Welcome back from your summer holiday! On this date in 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win the Fields Medal. Explain why mathematics are important in your life.
On this date in 1923, archaeologists opened the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen, better known as King Tut. What lost treasure would you like to discover, and why?
Describe your favorite sound.
French fairy tale writer Charles Perrault, who wrote the first version of many folk tales in the form we know them today in the Mother Goose stories, was born on this date in 1628. Write a story that has a moral at then end.
What musical instrument would you like to learn to play, and why?
What do you think is the most interesting thing you will do this year?
Which of your five senses is your favorite, and why?
On this date in 1901, Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter was first printed. Peter’s mother told him not to go into Mr. McGregor’s garden, but Peter went anyway. Why do people sometimes do exactly what they’re told not to do?