"Frosty Sheds Old Image"

Last week we used our creative thinking skills in a new and fun way! I challenged each student to come up with a new "image" for Frosty the Snowman. They could change anything and everything they wanted. They could change his gender, clothing, and "occupation." They turned out great and really showed each individual child's creativity.
Luke changed Frosty's clothing and his new profession is a pilot.

Samantha changed Frosty to a girl and named her Fashion Model Frostine.

Think Tank-popcorn

This Think Tank was all about popcorn. We had several activities on the board and several extra things for the kids to do as well. Students were required to do at least 8 of the 14 available activities. Afterwards they had to assess their work, what they could do next time to do a better job, and determine their favorite activity. I have listed all the favorites at the bottom of this post.

This picture shows one of the other activities called "popcorn pictures." Students were instructed to create a picture using popcorn kernels.

Casey's monster was great! Colorful and creative!

This is a picture of the whole group that participated in designing a monster out of popcorn!

Jack L., Sammie, Casey, and Nathan were the only brave ones to participate in this activity. See below the picture to see the different aspects of their brochures for Popcorn City, Maine.

Jack L- there is a popcorn store where everything is made out of popcorn.

Sammie- popcorn hotel, universal popcorn, a place like Nickelodeon but there is no slime, instead there is popcorn.

Casey- Famous places- Butter Tower, Leaning popcorn bag of caramel, and Cheddar Face Studios

Nathan- afternoon the clock explodes with popcorn, all food includes at least 1 piece of popcorn.

Sammie invented Dr. Pepper flavored popcorn.

Eli invented spinach flavor popcorn.

Josie invented marshmallow popcorn.

This picture is of the whole group who participated in inventing a new flavor! Some of the new flavors sound delicious others sound questionable! You decide!

Mikayla invented coconut popcorn.

Nathan invented M and Ms popcorn.

Casey invented cocoa popcorn.

Trey invented mayo popcorn.

Thai invented peanut butter popcorn.

Ian invented mint corn.

Michael invented Jello popcorn.

Luke invented ice cream popcorn.

Aubrey invented nut corn.

Jack B. invented meat popcorn.

Jake invented bitter popcorn.

Kinsey invented strawberry popcorn.

Ryan invented vanilla popcorn.

Jack L invented blasted popcorn- all different flavors!

Hailey invented cocoa popcorn.

Jack B. did a great job with his manual. He told us that his pet popcorn needed to have 6 pieces of popcorn every day.

This whole group made a "how to care for my pet popcorn" manual.

Mikayla said she wanted her pet to go to school so it can get smart.
Nathan said his pet should eat buter, caramel, and cheddar.
Casey said her pet should have 2 cups of salt 4 times a day.
Ian said that his pet can eat people food.
Cameron said you need to play with his pet everyday.
Michael said his pet eats bugs.
Aubrey said her pet needed a walk every 10 hours.
Josie said her pet needed lots of exercise!
Jake said his pet needs to eat when it barks.
Jack L. said his pet eats other popcorn.
Eli said his pet has 1-5 drops of butter each day.

All seven of these students wrote creative stories about an explosion of popcorn popping everywhere! They were very cute stories.

Luke- Popcorn pictures was my favorite because it was cool and creative.

Kinsey- The pet manual was my favorite because it was fun.

Michael- Design a monster was my favorite because it was creative.

Nathan- How to care for your pet was my favorite because I like pets.

Josie- Pet manual was my favorite because it was creative to think of what they like to do.

Eli- Popcorn games was my favorite because it was creative.

Casey- Design a monster was my favorite because it was unique.

Jack B- Creating a new flavor was my favorite because it was creative.

Cameron- Creative writing was my favorite because you could make it funny.

Sammie- The brochure was my favorite because you can think of superstars and famous places.

Trey- Designing a new flavor was my favorite because it was funny and easy.

Jake- Designing a monster was my favorite because it was creative.

Ryan- The Pink Popcorn Caper was my favorite because you can write your own story.

Thai- Designing a new flavor was my favorite because it was creative.

Aubrey- The brochure was my favorite because you can use your imagination.

Ian- Writing jokes about popcorn was my favorite because they were funny.

Jack L- Popcorn pictures was my favorite because I like to make pictures out of stuff.

Mikayla- Creative ways to use popcorn was my favorite because you can write down things that pop into your mind!

Holiday Traditions

Right before the winter holidays we studied about different cultures, traditions, and celebrations in Social Studies. We had a party where each family brought in a traditional dish that they have during the holidays or other celebrations. Each family shared what the dish was and what made it traditional for them. We had a delicious feast from all different cultures!

Here are Trey and Luke. Luke is showing off the delicious potato latke that Mrs. Anker spent hours preparing the night before!

In addition to learning about all different cultures, children had to learn about their ancestors and their culture. They took the information they learned and dressed a doll in traditional dress from their culture.

Alex's ancestors were Creek Indians.

Trey did research about his culture and ancestors from Lebanon.

Casey did research about her culture and her doll is from Holland.

Cameron's ancestors are from Italy.

Aubrey's research led her to the country of Ireland.