This week, we thought it would be fun to do something a little creative. Draw or build a home for your dragon!

Maybe your dragon lives in a home that looks like yours. Or maybe your dragon lives in a faraway land or maybe even in the future! Use crayons, markers, Legos, blocks, sticks—wherever your imagination takes you!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with on our Dragon Homes Padlet!

Welcome to 2021, Dragons! Many people, in thinking about the new year ahead, make resolutions about things they want to accomplish that year.

What are some things you want to do, learn, or become better at in 2021? We’d love to hear your resolutions on our New Year Padlet.

It’s almost winter break! We’re excited to get cozy with some good books and are looking for YOUR book recommendations.

What are you reading now? What are some of your favorite books? Add your recommendations to our Dragons Read Padlet and check out what your friends have been reading. Maybe you’ll find your next favorite book.

Have a wonderful break, and we’ll see you again next year!

At this busy time of year, everyone can use a helping hand! What are some ways you help out around your house?

Tell us on our Dragons Help Padlet this week!

There’s nothing that can put you in a “happy dance” mood like a favorite song! What’s your favorite song?

Tell us on this week’s Favorite Song Padlet. (Extra points for showing us your favorite dance move, too!)

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we’d love to hear what you are thankful for on this week’s Thankful Padlet.

Friday, November 13th, is World Kindness Day. For this week’s Kindness Padlet, we’d love to hear what you do to be kind to others, yourself, and the world.

Let’s play a game this week!

Post a picture of your dragon hiding on our Hide-and-Go-Dragon Padlet then come back throughout the week to see your friends’ pictures. Can you find all the dragons?

Hello Dragons! It’s Red Ribbon Week, and we’re joining our friends all across this country to celebrate living healthy, happy, and drug-free lives.

We want to see your Red Ribbon spirit this week on our Red Ribbon Week Padlet! Dress up in red and share with us your commitment to living healthy, drug-free lives using one of the worksheets in your Red Ribbon Week Kit.

• What does a drug-free you look like? Draw a picture!

• What can you say “yes” to when you say “no” to drugs?

• What are the things that make you special?

If you don’t have the Red Ribbon Week Kit or just want a bigger version of the worksheets, you can find them here.

Hi friends! It’s hard to believe that it’s already week 8 of our Dragon Adventures! This seems like a good time to give everyone a chance to catch up on old Padlets.

Scroll down to see our past Dragon Adventures. Every week has its own Padlet. Just click on the link for that week. (The password is always the same.)

We miss seeing our Dragon friends!

What is your favorite way to relax? Is it something you do, somewhere you go, or both? Tell us on this week’s My Happy Place Padlet!

Each of you is unique and holds a very special place in this world. How would you finish the sentence “I Matter Because . . .”? Tell us on this week’s I Matter Padlet.

“I Matter Because . . .” is the theme of this year’s National PTA Reflections art competition. You can enter by making an original work of art in one of these categories:

• Dance choreography

• Literature

• Photography

• Film production

• Music composition

• Visual arts

If you would like to enter the art competition, please have your grown-up read the directions on our Reflections page. We’re excited to see what you do!

What books are you and your dragon reading? Any new favorites? Share your book recommendations on our Dragons Read Padlet this week!

This week, we are celebrating all things STEAM—which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math—ending with our virtual “Moon & Stars” Family Night on Friday! We have created a different STEAM challenge for every day this week. Do one, do them all—it’s up to you! Whatever you do, we’d love to see it on our Dragons Love STEAM.

Monday (Science): Human Sundial
Did you know that you can tell time by using the sun and your own shadow? Here’s how!

Tuesday (Technology): Mars Helicopter
Click here to learn about the Mars Helicopter and how to make your own paper helicopter and code a Mars helicopter game on Scratch!

Wednesday (Engineering): Straw Rockets
Make your own straw rockets and test how far you can launch them! Full instructions are available here.

Thursday (Art): Starry Night
This simple art project helps us understand what happens to the stars during the day.

Friday (Math): Out of this World Math
Math is such a powerful universal language! Explore some out of this world math ideas here.

This Tuesday is International Dot Day!

Mrs. Harbaugh is reading the The Dot with you this week, and we want you make your mark on a dot and share it with us on this week’s Dot Day Padlet!

It doesn’t matter if your dot is big or small, if you use markers or crayons or glitter glue. Be brave! Be creative! Express who you are! We want to see our Dot Day Padlet filled with your dots!

(Remember to write your name on your post if you’re not signed in with your Google Classroom account. We want to know who made your beautiful dot!)

Just like you’ve been meeting new friends in your classes, your dragon’s probably meeting new friends at your home, too. Who are they? What do they like to do together? We’d love to see on our New Friends Padlet for this week!

If you didn’t introduce yourself and your dragon last week, don’t worry—you still can on our Meet Our Dragons Padlet! Even if you did, you might still want to hop back on last week’s Padlet to see any friends you might have missed!

Now that you’ve had some time to get to know your dragon, tell us about him or her on our Meet Our Dragons Padlet.

Post a picture of you and your dragon. What is your dragon’s name? What is your dragon’s favorite food? What is yours?