periodically wander into another teacher’s room (a friend of mine) and tape everything on his desk to his desk. So while he was at lunch one day we zip-tied all his possessions to each other and to the desk. I three-hole punched his BINDER and zip-tied it to the desk.

Other pranks (may not be suitable for middle school)

-Duck tape another teacher’s door shut. This can be a class project.

-One time, I left five students in my room for 15 minutes. While I was gone, they turned everything in the room on its side, like a huge wind had blown through. You (and your class) could do this to another teacher’s room.

-I had every student show up in bandages the day a catapault project was due, to scare the physics teacher into thinking they’d all been to the hospital because of him.

-One year the senior class wrote up a mock party flyer with pictures of the Principal and invitations to a kegger at his place.

-Just saying “everyone get out 4 sheets of paper for their essay test” is a good way to start class.

Man, there have been more. I will post them when I think of them.

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You can always do the one about the Scandinavian writer Loof Lirpa…

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Naw, not enough effort. Only inflicts mental anguish on those with no Internet access who cannot plagiarize properly.

Try a 1,000 word report. Long-hand. No lined paper. By the end of the day. Begin now.

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When I was working as a substitute teacher, I once greeted a senior English class with the news that they were to rewrite Hamlet in modern-day language and that it was due at the end of class. I let them protest and beg for about five minutes, then swore them to secrecy for the next class.

Another one is to pass out a quiz, excepty two or three are printed in a non-English-language characters (like Greek.) Refuse to answer any questions. Watch the nervous breakdowns ensue. (it would help to find a kid that freaks out easily for this one.)

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send a couple students on an errand to a room that doesnt exist.

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Tell them that as a brain-enhancing activity, they are going to practice yoga. Then have the unprepared students attempt to contort themselves in the most absurd and amusing ways (not necessarily with any relation to actual yoga).

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To get a broom sharpened and pick up a bag of steam.

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I remember having a vocab test with really hard words that no one knew… and then the first letter of all the words spelled “A P R I L F O O L S”.

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It wasn’t on April 1, but when I was in seventh grade shop class, I cut a piece of wood too short. My shop teacher, in all seriousness, sent me to the next door auto mechanics teacher to ask if I could borrow his wood stretcher to make the piece I had cut longer.