Good April Fools jokes to play on 5th graders?

Last year on April Fools, I was with Kindergarteners so the best pranks were 'this is yellow. no it's really green, april fools'

But now I'm in a whole different league: 5th grade.

Does anyone have any good ways to get the kids? Or anyone know what I can expect from them.

I already have one telling me she's putting worms in everyone's pants .

Re: Good April Fools jokes to play on 5th graders?

How about a fake pop quiz of some sort?

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Posted by FireIslandLove

How about a fake pop quiz of some sort?

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Ooh...that's a good one. Ask them ridiculously hard questions that they most likely wouldn't know, keep insisting that this is a very important test and than afterwards let them in on the joke.

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Do you still do Iowa tests in NY?
If so, I would tell them its a pop Iowa tests!

I remember freaking out about taking those tests.

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i played an awesome april fools joke on my 5th graders last year .. it went along the lines of a pop quiz.

i pretended i got so annoyed with them that 'i had enough,' told them to take out a piece of paper and number 1-20. i started spewing out random questions (e.g. 1/2 + 1/2, spell neighbor, etc.) at a very fast pace so they were frantically keeping up.

at about question 10 i said '#10, spell 'Mrs.', #11, spell 'Smith' (last name), #12 spell 'got', #13 spell 'you'.
my quicker kids got it immediately and started laughing and my slower ones eventually caught on. they gave me a huge round of applause.

it was really quite fun and made my kids list of 'top ten favorite memories of 5th grade' at the end of the school year!

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Posted by Miro127

i played an awesome april fools joke on my 5th graders last year .. it went along the lines of a pop quiz.

i pretended i got so annoyed with them that 'i had enough,' told them to take out a piece of paper and number 1-20. i started spewing out random questions (e.g. 1/2 + 1/2, spell neighbor, etc.) at a very fast pace so they were frantically keeping up.

at about question 10 i said '#10, spell 'Mrs.', #11, spell 'Smith' (last name), #12 spell 'got', #13 spell 'you'.
my quicker kids got it immediately and started laughing and my slower ones eventually caught on. they gave me a huge round of applause.

it was really quite fun and made my kids list of 'top ten favorite memories of 5th grade' at the end of the school year!

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That's great

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That brings back a funny memory for me...

I remember in science class (7th grade, I think) .. where I was so frantically trying to keep up taking notes of what my teacher was saying, that I wasn't even paying attention to what he was saying .. he noticed that .. and had a blast at my expense! This was not April Fool's Day, either! I was so embarassed!

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oooh, i wish i thought more about this. i actually caught my kids passing a note yesterday and it was basically a note spreading the word that the class was going to play a joke on me...hee hee!!!

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Posted by Miro127

i played an awesome april fools joke on my 5th graders last year .. it went along the lines of a pop quiz.

i pretended i got so annoyed with them that 'i had enough,' told them to take out a piece of paper and number 1-20. i started spewing out random questions (e.g. 1/2 + 1/2, spell neighbor, etc.) at a very fast pace so they were frantically keeping up.

at about question 10 i said '#10, spell 'Mrs.', #11, spell 'Smith' (last name), #12 spell 'got', #13 spell 'you'.
my quicker kids got it immediately and started laughing and my slower ones eventually caught on. they gave me a huge round of applause.

it was really quite fun and made my kids list of 'top ten favorite memories of 5th grade' at the end of the school year!

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I love it!

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone for the ideas!

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When I was in 3rd grade my teacher played a joke on us. Whenever someone acted up or did something wrong, she would add something to our list of homework. By the end of the day, we had about a dozen or so different assignments that were supposed to be due the next day. No one realized it was a joke, so we were all freaking out by the end of the day. Just before we left, she told us it was all a joke.

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Tell them thye have Monday off due to an unplanned teacher's meeting.....just make sure they know it's a joke before they leave!