Love the idea of using a file folder for each class for seating charts.....I've used the Post-Its in the past, more work up front, but worth it in the long run.
Mr. Potato Head Building Variation. Take pictures of Potato Heads with an iPad. Students can scroll through pictures to choose Potato Head. Have the students make matching potato heads. Goals - requesting, WH questions, describing, sentence building
Bloom's Taxonomy / new teacher evaluations require evidence of lesson planning for higher level thinking ~ I like thinking of it as a ladder and not a pyramid. All students can get to the top, with a pyramid it feels like only a few can.