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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Wonder Wednesday #194 (The Power of Our Words)

Wonder Wednesday - TEAM Activity w/TOOTHPASTE

*This is one of my favorite activities do do with my students.

*It has such an impact and emotional PUNCH.

*My students are divided into teams (Huskers and Jayhawks).  There are four members on each of six teams.

*Throughout the year, the teams will work together to accomplish different tasks and/or experiments.

*During this task, the fourth graders got to work with some toothpaste; not quite knowing exactly why.

*Each member took a turn squeezing the toothpaste out of the tube onto a plate.  After the team had as much toothpaste as they could onto the plate, they were challenged with putting it back into the tube using a toothpick.

*After giving them some time to attempt this task, we came back together and talked about how difficult this was.

*I then shared the picture book Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna.  If you haven't shared this story with children, I highly recommend it.

*We had a really powerful discussion about the "Power of Our Words" and how once they are out in the WORLD, it is really hard to get or take them back.

*Here are some photos of the teams in action...













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