A student was reluctant to throw away or even recycle plastic plant tags because she remembered that much earlier in the year, the class had been talking about reusing. So she suggested that everyone in the class use them as bookmarks.
Core Competency
Thinking: Creative
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Description
I can get new ideas, or build on or combine other people’s ideas, to create new things within the constraints of a form, a problem, or materials.
I can get new ideas, build on other’s ideas and add new ideas of my own, or combine other people’s ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. My ideas are fun, entertaining, or useful for me and for my peers, and I have a sense of accomplishment. I can usually make my ideas work within the constraints of a given form, problem and materials if I keep playing with them.