{"id":14433,"date":"2023-02-03T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/?p=14433"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:31:39","slug":"or-is-it-crayola-crayons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/or-is-it-crayola-crayons\/","title":{"rendered":"Or is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Activity Synopsis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>As the new school year begins, students observe their learning environment through exploration of shapes and this part-to-whole perception activity. In this lesson, shapes and details of objects turn two drawings into an imaginative game. Students build flexible thinking skills as they develop their awareness of the learning environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span>Learning Area:<strong> Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Ecology, Technology, and Visual Arts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Time:<strong> Two 30-minute periods<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Grades:<strong> Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsored by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/crayola-logo-lockup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"71\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11419\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Crayola Classic Crayons<\/li>\n<li>Crayola Washable Markers<\/li>\n<li>White paper or blank index cards<\/li>\n<li><span>Optional: Crayola Metallic Crayons<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESPOND<\/strong> to the new classroom or other parts of the school such as the library, with an eye for objects\u2019 shapes and details. Urge students to use descriptive vocabulary as they describe what they have seen, focusing on geometric shape and color names.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CREATE <\/strong>two picture cards that each use the same shape and color but have different details. Students start by drawing the same simple geometric shape on both cards with their crayons, based on what they observed in their environment. Then they imagine what that shape could become\u2014modifying the shape into two different images that have different details. Label one card: \u201cThis is a _______. Label the other card, \u201cOr is it a ________?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They are now ready to play the game!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESENT <\/strong>the finished two cards as an observation guessing game by asking classmates to name the objects. If the classmates\u2019 responses are different from what the artists had identified, they can keep the conversation going by asking, \u201cWhy did you say that?\u201d \u201cWhat else could it be?\u201d These conversations develop skills of speaking and listening, as well as interpreting, expressing, and conveying ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONNECT <\/strong>the games students created with the big idea that every simple shape can be drawn and embellished to become whatever you want it to be. Every object in the school and classroom can be seen as a basic shape that has added details that inform the function.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Use this lesson as a springboard to discuss how we can reframe our thinking and see spaces and objects in different ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn More: <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines. Invite the class to investigate the art of Pablo Picasso, M.C. Escher, Paul Klee, and others who used part-to-whole perception and transformed images of objects, people, and places, into a series of interconnected geometric shapes. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Play <em>\u201cI Spy\u201d<\/em> games where children choose and then describe an object citing its specific shape and color. Others look around and identify objects that have that shape and color. If classmates are struggling to identify the object the leading child has in mind, they can receive more clues, such as size, texture, and location until they realize what object the child leader had in mind. Whoever identifies the object first becomes the leader of the next round.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Explain to students that when one thing is turned into another, it is called a metamorphosis. 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