It’s Tool Time where each Friday brings a new opportunity for students to dream, create, and reflect on a different topic and learn about a new “tool”.  These educational adventures will revolve around a specific book that introduces the topic for that week and students will be given a challenge that they will then need to complete.  These growth mindset challenges offer opportunity for critical thinking, reasoning, communication and problem solving skills with a healthy dose of creativity and personal choice thrown in.

This week’s Tool Time was centered around the book “Not a Box.”  After reviewing components of a growth mindset, students heard the story and were then given the challenge to create their own “Not a Box.”  They were also given a lesson on the tool of the week, the cardboard cutters including safety and proper useage.  Once every student had their boxes, off they went to create.

Every student was engaged in their project, and the time sped by quickly as students cut, drew, glued and engineered unique interpretations of their own “Not a Box.”  At the conclusion of the lesson, students were able to come together for a reflection time and you could just see the pride and joy on their faces as they shared their work with their classmates.

Look for more Tool Time episodes coming up in the next few weeks!