Superhero Room Transformation Day 1: Spiderman

For this week-long room transformation, the students transform into a different superhero every day, complete a mission or challenge, and attempt to defeat the villain. On day one, the kiddos pretended to be spider men and women to defeat Doctor Octopus from taking over New York City. Before they started, I played this short clip to get them hyped up for what they were about to do.

Their task was to answer 16 addition word problems in order to deactivate Doc Oc's arms. As students answered a problem correctly, they got to use their "web" to spray the sum. Once all four sums were sprayed on an arm, they ripped it off!

My class worked in three teams, and the problems were differentiated for my high, medium, and low babies. Let me tell you..these problems were HARD. But did I hear any complaining? Absolutely not. All students were completely engaged and immersed in solving the problems so they could be one step closer to beating the villain. I allowed the groups to talk about the strategy they were going to use to solve each problem, but then each group member completed the math independently so they were practicing the skill that I had them focusing on. I then checked their work before they got to use their web, and that also allowed me to see that every student showed work on their recording sheet. All groups were able to save the city from Doctor Octopus' destruction!

The materials needed for Doc Oc were actually pretty simple. I included links of the materials at the bottom of this post for your convenience. I cut small holes in a trash bag and stuck his arms through and secured it with a rubber band. The arms were insulation pipes that you can grab at any hardware store. Then I filled each bag with paper I got our of the recycling bin. I hot glued the sums to the arms, and found a picture of Doctor Octopus and just enlarged it. Students used silly string as their web, and there you have it!

You can now pick up this room transformation pack HERE! It has everything you need to set-up your own classroom with ease!!

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