2nd Grade Wild Things - Special Display! Recycled Tissue Paper Sunflower Bowl. This was our second project from Jane Bull's book, "Make It! " We had plenty of eco paste leftover from our Re-cycled Paper Bowl making project. I have to admit that I really wanted to make this sunflower bowl too. I was excited when "E" asked if she could make one. We already had our eco-paste made from the re-cycled paper bowl project. For instructions see this post. "E" shredded a bunch of tissue paper into strips. She worked with yellow, orange, green, and blue. She greased up one of my kitchen bowls with a layer of vaseline then got to work layering the tissue paper strips with eco-paste. We found that the best system was for me to hand her strips with my non-sticky handys while she stayed goopy and spread out the glue/goop. She worked from green to blue then added the yellow and orange. The overlapping areas in the center look dark (sort of brownish) just like a real sunflower.
She put her sunflower bowl in the art studio to dry with the other paper bowls. Here's the bottom of the sunflower bowl. Course: Pushing Moodle Content to Twitter. Mosaic Hearts. The students painted paper red and blue with a little white mixed in. When it was dry they traced a heart onto black or gray paper and then cut the paper and glued the pieces on.
Penguin Thump Prints « MeriCherry. We just finished our penguin unit in kindergarten. This year I added penguin thumb prints to our art agenda and the kids LOVED them. They thought they were the cutest thing going. We used our thumbs and stamp pads for the bodies and then popsicle sticks dipped in paint for the details. Some of the girls begged for glitter at the end and I’m glad I caved. It looks like there’s a blizzard in the pictures. Question of the Moment - Hogwarts. Walkthrough team deems reading area 'clutter,' removes it | Philadelphia Public School Notebook. By Guest blogger on Feb 09 2012 Posted in Community voices This guest blog post comes from Andrew Ganim, who shared a version of this story as testimony to the School Reform Commission on January 19. Talk to teachers in Philadelphia, and you'll hear more than a few complaints about walkthrough teams.
These are the groups of educators sent each month to struggling schools to see how well teachers are following the details of the mandated curriculum, down to such items as how desks are arranged and what’s on classroom walls. One of these walkthrough teams came into my wife’s 3rd grade classroom in Lea Elementary School, took one look at a lovingly assembled reading corner, and determined it was “clutter.” Does the headline “Walkthrough team deems reading area 'clutter,' removes it,” sound more like something you would expect to read in the Notebook, or in The Onion? Unfortunately, it actually happened. I live in West Philadelphia, across the street from Lea. The reading area has been a hit. Laurel Burch inspired Cats. An Open Letter to Channel 4. Dear Channel 4, I am writing to you with the hope that you will stop ruining my life.
While your obsession with my ethnicity is flattering, it has become somewhat apparent to me that you might have gotten the wrong end of the stick. This is sort of awkward for me, because I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but your documentary, 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings', is unfortunately a work of fiction. There is no need to be embarrassed, it can happen to the best of us, and thus I hope my letter will help you establish the facts, after all I'm sure you are passionate about fighting discrimination against ethnic minorities.
It surprised me to discover that 99% of Britain's Gypsy and Traveller population are Irish. You correctly identified that many Gypsy and Traveller children leave school at a young age, however you failed to mention that this is not because we are all born to terrible parents, but because our communities suffer from great social exclusion.
Yours sincerely, Pip. Paper Dolls: Photo Dolls. The children have had a lot of fun with the simple paper dolls. We made dolls from a template here and created our own here. This time, we’ve made paper dolls made from real life photographs. Above is our family, in photo doll form. The dolls aren’t strictly in proportion: My husband is much taller than me (30 cm in fact) and there’s no way my eldest daughter is almost as tall as me…I think. It’s somewhat disturbing to see yourself in paper doll form but a whole lot of fun. Materials:A4 Photo Paper, Camera, Printer, Laminator (optional) 1. Tips for taking photos: 1. 2. 2. Using your favourite photo editor, crop the photos close around the body. 3. Insert the cropped pictures into Microsoft Pubisher (or Word) and resized them to fit nicely on an A4 page. 4.
