It seemed like an easy task… putting together a 24 piece puzzle. The challenge was that each child was given just two pieces and told to work cooperatively to put the puzzle together. Students eagerly attacked the task but it soon turned chaotic, the volume level rose and after a few minutes we stopped the activity to reflect and form a better game plan. Students shared how the experience felt voicing concerns like people grabbing, people crowding me, people stepping on the puzzle and it was too loud for me. In this way, we opened a discussion of respecting each other’s space and ideas and also talked about the notion that loud means very different things to different people and that we should try to be conscious of how much noise we are making. Next, we discussed ways to improve this process when we tried again the next day. Suggestions like finding a partner who has a matching piece, doing the puzzle in sections and also everyone staying back from the finished parts were agreed upon. When we made our second attempt, the resulting feelings were much different. The thrill of success and a feeling of accomplishment that we cooperatively solved a problem!