Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Pull out your scissors and create an adorable heart animal for this year’s Valentine’s Day Challenge!

Build your animal from hearts! Your animal creation should include as many hearts as possible! Use hearts for your animals’ ears, toes, tails, etc….. And do not forget the cute Valentine’s Day pun…no Valentine’s Day card is ever complete without a fun pun or word play!

Watch the video below to get a few ideas!

You should also include one fact about your animal! You only have a few weeks to complete this challenge!

Print the challenge form below and return it to Ms. Eyer.

Deadline: February 14, 2019! Valentine’s Day!

This month’s challenge is to create a new use for straws. We don’t want them to end up in the garbage and then the ocean.

Let’s re-purpose straws by creating snowflakes!

January’s challenge is to create a snowflake and a diamante poem. Use straws to design and create a unique snowflake. On the back of your snowflake, tape your Snowflake Challenge Entry. Read Write Think is a great resource to help you develop your diamante poem.

Rules:

• Snowflakes must be created with straws.
• Add paint, color and/or decorations to your snowflake.
• Entry Forms: must include name, grade, teacher and poem.
• Entries are due by January 25th.

Optimism: Optimism is the ability to remain hopeful and confident about the future or successful outcome of something. Be positive!

Assembly Read Aloud: Spin by Rebecca Janni

Go for a spin up a hill—when the story of a bike ride becomes an inspirational journey.Albert Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Ride along up and down the hills and valleys of this bike ride.

Sing Songs About OPTIMISM!

Read About OPTIMISM with books from YouTube!