The lesson I presented with another teacher candidate consisted of using two different mediums which were crayons and oil pastels. We named our lesson 'Little Leaves' and it was partly based off a children's book we read called, "The Little Yellow Leaf." This story helped students to get into the mood of the changing seasons and what colors we notice during the seasons. The talked about what you see during the autumn season. The students learned what warm and cool colors were and how they would create the project using them. 

To start the project off, we showed them how to make crayon shavings using only warm colors. They put these shaving onto wax paper so that when they fold the wax paper together and put crayon shavings in between, we took an iron and melted it together. After, they traced three different leaves and placed them onto a small white sheet of paper and they created a collage form. The next step was to create five leaves using the oil pastels by only using cool colors. The main point of the project was to create a collage using the melted crayons and oil pastels. Also, they needed to understand what texture was because they had to create texture on their leaves that they created. Before they started creating the whole project they were asked to recall a fall memory and write it on a notecard and create a border using fall colors. The theme for our bulletin board was "Leaves Are Falling" and we placed the students projects in a random pattern across the board to symbolize the many leaves that fall off trees during the season.

An extension activity that we could do is focus on different color themes. For example, monochromatic and complimentary. They would make a project based on a color study of their choice. They could choose their favorite season and make a picture depicting that season. They would have to use only one medium of their choice.

Here is my example of my Little Leaves collage I had made. My fall memory consisted of being with my family on Thanksgiving and each time my grandma would make the most amazing food. The best part was spending time with my cousins.