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:

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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.

Clay Succulent

Description: For this lesson, I learned about how to make a base pot and I used a toothpick to put designs on it. Then, we flipped it over and used clay to create leaves which we scored and used water to attach them to the pot. We had to use at least two elements and principles of design with color, texture, and depth. We painted our succulents and wrote sentences on which principles of design we used. Also, we learned about Maria Martinez and the techniques she uses in her clay pots. Extension Activity: Along with students making these clay plants, they could research other plants and see how and where they survive. This would be a science lesson and students could even plant their own real-life plant.

Paper Chain Snake

Summary: For this lesson, we listened to Ashyln and Emma speak about different types of 2D and 3D art examples and artists. Then, we talked about different types of snakes and how all of them look different. For the project, we used one piece of construction paper to first cut out the head and then the tail. After that, we used the rest of the construction paper to cut out our rings for the body of the snake. We used glue to connect the head, chains, and tail. Once we were done, we used paint and Q-tips to draw our eyes and designs on the snake. Finally, we went around and shared why we painted our snake that way and if we named it. Extension Activity: Paper chains could also be used for a math activity by connecting the chains and counting them. This is a good way to visually see which chain is larger and how a smaller chain will always be a smaller number. Students would be able to pick any number 1 through 10 and create that many paper chains. Then, I would pair up my st...

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