Sunday, March 18, 2018

Year of the Dog


Chinese New Year was February 16. We celebrated the Year of the Dog with a BreakOut! Students worked together in groups to solve a series of clues.  The clues had math problems, word puzzles, and even calculations that used the Chinese Zodiac calendar. When the students solved a clue, the answer was one of the combinations to our locked box.  The box had 5 different locks.






Of course, the Connected Combo was able to break in!  Inside the box were red envelopes with gold coins, a traditional Chinese New Year gift. We also celebrated with Year of the Dog by bringing dog stuffed animals, munching on puppy chow, and starting new novel studies.  Each group is reading a novel about....you guessed it....a dog!  We have 4 different books: Tornado, Five True Dog Stories, Because of Winn Dixie, and Everything for a Dog.  Ask your child which book they are reading.




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