Math Integration with Pi

This was our final peer taught lesson on math integration. For this lesson we talked about the number Pi and it's history. We were given a small piece of paper with the number Pi on it, 3.1459... Then we got a piece of graph paper and for each number of Pi, that was the number of boxes we colored in for each column. After we had a Pi skyline we used watercolor paints and crayons to paint our background.

As an extension activity students create a bar graph for the frequency of the numbers in Pi. They could have the numbers on a sheet of paper, like we did for our skyline, and create a bar graph that showed the number of times each number appeared in Pi. As a class we could then talk about which number is more common and less common in Pi.

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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.

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.

Weaving

For this project we learned about the history of weaving and how different cultures and countries use weaving. We each got a cardboard loom and a needle to make our own coasters. We weaved the needle with the yarn over and under on the loom. Once the project was finished we took the coaster off the loom and tied the ends. This was a fun, relaxing project that I really enjoyed creating. As an extension activity the students could research the various cultures that utilize weaving. They can create classroom presentations and work together to make the different types of weaving that the people create.

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