Trophy People

Wrestler
Ballet Dancer
Champion Cruncher
Champion Napper
Basketball Trophy
This is one of my all time favorite projects. I love that, in the mind of one of my students, napping is an activity deserving of an award.

Recycling is another word for . . .

The Story That Made My Day

My colleague John Craig (a first grade teacher) stopped to give me a box of plastic lids. He went on to tell me how he lives in the country and that the cost of garbage removal had gotten too expensive, so his family has begun recycling. His daughter Kayle (a first grader in Mrs. Jarrell's class) is a student of mine and was very excited about the idea of recycling, but the first trip to the center proved to be a big disappointment for her. She thought her family was going to recycle "like Mrs. Drake."
In her mind recycling was just another word for making art.

Fruit Cup Species of Jelly Fish

The third graders had a really good time making these jelly fish.
It's always nice to expose students to a collaborative installation project.
Fruit cups
Styrofoam packing peanuts
Fishing line
Tape
Lasagna noodles
Unused laminate (what's left on the roll)
Plastic wire coating
String
Dyed Sheet
Cardboard
Brads