today, the students painted a magic picture. I found this idea on Laura Kelly's website. Friday I asked the students to choose one design from Ms. Kim's Pumpkin Masters pumpkin carving kit. Then I transferred that design onto a piece of paper using only Elmer's glue to make the pattern.
today, I told the students to paint the paper using watercolors and to watch what happened.
the paint stuck only to the paper, not the glue!
then we went outside and the students sprayed water on their paper and watched the paint run together.
it didn't turn out quite like I wanted but we had fun!
we had a Chinese lesson from our GA, Mr. Bowen today. we learned how to say "Go Tigers!"
(jia you, lao hu)
we read Abuela's Weave today.
"This story is about the importance of family pride and personal endurance introduces children to the culture of Guatemala through the eyes of little Esperanza, who works with her abuela--her grandmother--on weavings to sell at the public market."
next, I gave each student a strip of paper and asked them to decorate it.
we then went outside with our strips of paper and practiced weaving on the chain link fence.
we came in and Stepped Up to find and circle the letter Jj before we lined up for lunch.
