Earth Day

For this lesson we learned about Earth Day. They explained little about Earth Day and why it is important to keep the Earth clean. We looked at picture of the Earth, when it was clean and when it was run over with pollution and waste. We talked about ways that we could keep the Earth clean. We learned different art terms that would be incorporated into our project. Using tempura paint, shaving cream, and a circle piece of paper we used to make our Earths. To do this we put a layer of shaving cream down, put yellow and blue paint over the shaving cream. Then using our fingers or a spoon we swirled the paint together. We then laid the circle over the top of the paint and pressed down leaving it on there for three seconds. When we lifted the paper back up we had a shaving cream picture that look like Earth. The shaving cream gave the Earth texture witch looked like mountain landscape.

Extinction Activity,

For this project we could talk about the different landforms on Earth. Then we could use this project to get high hills and then carve out the rivers or valleys. We could try and forming the different landforms. 

Ribbit

For this lesson we learned about different types of frogs. For the art project we made clay frogs. They went step-by-step on how to form the different body parts of the frog. We learned how to slam the clay and score. We began by slamming our ball of clay to get the air bubbles out. Scoring is important when attaching one piece to another. After our frog was complete we painted our frogs.

Extinction Activity,

This lesson could easily extend into science. The students could form the life cycle of a frog. They could label each stage and write information about that stage on the cardboard under the clay. 

Pop Up Books

For this lesson we learned about narrative stories. They began by reading the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff. They pointed out the Plot, Characters, and settings from the story. Next, they asked us to come up with our own characters, setting, and plot. We then formed a group of three and sound a way to take all of our ideas and create a story. After coming up with a story line with characters and a setting, we created six pages of a pop up book. Each page was to have a picture, with a central element being projected by the pop up piece. Then under the picture a line or two from the story we created.

Extinction Activity,

I love this idea of having the students create a book. You could use this as a form of book report. They could draw the characters, settings, and plot of the book they read. Answering a few questions under the drawings. Also a student could draw a picture and then have a partner narrate what they think the picture. 

Catching Your Dreams

For this lesson we learned about dream catchers. We learned about the meaning and how they worked. As we were working on the project they read us a book called Grandmother’s Dreamcatcher by Becky McCain witch was about the dream catchers and Native American culture. The Bad dreams are caught in the beads and the good dreams are sent down the strings through the feathers. In the morning the sun shines on the beads and destroys the bad dreams. To make them we had to put string through a few holes in the paper plate and crossed them over a couple of times. They then taught us two different ways of stringing the beads on. We finished by stringing the feathers on the bottom and talking at our table about good and bad dreams.

Extinction Activity,

We could learn more about the Native American culture specific to our area. Learning more about their customs and have someone come in and talk about their traditions they do today. Having them go into detail about the different parts of the dream catcher. We would have them all hung around the room.