Week of 9/26/2021 - We are weaving!

 

Inspired by the story Spider Weaver by Margaret Musgrove and Julia Cairns, 2nd grade students created spider web weaving and added a variety of lines to complete their work.

Students first responded to the hook - an illustration of a spider web from the story and wrote down words that came to their mind. They then shared what they wrote with their partner and each table then shared to the class what they observed.

 

 

We created a scaffold of a variety of lines - students used yarn to weave under and over notches on a paper plate and added colorful yarn as they progressed. Once done, they added colorful lines of their choice using markers. 

 

 

 We discussed the following words for vocabulary - Line, Weaving, Warp, Weft and Kente Cloth.

 I created 3 yarn stations with small pieces of tape so students could be independent in picking their favorite colors and a piece of tape and come back to their seat to tape one end of the yarn to the plate and continue adding yarn to weave.                                                               

Inspired by Kente cloth from Ghana, 3rd grade students created a paper weaving and added 2 motifs with lines to complete their work.

Students first responded to the hook - an example of a Kente cloth and wrote down words that came to their mind. They then shared what they wrote with their partner and each table then shared to the class what they observed.

 

 

           We created a scaffold of a variety of lines and students designed 3 motifs. They then used paper to weave over and under. Once done, they picked 2 of their favorite motifs and used markers to add them to their work. 

 

We discussed the following words for vocabulary - Line, Weaving, Warp, Weft, Motifs and Kente Cloth.