Believe it or not, the Leprechaun came to Room 117 last week! He was the one who wrote the morning message. He was the trickster who mixed up the numbers on the hundred chart. And he was the one who inspired us to be Trap Engineers!
Students had to work with a partner to come up with a plan, sketch a design, and use teamwork, creativity, and engineering skills to catch the little Irish man. They loved this STEM activity!
We talked about what our traps would need:
*some type of entrance
*a clever way to lure him in
*a way to trap him
The children hoped he would visit while they were away at art. They crept down the hall back to the room in hopes of not scaring the leprechaun away. But, alas, he was too quick. As children inspected their traps, they saw closed boxes, knocked over legos, and hand sanitizer squirted from the bottle when he tried to to jump on the pump to get up to the table. Their eyes widened with surprise that the little leprechaun had left golden nuggets, green footprints, mini green sparkly hats, and glitter everywhere!
You all did a wonderful job building the Leprechaun traps! I am really surprised that you didn't catch Leppy! Maybe next year!
ReplyDeleteWhat great traps you all made... That little leprechaun is so sneaky.... He came to Joseph's house and left a trail of green everywhere as well... Maybe next year we will be able to catch him!!!
ReplyDeleteLeprechauns are so tricky! Gianna and Brady set a trap at home and lured him in with lots of toys and fruit loops. That little sneak flipped all of the toys on their heads and spilled the fruitloops everywhere!!! Better luck next year.
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