{"id":204,"date":"2013-08-19T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2013-12-27T09:29:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T15:29:50","slug":"the-disappearing-pencil-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"The Disappearing Pencil Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My students can do this amazing magic trick with pencils. Every year, I start with 50 beautiful bright yellow sharpened #2 pencils. By December, I only have about 2 left. WHERE did they GO? My students won’t tell me, because great magicians never reveal their tricks.<\/p>\n

Well to combat the disappearing pencil trick this year, I decided to use pencil flags. They are inexpensive when compared with the flower pens, and an easy visual reminder that the pencil belongs in room 204.<\/p>\n

I used Duck Tape<\/a>\u00a0brand rainbow-colored duct tape\u00a0purchased from Walgreens for about $3.50.<\/p>\n

Some former students (now seniors! ah, where does the time go?) were visiting me today as I set up my classroom. They said the flags were a cool idea and they think they might actually work. Here’s hoping!<\/p>\n

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