Holes Setting Project

4th graders created beautiful projects about the 3 main settings in the story they're reading: Holes by Louis Sachar. The setting is important in every story, but in Holes, settings are especially important because they are 3 completely different stories, with completely different characters, places and time-periods, but are also completely connected.

Their assignment is explained below:

Students used clay, paper, wooden structures, toys and legos to create their settings... and here are the final results:

2nd Grade Starry Nights

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2nd grade snowflakes

2nd graders hand made their classroom winter display. First, they mixed together cool colors to make a snowy mountain top, then they cut out endless snowflakes for their classroom window.

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