I've got a "ribbiting" way to celebrate Leap Day! Challenge your students to recreate this fabulous frog. Members can copy the Zipper document, which includes animated instructions for drawing the frog with shapes and custom colors.

Level = Progressing Purple
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You can toad-ally build the frog with 20 ovals, 2 hearts, and 1 moon shape.

Leap Day Activities

Diana Benner writes about five classroom activities for Leap Day.

1. Create a time capsule
2. Build a frog catapult
3. Leap year math
4. Have leaping contests
5. Leap into writing

Leap Day Jokes

Q: Where do most people eat pancakes during a Leap Year?
A: IHOP.

Q: What's the best outfit to wear on Leap Day?
A: A jumpsuit.

Q: What do you call a surgery during a Leap Day?
A: A hop-eration.

Q: What’s the best thing about Leap year jokes?
A: You only hear them repeated every 4 years.

Classy Creativity with A.I.

I'm leading a new online workshop for educators. Classy Creativity with Artificial Intelligence takes place in Google Classroom and begins April 3rd. Each week for four weeks I post an instructional video and optional assignment. Assignments are shared with the class, and I give feedback on what you create. If this interests you, read more about the workshop at learninginhand.com.

Smiles from Iowa,
Tony

P.S. I included a swirly teaser in the last newsletter. Don't worry. That new Zipper will move in soon.