This is a unit that was designed by my cooperating teacher, Kathy Bareis, that I got to teach to my sixth graders. My sixth graders were tickled pink when I told them that we would be working with clay. We practiced making clay heads and bodies of animals/creatures for two or three days. These practice days I kept a tally of how many of the heads/bodies were 'proficient or advanced' for each class to invoke a little bit of classroom competition. The students were eager to come into class and find out which class had won the previous day. The students were expected to create animals/creatures that had ears, mouths, eyes, and noses on the face. The bodies had hips and shoulders that were separated from the belly. They also were asked to create insertion points and tab slots so that they could add extra embellishments to their animals such as tails, horns, spikes, etc. The animals were balanced on four long legs made from cut dowels. The animals were left out to dry with the legs still in them. Then the legs were removed right before firing. After they had been fired, students painted patterns onto the legs and bodies using acrylic paint. To finish off the project, 13 different backgrounds were printed off that the students could photograph their animals in front of. They then wrote folk tales about their animals. they were encouraged to include props and their classmate's animals into their stories. Eventually, Kathy would like to compile pictures of the animals and their stories and publish them in a book for the school library.
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Devon CalvertHarmony and Consolidated Elementary Art Teacher in Milton, WI. UW-Eau Claire graduate. WAEA President. Apple Teacher. ArchivesCategories
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