For extra strength, laminate the photos. 5. Cut photo dolls using scissors and a stanley or craft knife (on a board) for the tricky sections. 6. Now, I’m trying to decide which of these pictures is more disturbing. Other Be A Fun Mum Posts. Classroom displays - Modern foreign languages. This Art is Cute. Oh No, She Didn't! Can't help it. These little skeleton critters are cute. Collected all together they dance and skip. Yes, yes, they have intestines, both large and small, hearts, pairs of lungs, stomachs, livers, and even a couple of bladders between the seventeen! They even (mostly) have 12 pairs of ribs. I Am Poem. I am an idea junkie and thief. I seriously adore looking at ideas other teachers are using, and when I can, I 'borrow' them. So when someone pinned something from One Extra Degree's blog, I pinned it too, and then, I went on an all-day blog reading fest. I came across her "I Am Poem" freebie and adapted it for my needs, which happened to be quite pressing.
My hallway bulletin board was blank, and conferences were the next week. Paper Party Decorations Part 4: Accordian Folded Starbursts & Medallions, For The Succah Or Anytime. What can I say? These are really quite simple to make and yet so stunning, hung flat on a wall or from the ceiling. You can glue two back to back for a more dimensional hanging ornament, and even use really large paper for wall decorations that will not only look amazing as space fillers, but will certainly require less effort on your part!
It takes the same amount of time to make a large medallion as it does a small one, so give it some thought. You'll Need: paper, color, weight and size according to your needs, these were made with A4 laser paper.needle and thread, or if you're lucky to own a very long armed stapler, that could work too! 2" scalloped craft punch and tiny flower puncha regular stapler or high tack glue, or double stick tape How To: For the yellow and blue startbursts, I used an entire A4 sheet of laser paper, and folded the sheet accordian style, with small folds about 1/2" to 5/8" deep. Paper Mosaics. Question from a classroom volunteer... - Primary.
Make a Viking Ship. Join The Flock. The Flock sheep will be making an appearance at ZSL London Zoo this summer, alongside the well-known Aardman Animations character ‘Shaun the Sheep’! A flock of over 5000 pompom sheep have been sent from Eden to London to feature in ‘Shaun’s PomPom Parade’ exhibition and a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest display of handmade sheep. In summer 2012 the Flock sheep were toured around Cumbrian venues and events and the artwork was seen by thousands of delighted people.
Earlier this year retailer The Wool Room and Aardman Animations took inspiration from the Flock project and launched a similar project called ‘Shaun’s PomPom Parade’. Thousands more pompom sheep have since been created in support of ‘The Campaign for Wool’ and a target of 10,000 sheep set. Shaun’s PomPom Parade will be on display at ZSL London Zoo from 30th August – 1st September, as part of the Little Creatures family festival. A special film has been created about the sheep’s journey to London Zoo! Kid's Craft / Mommy Craft: Hot Air Balloon Mobile. Sooooo this started out as a kid's craft, but the further along I got it really became a Mommy craft :) Depending on the ages of your kids, they may or may not be able to help with the whole process.
On Mondays and Fridays I watch two other kids for a friend - one is a 3 year old girl - Charlotte's BFF, and one is a sweet little 3 month old boy. So I've been trying to conjure up activities for us to do, especially on rainy days like we had on Monday. Since the girls are 3 and 2 1/2 the only part they could really help with was the finger-painting. But that was great fun. So here's how you and your kiddos can make your own hot air balloon mobile!
Supplies for one mobile: 2 pieces of white cardstock 1 piece of colored cardstock scissors finger paint yarn or string 2 long, thin dowels or skewers (I just cut the pointy ends off) hole punch stapler, tape.....glue possibly Step 1: Cut the pieces of cardstock in half, so you have four pieces 8.5" x 5.5" inches. Enjoy! Teaching "I" Messages. I found this great bulletin board idea on Pinterest thanks to Kellie Wedig Meixner and was so excited to make my own "Guidance" version. Since I teach "I" messages to all my students, I found this to be a great bulletin board theme to practice making those kinds of statements. After all, communication is key to solving our problems and I would say that Angry Birds could use some practice telling the pigs how they feel about their eggs being stolen! I wanted to make this Bulletin Board interactive so I made wheels that turn and reveal different feelings, situations, and solutions.
