February Book of the Month
A Spoon for Every Bite by Joe Hayes
About the story
This is a fun, cautionary tale told in English and Spanish about a rich man who tries to prove how wealthy he is and loses his fortune in the process! Author and storyteller, Joe Hayes, will visit Cannon on February 11! Click on the link below to listen to him tell the story of A Spoon for Every Bite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebpu0PeCkyA
About the Challenge
The sky's the limit for creativity this month! To continue with the spoon theme from A Spoon for Every Bite, our Cannon scholars will be challenged to create a spoon sculpture!
Instructions for ALL Grade Levels
- Spoons can be any size, color, metal, plastic, wooden
- You can put them together in any way you want: tape, glue, string, rubber bands etc.
- You may use whole spoons or pieces of spoons
- Any features can be added to the sculpture but the major material must be spoons.
- If you need some spoons to get started, stop by the library and Mrs. Wagner will give you a bundle of 20
Kinder and 1st Grades
You will create a sculpture of an animal. You may create any animal you would like as long as the primary material is spoons.
Please include a card with your name on it and telling what animal your sculpture represents.
2nd and 3rd Grades
You will create a spoon sculpture of a character from a book. The character can be from any book you choose. You may add other materials to your sculpture as long as the primary material is spoons.
Please include a card with your name on it telling what character your sculpture represents and what book it is from
4th and 5th Grades
Select a type of Engineering
- Computer
- Electrical
- Civil
- Mechanical
- Architectural
- Environmental
- Geotechnical
- Biomedical
- Chemical
- Aerospace
- Automotive
Your sculpture must be one of these types of engineers and must be doing or holding an artifact related to that field of engineering. You may add other materials to your sculpture as long as the primary material is spoons.
Please include a card with your name on it telling what type of engineer your sculpture represents and what it is doing or holding.
Spoon sculptures are due in the library by Monday, February 11 and will be displayed for the author visit and Engineering Week.
Won't it be fun to show Joe Hayes what his book inspired?