Students chose a word from their list of spelling words.
Then, we discussed the different elements they had learned in Art class.
After, we looked and reviewed the rubric Ms. Krijt uses in class so students could have complete understanding of what was expected, since they were mainly going to be assessed in CREATIVITY and PLANNING AND EXPLANATION.
The final task was to have the students make a poster using at least 3 elements to describe the meaning of the word they had chosen.
Third grade students were working on their clay unit
and had a hard time learning and recalling the correct vocabulary words used
during the actual working process. Students came up with different hand
movements for each word and were able to remember the words and their meaning more
easily once a movement was related to it. The movements we came up with are very much associated with the actual act of doing what the word means.
These videos show how even after the unit is
over and we are no longer working with clay, students are able to remember the
words and the movement associated
with it.