Students can turn the wheels to make many different I statements. Do you have any creative Guidance Bulletin Board themes? Secret Agent Josephine » Blog Archive » Fairy Wings and Toadstool Cupcakes. I’ve had this idea of making cardboard fairy wings with cut-out windows filled with tissue paper for the longest time. I probably thought it up when I was little but never was allowed to use a sharp knife or didn’t have the right supplies or something. So now that I’m a grown up, I’m making all my little-kid dreams come true. I love this part of being a grown up. When I was down at Bethany‘s the other day, Annalie was kind enough to let me cut up her cardboard house that I made for her several weeks ago. We cut out a few sets of wings (utilizing the folding seam of the box for the fold where the wings would flutter) and got busy with some cheap craft paint.
You know what I love about visiting Bethany besides the fact that we’re really good friends and we stay up all night talking? We painted, glittered and pretty much made Bethany’s patio into a sparkling wonderland of mess. I’ve been thinking lately, as I do all these craft days with kids, that I need to have an adult crafting class. Bulletin Boards! Hey, Hey! Sunny Days in Second Grade is hosting a bulletin board linky party! And seeing as how I love these so much, I thought I would join in on the fun. Here are a few of my favorite bulletin boards. Last year, I decided to make a "scene" outside of my classroom door.
While this was a big task at first, changing it throughout the year became something I looked forward to. Here are a few of my scenes: This was done in October. Here is our November/Thanksgiving scene. Will you BEE our Valentine? This bulletin board is always a favorite. And last but not least, I'm pretty sure this board says it all about Kindergarten. Hurry over and link up. ~Miss E. That Was Easy! Do you have an Easy Button in your classroom? The other day I was digging through some boxes of school materials, and suddenly I heard a voice announce, "That was easy! " I laughed out loud, and those three words brought back so many memories! I could clearly picture the big red Easy Button perched on the file cabinet at the back of my classroom a few years ago. I remembered how I used the button as an incentive to motivate and reward students for doing their best work on Accelerated Math assignments.
AM is an individualized system of math practice worksheets that students complete and score on their own. After working the problems, they carefully bubble in their answers on a scan card, and slide it through the machine. You can still purchase an Easy Button from Staples, and I saw that they donate the proceeds to the Boys and Girls Club of America. I know I'm not the only teacher to have an Easy Button. Laura Candler ~ Teaching Resources. Bulletin Board Solutions. Eskeletons. Clay Dragons and Paper Castles.
Piet Mondrian Style Hearts. Safer Internet Day - posters and fact sheets for your classroom! Graffiti in the classroom. Hallway Display. ME! Graphing. Classroom Displays Courses | Classroom Displays. Interactive Floor, Wall & Advertising Projection : Free Interactive Projection Software : PO-MOtion.com. ‘Failure to Learn’ or ‘Failure TO Learn’ Word Ladders. Teachers Pet - Free downloadable PDF teaching resources. Linda Hartley Twitter | Linda Hartley Trending. 10 Resources for Safer Internet Day 2012. District office building art display. Simpsons Pictures | ICTmagic | Scoop.it. Crooked Buildings Cityscapes. PaperZip | Free Teaching Resources. Venspired Learning | Teaching, Learning, & Life. I wish for....
Teachers Pet - Free downloadable PDF teaching resources. Amazon.co. Creating Display Lettering. Chaîne de artificedesign. Number Displays...is yours 'abstract' or 'real'? Maths Words | Classroom Displays. March of the penguins. Environment Display – Antarctica | Classroom Displays. Foods With Moods. Penguin Art. Venspired.com {Posters} : un album. Not my work. Puppet Pals HD. What does she mean. MeMima font. Ndebele Dolls. Non-Objective Symmetrical Name Designs. LOVE Canvas: In the Style of Robert Indiana. P1190005. Monster Bookmarks. Retractable Number Line and... Kindergarten. Tu’Bshvat Celebrate Trees Bulletin Board « MeriCherry. Dilly-Dali Art: Window Painting {& It's My Blogiversary!} Art History Snowmen Bulletin Board. Read About It ... Think About It. Class Display. No, David - Fall Into First. Fact and Opinion Aliens.