Well, it’s a new week! It’s seems like a long time since we have had a full week. It will be nice to get back into the swing of things without the days off to interrupt. We have a lot to do and the year is quickly going by. We have started our poetry unit and the students are all very excited to write their own poems. They are also excited by the fact that we are going to take their poems and create a real book of poetry just like any of the books on your selves. It will be bound and published like a real book using the poetry the students have written during the poetry unit. It will be a lot of fun and I am excited to see the poems the students will write.

Our new challenge this week is a bit of a strange one and definitely a challenge. I was sitting at home and I was strangely wishing there was still snow on the ground. Well, I thought that would make a great challenge!

So here is the challenge!!!!

Create a (paper) snowball launcher from a rubberband, 2 paperclips, tongs, and a pencil. Launch the snowballs but remember YOU MAY NOT TOUCH THE PAPER WITH YOUR HANDS! You may use other materials in your design but it must include the objects listed.