Today students had the opportunity to work with clay in our
classroom. They each had 3 different colors to work with. I gave them
very vague instructions; they had to create something using the clay.
They sure had a lot of comments and questions!! I gave them about 10
minutes to create their piece. I must say this was my most creative group!!! We had amazing creations in here!! :) After that they had to add something,
take something away, and make a change to their piece. Next they had
give their creation a title. Finally we discussed compliments and how
to give a GOOD and meaningful compliment. Students had the opportunity
to go around the room and compliment each other's creations. Everyone did a super job with this!
Some
of you might be asking why we did this. Well...I tied it to writing
in 2nd grade. Yesterday we read a book explaining the steps that
authors have to go through when they create a book. We will go through
similar steps here in 2A. We discussed that good authors are not
happy with their first copy. They need to change, add, and take away
things from their writing pieces. So, hopefully as my second graders
are grumbling at me and saying they don't want to make changes to their
writing pieces they will think about their clay project. Hopefully
they will remember that all good authors make changes before they
publish their final writing piece.
Here are some pictures of the students creating their pieces and of the final product.
Happy writing 2nd graders!!
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