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Fun: 3/5 Difficulty:2/5 Creativity: 2/5 Grade:3-6 The origami heart I remember learning in grade 3 so I wanted to attempt it again. It is pretty cute and simple but there isn’t a lot of room for creativity besides decorating the hearts with markers or crayons or cutting them to be more fun of a shape […]
Read more "Inquiry #9 Origami heart"For my final assignment I would get my students to make a portfolio in any form they would like, collage, digital, video, song: something to show and express everything they have made over the year. I think you could really do this with any age range as long as you adjust it for your class. […]
Read more "Final Inquiry #10 Portfolio!"Fun: 4/5 Creativity: 3/5 Grade level 2-4 Time: 10 minutes Materials -paper -pen or pencil -scissors tape -If you are a perfectionist maybe a ruler This week I made a flying butterfly out of paper very cool very fun. The idea came from a nature craft book I have. It didn’t take long I wish […]
Read more "Inquiry #9 Paper Flying Butterfly"Difficulty: 1/5 Creativity: 4/5 Fun: 4/5 Time: 20 minutes Grades: K-2 Materials -Paint Pens This activity is something I imagine doing with primary students near the start of the year so they can start thinking about what colours work well together. They would get to choose either cool tones (blue, green,etc or warm tones like […]
Read more "Inquiry #7 Warm/Cool Tones"Grade: 1-3 Fun: 3/5 Creativity: 2/5 Difficulty: 2.5/5 Time: 2 minutes per flower Materials -green pipe cleaners and pipe cleaners of your colour choice -pencil I really liked this activity because all you need are pipe cleaners and a pencil. I found it a bit challenging at first but I got the hang of it […]
Read more "Inquiry #6 Pipe Cleaner flowers"Fun:5/5 Difficulty:2/5 Grade: K-2 Creativity 4/5 Time: 1-2 blocks Materials: -Paper -Toilet Paper Animal -Markers, Paint or Paint Pens This week I chose to expand on my craft from the other week the fox character I made from a toilet paper roll click here if you want to learn more about that. I was thinking […]
Read more "Inquiry #5 Creating Stories and Settings (Toilet Paper rolls extended"Featured Image from: Ann on Flickr Difficulty: 1/5 Creativity: 3/5 Fun: 5/5 Grade Level: K-5 Time: 15-20 minutes (If using tempura paint do this craft over two days to allow time to dry) Supplies needed -Tempura paint or markers, pencil crayons etc -black fine tip pen, sharpie or black marker -Paper Adaptations -Cut shapes out […]
Read more "Inquiry #4 Beautiful Blobs"Difficulty: 2/5 Creativity: 4/5 Fun: 5/5 Grade Level: K-3 Time: 1 hour total ,30 minutes over two days Supplies needed – rolls of any sort (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper, from ribbon etc – tempura paint -card stock or some kind of sturdy paper, or (cardboard ideally thin like from cereal boxes) -black pens […]
Read more "Inquiry #3 Toilet Paper Roll animals"This week I decided to try potato printing. I was inspired by my friend who I saw do this activity on her practicum. For this activity I did not follow a specific set of instructions, I tried to figure out how to do it as I went but if you want a more clear in […]
Read more "Free Inquiry #2 Potato Printing"My inquiry project for this course is trying different crafts I could do with future students then giving feedback and reviewing the craft. I will be reviewing based on how much room for creativity there is, difficulty and grade level. Featured Image: “Origami Paper” by Dominic’s pics is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Origami Samurai Hat! Difficulty: 2/5′ […]
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