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Lego Imagination Contest: Halloween – First Entry Arrives!

aarmau@gmail.comSeptember 28, 2012contest, creative, education, halloween, lego challenge, students

One of my super awesome 5th grade students brought in a picture Thursday of her submission to my Lego Imagination Monthly Challenge: Halloween. She has crafted a great looking scene…Read more

Language Arts Teaching Idea About Grammar

aarmau@gmail.comAugust 22, 2012creative, education, language arts, lesson idea, teaching

I was reading online last night and came across this article – http://m.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/08/imagined-lives-punctuation-marks/56023/ The author creates these made up stories of various punctuation marks. I thought it was pretty clever….Read more

Lego Challenge Design #2: Eye-ffel Tower

aarmau@gmail.comAugust 1, 2012creative, lego challenge, students, thinking

Here is the Tuesday creation.

Moving To Middle Lego Challenge #1: Eye Slide

aarmau@gmail.comAugust 1, 2012creative, education, lego challenge, students, thinking

Before school starts my middle school offers a one week crash course for the soon to be 6th graders. This class allows them to get comfortable with the building, lockers,…Read more