Novel Study Guides for the Classroom. Enrichment: Research how messages are encrypted and deciphered.
Invent your own code for sending secret messages and see if any of your classmates can break the code. Chapter One-- An Unexpected Party Write a short biography on J.R.R. Blue Ribbon Readers: The Detective's Notebook Game. Minds in Bloom. Free Language Arts Games and Worksheets. Using Fiction Writing to Develop Creative Thinking. September 29, 2011 by Sherrelle Walker, M.A We are always on the lookout for more effective ways of teaching creativity in the classroom.
With much attention on the decreasing status of the United States in the world economy, the need for a stronger creative class, and the realization that the next generation of professionals and leaders will have to be more innovative than ever to solve the world’s problems, educators need more ways to teach children the ability to engage in creative thinking. In the classroom, so much of what we do focuses on teaching our students to recognize and repeat patterns. Mathematical functions follow patterns. Letters and languages represent graphical and sound patterns that have meaning because of their repetition.
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