2-D Paper

My lesson was on 2-D paper. We talked about Dr. Seuss, his history, and his achievements. We talked about environmental issues as well and then related the issues to the Lorax. I explained that the Lorax is the protector of trees in the story. I had each of the students make up their own Lorax and place their Lorax in an place where there are environmental issues. They then had to put a positive message about how to prevent the issues. The below images are my example, my bulletin board description, and my bulletin board.

Extension: My student will do research about their issue and find out what city has the most pollution for example. They will then research different organizations that are trying to help make a difference and present them to the class with descriptions and feats that the organization has completed.

Scratch Flag

In the scratch flag project, we picked out our favorite color crayon to make the back ground and hen applied the black covering (which would be scratched off later). We made flags that represented who we are and what we liked. I scratched/drew my favorite restaurants (Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings), sports I enjoy playing, and camping materials.

Extension: Each student will make this flag on an ipad with pictures that they have took and then write a description of where they were, why they chose that item, and what the picture represents.

Watercolor Planets

In this lesson, we learned about artists: Ludek Pesek and Lucien Rudaux. They are known for the artwork of planets. We made our planets with different techniques of watercolor painting. We named our planets and then made up facts about our new planets!

Extension: The students could write reflections on how their planet is similar and different compared to earth hitting points of: life on the planet, resources, gravity, etc...

Crafts- Weaving

In this lesson, we learned about weaving. We made examples with colored construction paper slips. I used blue, yellow, and teal/green colors. Yellow represents the sunshine, blue represents the water at a lake, and green to represent the turtle. Then I drew waves and turtles as well.

Extension: The students will make up their own state/country/planet and they will create their own flag. They will draw on their flag like above, but with their own design. Then they will describe what they drew and what the symbols represent. Finally they will explain why they chose their 3 colors and what they mean.

Art and Social Studies

Within this class period we learned about what totem poles are and how they originated. We also learned what different animals and colors represent. My colors represented power, war, and endless skies. My animal, as you can see below, is an eagle.

Extension: Students will create more animals that could be on totem poles with descriptions of what they symbolize. They can also add to the list what different colors can mean as well. Then they will make more totems and add them to their previous totems to actually make a totem pole. Once their totem pole is finished they will write about what everything represents and how it relates to them.

Art & Science

This lesson we learned all about the foreground, middle ground, and background. Then we talked about different biomes around the world. I selected the grassland biome with a mountain range and tree line in the background. We used different watercolor techniques to finish this piece. I used paint on water and also dry brush techniques.

Extension: The students will pick a different country and research about their climate. They will then compare that climate to the one they live in and write a reflection about the similarities and differences.

The Dot

This project was based on a book called The Dot. We learned about different effects of crayons, color pastels, and markers on coffee filters. The color really pops when you use the color pastels.

Extension: For younger children you could make cool holiday theme projects similar to these. For Christmas you could use green and red or make a coffee filter mistletoe. For Halloween, you could make jack-o-lanterns or masks of some sort. These could add to notes the students could write for their parents/families.