Footprint Introduction

For our first project we created a footprint introduction. We traced one of our feet and decorated it with items that described us as a way to introduce ourselves to the class. We had to use three different mediums to decorate our footprint, I used a digital image, pictures colored with crayon, and marker. This project was a way for us to get to know our classmates and introduce ourselves in a fun, creative way!

As an extension activity I would have the students choose four things from their footprint that they feel are the most important to them. Then, I would have various colored sands and the students would pick one color to represent each thing they found important and place the sands in a jar. The students would then explain to the class what each color sand represented.

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Clay

Another peer taught lesson was on the use of clay. We learned about Georgia O'Keefe, she was known for her paintings of large flowers. We started by kneading and rolling out the clay, then we used a process called subtracting to create our flowers. Then we placed our flowers in a bowl to make it easier to paint. We used a self drying clay so we didn't have to use a kiln. An extension activity that students could do would be to trace their hand on the clay. They could then use the process of addition to add things that represent themselves. This would be a good way for students to introduce themselves.

Noun and Adjective Drawing

This was a peer taught lesson on drawing. We each had to grab two adjectives and a noun and then draw the noun and adjectives. My adjectives that I drew were hot and tired and the noun was boy. I then drew a boy who was just finishing football practice and made him seem tired and hot. We used colored pencils to draw our picture and then framed it on construction paper. I thought this was a great lesson to help teach students adjectives and nouns, I can definitely see myself using this in my future classroom. An extension activity would be to have the students take one of their peer's drawings and write a short story about the picture. The students will be able to do some creative writing as well as see if their drawing correctly conveys the adjectives and noun.

Painting

This was another peer taught lesson on painting. We studied the artist Jackson Pollock and his works with action painting. We experimented with different materials to paint with such as sticks, marbles, yarn, toy cars, pipe cleaners, and tooth brushes. After trying out different techniques we were able to create our own action painting. I used yarn, marbles, toy cars, and the stick and a variety of warm and cool colors to create my action painting which I titled "Excitement". As an extension activity the students could create a classroom action painting. They could bring in items from their house or nature to paint with and the class could collaborate on a classroom mural. The students could then compare the patterns and designs that the items made with the paint.

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