Lei day is May day in Hawai'i!

ALOHA!!!! 
Last but not least!!!

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was the teacher on this last project; I taught my 4th graders about watercolor and lei making.  First we learned about watercolor techniques; wet on wet, dry brush, crayon resist, graduated wash.  The students had to make a master piece water color painting with 2 different techniques! While we waited for the watercolor painting to dry we started making color flowers out or our colorful construction paper.  The had to string their leis, with yarn and little pieces of straws to put in between the flowers. At the end they would tie both end of the yarn to wrap around their neck.  Then I introduced them to the Hawaiian culture and "why is it we make lei or what is it used for?" I taught them different words that we used in Hawaii; Pau(done), Mahalo nui( Thank you very much), Aloha(love,hi, bye), A Hui Hou ( see you later).  

In Hawaii lei making it very popular; instead of giving your teacher an apple for respect; your give a lei to your teacher out of respect!  You can give leis to anyone your care about or anyone you have great respect for!  I'm very happy of how this lesson turned out because the students respected the Hawaiian culture in a great manner. Mahalo Nui Loa!!!! SHAKA \m/

COIL POTsss!!

Coil Pots: Clay and Kalei hahahah!!; It was fun dealing with Clay! First we had to get a big clump of clay and mend it so it would have air bubbles in it. After that was finish we had to make a snake shape coil, so we could start our pot.  We had to make sure we cut little x's to where the coil would touch another coil, so it would mend into each other without coming apart.  In the mean while we had to put a symbol of your or what your like to do.  I put a flower in the inside and a flower on the outside of the pot. I'm in love with flowers, so I deiced to decorate it with red flowers and lines.  When I painted my pot I blended blue and yellow to make green! I LOVE COOL COLORS!!!

During my class, I would allow them to make a bigger pot and taller pot. Then I would want them to research pottery and how it was used back in the day and their art project is try to make what they are researching on.

3-D DESIGN!!!

3-D paper: In Class we were taught how to bend and fold and curl paper with our hands.  This was fun! Our table used warm colors.  I love curling paper, so I used alot of swirls in my project and used steps to get the steps going to the other side of the paper.

During my class, I would allow them to explore their imagination and come up with the own town, and what they would have in it and everything they love and always wanted. Then we could incorporate this project with things they could bring in.  They could just bring in random objects to make there project.

Print Making TRAINS!

Print making:  We learned about Print making.  First we carved out designs in to a piece of styrofoam.  Then we rolled over it with ink; I used blue.  Then we had to stamp it on our colored paper.  It make box's  that looked like train cars.  My design was swirls and bubbles. We had to stamp out three of the train cars, and make a theme out of them.  I put coal and dirt in my train cars, and they were getting carried out in to the sun!

During my Class, I would have them research when print making was first started and what was the importance of it?  They could have a display board or write a paper about print making.

Marbling around the GLOBE!!

Marbling:  Karissa and Jami taught us to marble with shaving cream and paint!  We had a picture that we had to trace or draw that we were going to marble.  I had The China Wall.  First you drew your picture, then when over it with a sharpie.  We had to cut out our picture then when we were finish; we had to go over to the marbling station.  There were different pans, we had to first put shaving cream then adjacent colors I used Orange, Green and yellow.  I just mixed them all together and had some waves of color.  It was pretty cool, because after we pressed down on the paint and shaving cream we had to scrape it off of our picture, so we could see it after.. it dried so fast!

During my class, I would love to do the same project but just using different colors, and different places or using numbers for math!

PUZZLEzzz'

Puzzle piece: We had to make warm or cool color puzzle that we could make and connect our pieces to everyone else puzzle piece.  I made my a cool color using different blues and purples some green.  I put a fish in my piece because fish swim in cool water like the blue ocean!

During my class, I would allow them to get in groups of 5 and make their own puzzle with cool and warm colors, they could use different animals or insects.

MACRAMe'

Macrame: This was one of my favorites, I have always done sometime of macrame during my teenage years.  This time we had to make a keychain or a bracelet, we had to add 3 beads on my key chain; the blue one stands for the ocean and the brown stands for my parents!  I wish I could of made on for my brothers and sisters so I could give it to them for their birthdays!!! But this was fun project to work with your hands!

With my class, I would give them a week to make what they want, bracelets, necklaces and we would do this around christmas time so they could give it to their friends or family!!