Thursday, December 11, 2008

Mr. Pilson needs our help!


At Mr. Pilson's blog, he needs our help writing a song about animals from different continents. Can you help him write some lyrics? He needs a short poem about whales, elephants, seals and penguins. Can you write a short poem about these?

Visit his blog to post your poem as a comment
http://makingmarvelousmusic.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Holiday Words



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We listed as many holiday words as we could think of. We sat in a circle and went aroubd listing words several times. We started out with words related to Christmas and other December holidays, and then towards the end we were thinking of all kinds of holidays, like President's Day, Mother's Day, and Grandparent's Day as well as birthdays!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Creativity flowing

You are an explorer on an archeological dig. You find this oddly shaped blue container. Your mind quickly fills with questions and ideas. What is this object? What was it used for? How could you use an object like this today?