Week of 2/27/2022 - Weaving with 2nd grade and clay with 3rds

I started on my Donors Choose project with 2nd grade this week - Bicycle wreaths + yarn

I demonstrated how to tie a knot and how to go over and under to weave. At first students had some trouble, 15 minutes later they were obsessed!!!  Students worked in pairs, figured out how to make weaving work and tied ribbons to complete their work. These will go up on our school fence over the next week or two.

 

3rd grade worked on clay tiles inspired by artist Ron Hitchins. We had looked at his work as an inspiration for our beginning of the year collaborative art project back in September. Students had worked on creating a paper tile each and now they got to work with clay! Focus on combining organic and geometric shapes, adding lines and creating textures using the additive and subtractive process.