We Are Creative!

We were involved in a lot of fun activities during our unit on creativity. One of these was an activity in which we read the book "Not A Box" by Antoinette Portis. (You can listen to the book here). We then used our creativity to design and create things out of ordinary boxes. Our ideas included such things as a dog, a claw machine and a clock. You can see all our creations through these pictures:


We also had a number of guest speakers come in to share with us how they use their creativity through various forms of expression. Mrs. Birdwell shared her creativity through dance, Mr. DenHartigh through art, Mr. Russell through drama, Mr. Swapan through music and finally Mr. Morris through design technology. We were inspired by their creativity and tried expressing ourselves in various ways too!

We will be beginning a new Unit of Inquiry this week. The central idea is, "Organization can help a community thrive." We look forward to exploring this unit in detail throughout the next few weeks!