Activities for Art
Birthday Booklets
Submitted by: Tami
July 30th, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: Create a take-home Birthday Booklet a child will cherish for a long time but that takes up hardly any of your time. Some kids have kept these for years and still have them!
Classroom Stationery That Sticks!
Submitted by: Jacqueline
July 22nd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | Language Arts | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: This is a great "First-Day" activity I use in my third grade classroom each September! Distribute one Post-it® Note to each student (We use 1 1/2" x 2" size). Each student draws his or her own "self-portrait" in pencil. Student writes name under portrait (Students can use first names or both first and last names). Teacher collects the portraits, and arranges them around the outside border of a plain 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of white copy paper. Teacher may add a title to the stationery, for example, "Mrs. Nessuno, Room 215, The Caring Classroom." After attaching the Post-it Notes, teacher creates a "master," on the copy machine. Teacher and class can then use the master to create colored copies of stationery for use throughout the year! This stationery is perfect for classroom newsletters, notes home, thank you notes both for and from students, student letters-- even class books! Note: this activity can be adapted for any grade level Pre-k-8. For younger students, the teacher can distribute larger Post-it Notes and later reduce the student portraits (before attaching to the master stationery copy) using the copy machine. When you send a note home on your class stationery, parents (and kids!) enjoy seeing the student portraits, and your classroom stationery is immediately recognized-- the parent knows that's not just another flyer for the recycle bin, but it's an important message from your classroom, which makes this the classroom stationery that "sticks" all year!
Sticky Thoughts
Submitted by: Stephanie
July 12th, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: I created a Venn Diagram including "Academics" and "Social" categories. I explained to my students that they would each have a pad of Post-It® Notes on the corner of their desk, and could write a note about any situations or questions they may encounter during the day. It really gave the students a voice.
Row row row your boat
Submitted by: Meg
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Art | Math
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: A game of matching equivalent fractions. Each player starts out with 10 Post-it® Notes with a fraction written on each, and a cardboard boat that they have decorated (containing 3 fractions written on the side). The students "row" their boat as soon as they have determined whether or not an equiv. fraction exists for a post it note they possess. If there is a matching fraction, they put the post it on top of the fraction on the boat..and then sail it on to the next island. The boat with the most "cargo" wins. Or, there is no winner : )..it's just a fun game.
Sticky Portrait
Submitted by: Jane
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art
Estimated Time: 60+ minutes
Description: Students will be recreating a portrait as a group project using the Post-it® Notes to draw on.
