May Language Thinking

Posted May 3, 2024

  Imagine you live in a world with only 20 words. You can use these 20 words as much as you want, but you cannot use any other words at all. In the comments, list the 20 words you’d pick.  Explain why you’d choose those words.    

May Critical Thinking: BREAKOUT – Tweet All About It

Posted May 1, 2024

The birds are busy getting ready for spring. It has been a long winter, and it is time to have some fun. They are so excited, and they are all tweeting at once. CLICK HERE to help them sort out the tweets and break out the Spring!    

May Creative Thinking

Posted May 1, 2024

If you send someone a single rose you are sending a message of love. You can send all kinds of messages with flowers. Florigraphy is the language of flowers. Hundreds of flowers and trees have been given meanings. Here are some of them. Imagine that you are making a bouquet to describe someone you look […]

May Math Thinking – Grade 7/8

Posted May 1, 2024

Sitting on a train, Aman looks at the train numbers on his two tickets. If he adds the two numbers he gets 81. One of the numbers is 3 more than the other number. If he multiplies the last two digits of the two numbers what does he get?

May Math Thinking – 5 Scoop Ice Cream Cone

Posted May 1, 2024

I have a 5 scoop ice cream cone. Each of my 5 scoops is a different flavour of ice cream. The five flavours are blueberry, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and bubble gum. You don’t know what order my ice cream flavours are from top to bottom. However, here are some clues to see if you can […]

April Creative Thinking – Gr. 3/4 & 4/5

Posted April 15, 2024

April Critical Thinking: BREAKOUT – Witty and the Seasons

Posted April 4, 2024

Witty is exploring the seasons with STEAM in mind – Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics. CLICK HERE to try this BREAKOUT!  

April Math Thinking: April Fool’s Day Puzzle

Posted April 1, 2024

In the sum pictured above, the digit 1 is still a numeral. However, every other digit has been replaced by a letter. What is the original sum? (This isn’t an April Fool’s Day prank- there is one valid answer to this question!)  

April Creative Thinking – Gr. 3/4 & 5/6

Posted April 1, 2024

Click HERE to open your own copy in Google Draw.   Share the link to your drawing in the comments!  

April Math Thinking – Grade 3/4 & 5/6

Posted April 1, 2024

Jenn has half the Webkinz that Mollie has. Allison has 3 times as many as Jenn. Together they have 72. How many Webkinz does each girl have?

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