Birds Of A Feather

The first week of class presentations, the second group to go made a lesson using birds. They showed us a video in the beginning and asked us what it was about. The video showed that you shouldn't judge someone based on what they look like or if they are different and in the end the different bird got its revenge on the rest of the birds. For their lesson, they had us create 3-D birds which had a description along with it. They started out with having us brainstorm what our bird's name was and what it's description was. We each got a template that we cut out to make the bird and then we had to color it and make our descriptions come to life. After we put it together and colored it we punched holes into the wings and the middle of the bird to put strings on it to look like its flying.

As an extension activity, we could focus on characters and how they act and what motivates them to be like that. We could look at stories and plays and try to reenact each character and try to be unique in their own way. Then after all of that, we could have all the students create their own character and each student would go up and act it out and the rest of the students guess what kind of character they are trying to become.


I created Rosta Fly Marley. He likes to fly high with his homies. He chills at his crib, making the music of his soul. Also, he tends to get hungry a lot, which means he is always in search for food.

Clay Necklaces

The first week of class presentations, we had two students give a group presentation. Their lesson was on a 1st grade setting and we created clay beads to make a necklace. They gave us each a ball of clay so that we could learn how to knead the clay. Next, we took a little piece from the ball of clay and made bead-like pieces by wrapping it around a small skewer, we did this to make an opening for the beads to go on the string. The teachers instructed us that we had to make at least five beads and have 3 different colors and at least one had to have a design on it.

As an extension activity, they could use it in science to make the periodic table by making atoms and connecting them together to make each element. They would color each circle to make it represent the atom. For example, for H2O they would color two circles blue for hydrogen and one for oxygen and they can connect them together with tooth picks.

MY BEAD NECKLACE :)

Hidden Safari :)

During this lesson, we had to create an illusion. We first started drawing an animal, that we chose, upside down. This helps students focus more on the shapes of the animal rather than the object itself. We had to draw it in a light blue for it to work. Next, we had to create a pattern over our animal to make the illusion. We had to use the colors red, orange, and yellow. We used repetition to make the patterns with different shapes and lines. We had to make sure the page was covered so we were able to see it through the ruby red glasses. The ruby red glasses we created was to be able to see the animal and it makes the illusion come to life.

As an extension activity, the teacher could have each student pick an animal from a hat and all of them have different animals. After each of them create one they have all the students guess which one is which. They also could put it around the classroom and make it seem like a hidden safari and the students have to find where all of them are. They also can make it into a geography lesson by getting facts from the animal they made and they have to present it to the class. Also they could go on a field trip to the zoo and try to find the animal they made.

This is my Hidden Safari animal. I drew a zebra because that is my favorite animal. One thing we had to do was to write three clues as to what our animal was. I had a lot of fun doing this project because it was really amazing what you can do with color.