Candy here,
candy there, candy is absolutely everywhere! I said candy was coming and I
couldn't disappoint (even though that meant staying up until 5am!) The Common
Core Candy Activity Pack is finally here. We have had so much fun with these
activities the past few weeks. They keep asking when we are going to do another
one. After a week of fun, we finally finished our Safe Candy Creations. The
students were given a problem: There is a candy thief taking your candy at
night. Design something that will keep the intruder out but let you get in.
They came up with some great designs:
We talked a
lot about the importance of testing your inventions. Once they tested them, a
lot of my students realized that theirs didn't work. This was a great chance to talk
about the importance of failure. We discussed how their invention not working
was a good thing and that instead of getting upset, they needed to focus on
finding a solution. It was very cool to see all of the wheels turning in their heads.
We also made
our candy landforms this week. This was a load of fun too. We spent the early
part of the week learning about landforms and yesterday we finally got to build
them. I gave them Starbursts to use so it was easy to mold (Tootsie Rolls,
Airheads, and Laffy Taffy also work great). Here are some of the landforms:
I gave
everyone a baggie and let them take their landforms home. I can't wait to do
the Treat Trade activity next week to practice their sight words! All of these
activities and worksheets are in my Common Core Candy Activity Pack.
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forget that it will be 50% for the first 72 hours!
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