Teachers, unite! April Fools' Day is coming in hot, and the best thing about it is the chance to play jokes on students. Here are our picks.

For some, April Fools' Day is the scariest day of the year. For others, it’s the most anticipated. For teachers, it’s a chance to give students a taste of their own medicine and play some pranks on them! It’s a totally acceptable and fun way to get a little jokey with students while being creative.

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Reassigning seats, doing classroom switches, and planning weird candy pranks are some common tricks teachers pull. This year, let's take a look at some other April Fools' Day jokes that we love for the classroom.

1. Fake Pop Quiz

This one is a classic. Basically, give students a super long pop quiz, and instruct them to read through the entire quiz before doing it. In the last question, make it say something along the lines of, “Don’t answer the questions. Write your name and turn this in.”

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2. Assignment Due

For this prank, you’ll need to tap about half the class in advance. Midway through your class, you can “remember” that they had an assignment due. For the students you told in advance, they’ll turn in a fake assignment, leaving the other half of your class totally perplexed! Just make sure not to wait too long before revealing it was a prank. You don't want any of your usual over-achievers totally freaking out.

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