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Thinking sheet · Imagine and invent
Design a Dream School
If you could build any school, what would it have? Draw the floor plan, the schedule and the best room.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Imagine and invent
- Kids practice
- planning, spatial thinking, persuasive ideas
What kids do
“You’re the architect! Build the school of your dreams.”
- My dream school floor plan
- Rooms it has
- The coolest room up close
- Every kid would love it because…
- School name:
How to run it
- Walk the real school and notice what each room is for.
- Remind kids it still needs a place to learn, eat and play.
- Share and vote on the best ideas the real school could try.
Talk about it
- What would you keep from our real school?
- What would teachers want?
- How would everyone get around?
Take it further
Write the dream school’s daily schedule.
Pairs well with
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