Right before Fall Break, we engineered, or built, bridges.  We were in groups of 2-3. We had limited supplies. Our supplies were a little more than 20 popsicle sticks, maybe 12 or 13 pipe cleaners, and about 33 q-tips.  We used candy bars to measure the weight that each bridge could support. The winning bridge held 54.9 ounces, or 3.43 pounds, which was 34 candy bars.

Miss Carrick's second grade class put the ART in language arts after reading The Vain Peacock. Students made puppets for each character and practiced their retelling skills.