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A Hole

A Hole

Challenge: Cut a hole large enough to fit your whole body through the piece of paper.     Follow-up: 1. Use 8 1/2 X 11 and cut a hole big enough for your entire class. 2. Use a post-it.  Cut a hole for you to fit. 3. What adjustments will you make for an...
October Challenge!

October Challenge!

It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering an opportunity to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – The Pumpkin Character Challenge.
Rebus Puzzles

Rebus Puzzles

A rebus is a puzzle device which combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases.   Remember when you needed pictures to help your read a story – When Small is Tall.  Now you need pictures to give you clues to...
Start With Hello!

Start With Hello!

This week we will celebrate “Start with Hello” week, which is a week to remind us how important and powerful it is to get to know one another, make new friends, say hi to new people, and make people feel good if they are feeling sad or alone. Every day you can do a...
Teamwork

Teamwork

Cooperation is teamwork.  Check out this video on how to work well together. The golf ball challenge was loads of fun! Let’s start being creative. What would you do to this challenge to make it more difficult or fun? Try the strategy...
September is for Empathy

September is for Empathy

September Roses is another great book like 14 Cows for America. Both demonstrate how others show empathy. “On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa are flying to New York City with 2,400 roses to be displayed at a flower show. As their plane...