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Materials:
Leaves, sticks
Pipe cleaners
Ruler

Instructions:
Have students create a sculpture using materials that is greater than 6 inches tall.

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The Most Magnificent Thing- Ashley Spires

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The Most Magnificent Thing- Ashley Spires

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Grade Level: 2-3

Materials:
10 random objects (TP rolls, tin cans, plastic containers, etc)
12 inch tape
scissors
2 ft yarn

Constraints:
Time
Can only use objects at the table

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What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada SEL activity

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What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada SEL activity

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Materials:
*Chances for students to select
*Bucket
*Posters around the room with emotions emojis/ words

Hunt for chances, modified
On slips of paper, write down a few challenging activities students can try in order to help them practice taking chances. Examples of activities include saying something nice to someone, trying a new food, or saying yes to a new experience. Place all the papers in the bucket.
Read the book.
Have students select a chance. Ask students to do what the papers say.
When they’re done, ask
How did the chance make them feel?
Scared? Excited? Worried? etc.?
Students will go stand under their emotions.
Graph their feelings.

This activity is meant to create a sense of camaraderie and normalize the emotions we have.

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What Do You Do With An Idea? Written by Kobi Yamada and Illustrated by Mae Besom

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What Do You Do With An Idea? Written by Kobi Yamada and Illustrated by Mae Besom

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The Eggcelent Idea STEM Challenge

Grade Level: 2-4

Brainstorming Activity: Most of us have an "idea" of how a basic item is used or its intended purpose.  Can this item be used in a different way?  Can it have other purposes? After reading, What Do You Do With An Idea?, we will brainstorm and list all of the purposes and uses of an egg.

STEM Activity: Eggs are fragile and BIG things can come from them (i.e. T-Rex!!!).  Think of your egg as an idea; it's precious!  Plan, design and create a contraption to protect your egg (idea)!!

Materials:
Tape & scissors provided
1 piece of cardboard
1 piece of bubble wrap
2 straws
1 piece of styrofoam
4 rubber bands
2 popsicle sticks
4 toothpicks
1 piece of tin foil
2 pipe cleaners

Constraints:
You may choose 5 materials (i.e. 2 straws and 4 toothpicks will count as 2 materials)

Time limit

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Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett

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Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett

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Grade Levels: K or 1

STEM Activity: Using your container of Play-Doh, create clothing for your animal. Make sure you remember the challenges clothes might cause the animal while you design it! You have to make something your animal could keep on & that would not make life harder for them.

Materials:
1 Animal Figure
1 Container of Play-Doh

Constraints:
Materials:
You only get 1 container of Play-Doh
You cannot trade your animal with someone else
Time:
You have 20 minutes until we will share

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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STEM CHALLENGE
Can you create a dog robot using the following materials?
MATERIALS:

construction paper (as needed)

small cups (3 ounce) 1 per group
4 craft sticks per group
4 straws per group
Foil (12 inch sheets) 1 per group
Masking tape
CONSTRAINTS:

You may only use the materials at your table

Time-You will have until the end of class to complete.

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Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

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Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

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Materials:

Pattern blocks

Glue stick

Constraints:

You may only use the pattern blocks at your table

Time - you will have until the end of class to complete

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Lesson Plan_Presentation Snowflake Bentley Stories and STEM

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Any MLK book

Materials - https://toytheater.com/build/
Constraints - Time