Footprint Introduction #1

Description:

This project is a fun way to introduce yourself to the class. You were challenged to trace your footprint, including your name, 3 different media, and symbols to explain yourself. This activity was a very creative way to share facts about yourself and learn about other classmates.

Nail Card: I enjoy getting my nails done.

Soccer Ball: I play college soccer at Northern.

Shopping Receipt: I love to go shopping and my favorite store is Marshalls in town.

Omaha Sign: I'm from Omaha, Nebraska.

Troll Figure: My favorite movie is Trolls.

Car Freshener Picture: I love to travel to tropical places like Florida.

Northern Sign: My major is Elementary Education.

Extension Activity:

To take this a step further in my classroom, I would have them paint or draw a self-portrait. Within the portrait, I would have them use their favorite colors and include symbols to describe themselves.

Comments

My Peer Taught Lesson: Picture Puzzle

My Picture Puzzle: Summary: For this project, we drew four different symbols or objects that impact our lives. Students had to use colored pencils, crayons, and markers. In the background of each picture, they had to include lines to express how that object made them feel. For example, I drew active lines in the background of my soccer ball picture to express how I'm always moving in soccer. Then, we had our students write a sentence for each object they drew explaining why it's important to them. We cut out each picture and glued it on a bigger piece of construction paper. Extension Activity: In higher-level elementary classes, students could extend this project by writing a short narrative essay about these symbols. Within this essay, they could tell stories about how these symbols or objects impacted their lives. Then, they could read their essay to the class and show their creations. Whole Classes Projects:

Dot Day Project

Description: I enjoyed this art project and enjoyed working with multiple types of supplies. My favorite part was watching the water bleed into all the colors and seeing how they all blended together. I decided to make my dot into a heart for Valentine's Day and I gifted it to my boyfriend. We used a coffee filter for the dot and used markers, sharpies, crayons, and other materials. Extension Activity: Another activity you could have elementary students do is creating multiple different dots with stamps. Each student would get a piece of construction paper and they could use different stamps to create their artwork.

Vincent Van Gough Project

Description: For this project, I used acrylic paint to glue different colors of tissue paper onto my construction paper. I chose warm colors to create my sunset inspiration because it's taking place in a desert and I attached a couple cactus. Then, I used oil pastels to create lines in the ground to show the wind through the desert and I drew spikes on each cactus. Ultimately, I took a lot of time on this project and enjoyed it a lot. Extension Activity: Students could paint and black construction paper to paint swirls on the paper to represent movement like Vincent Van Gough. They also could use glue and pastel crayons to draw the swirls.

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