Cutting circles:
- Where will you put round shapes in your collage?
Collaboration:
- What shapes will you cut?
- Will your shapes be next to each other, touch each other, or overlap?
- Where will you put your small collage on the big class collage?
- What do you like to do in the winter?
STEAM:
- What parts does a fish have?
- What shape do you need to cut for each part?
- What else in in your classroom fish tanks?
- What is in your class terrarium?
- What shapes do you need to cut to make darkling beetles, pill bugs, moss mats, tree seedlings, gravel, etc.?
- Where will you glue your part on the big mural?
First Grade
Block buildings from observation:
- Which kinds of blocks did you use in your building?
- What shapes do you need to cut to make a collage of your building?
- Where do you need to put each shape?
|
Cutting Circles/Collaboration:
- What could we make for our garden?
- How do you cut a circle?
- What other shapes will you need to cut?
- Where will you put each part of the garden?
Self-Portraits:
- What parts do you need to make for a self-portrait?
- What shapes will you need to make for each part?
- How big is each part?
- What clothes will you be wearing?
Collaboration:
- What can you make to show that it's Spring?
Second Grade
Composition:
- If you could have anything for lunch, what would you choose?
- Where will you put the shapes?
- Will they be close together, touching, far apart, or overlapping?
Vehicles:
- How can people travel fast?
- What parts does your vehicle have?
- What shapes will you need for the parts?
- How will you show the person riding in or on the vehicle?
Houses:
- What shapes will you need to cut to make a collage of your house?
- Where will you make little and big shapes?
- Where will you put shapes on top of shapes?
- Where will you make shapes that touch each other?
- Where will you use some bumpy paper?
Collaboration:
- How can we tell that it's Spring?
Third Grade
Pizza Collages-Cut/Tear/Overlap:
- What do you like on your pizza?
- Will you make a whole one, or a piece?
- What shape will you make your pizza?
- Where will you need to cut, tear, crumple, or overlap your shapes?
Composition/Small Moment Collages:
- Who, What, Where, When, How?
- Who was with you?
- What were you doing?
- Where were you?
- When did it happen?
- How did you feel at that moment?
- How big will you make each person?
- How close together will the people be?
- What shapes do you need to cut for the parts of each person?
- What shapes do you need to cut for the background?
- Will you start with the people or the place?
|
Tonka Trucks from observation:
- Where do you see big and small shapes?
- Where do you see connecting shapes?
- Where do you see shapes inside of shapes?
- What kind of background will you make?
Texture/A stuffed owl from observation:
- Which shapes will you cut, and which will you tear?
- Where do you see big and small parts?
- Where will you need to make shapes touching each other?
|
Collaboration:
- What will you make for a collage about Winter?
- How will you work together to make a whole class collage?
Fourth Grade
Visual storytelling/Matchbox cars from observation:
- Where do you see big and small shapes, connecting shapes, shapes inside of shapes?
- What kind of background will you invent for your car?
- How can you extend your story onto another piece of paper?
Fifth Grade
Still Life Collages from Observation:
- How do you show what's in front, and what's behind?
- What colors will you use for your shapes?
Self Portraits from Observation:
- What shapes do you need to cut for all the parts of your face?
- What size is each part compared to all the other parts?
- How much space is between each part?
- Where do you need to make overlapping shapes?
- Will you tear or crumple the paper for any parts of your self-portrait?
Flowers from Observation:
- How will you use the paper to show the textures of the flowers?
- Where will you need to overlap?
Collage Murals/First through Fifth Grade Collaboration:
- What can you add to the water, sand, or sky?
Murals about the Alcott School Library:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|