Clay Animal Containers

One fifth grade class was lucky enough to do clay animal containers. On the first day we practiced making pinch pots, one of the most basic clay forms. The pinch pot will be the base for their animal containers. Once they were satisfied with a pinch pot, they added feet, tails and whatever details would go with the animal they picked to sculpt. A second pinch pot was created in the next class and details were added to create the head of their animal. Once they were dry the students painted them. Overall this project was very successful and most of the students enjoyed their finished product.

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Name Transformations

For the first mini drawing project, students were asked to write their first names in bubble or block letters and transform them into objects that reflect their unique personalities. Here are some amazing examples!!

3rd and 4th Grade Symmetrical Name Aliens

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Texture and Animal Emphasis Project

This lesson was inspired by two separate ideas, the first involving the use of pattern and texture, and the second, applying color theory to create a focal point. The discussion started with the concept of texture and visual texture and how one can create different textures. I held a contest where each table was challenged to write down as many examples of textures they could think of. The winning group had over sixty different textures!!! We then talked about how to draw these textures and practiced by repeating lines and/or shapes. The next part of the lesson was selecting an animal to be the focal point of the piece. The students were asked to create emphasis through their use of a color scheme demonstrating their understanding of color relationships from the color theory unit. A critique was held to view and talk about the finished product. Check them out below...

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