I had 116, 118 and 108 this morning and their job was to paint more of the cardboard triangles for the foyer mobile. In 116, we penned an email to the company who uses the cardboard pieces, asking them where they get the pieces (based on a student question that arose) and we told them we'd love to show them our reuse of the packing materials.
118 was pretending they were Santa's elves, busily working on toys for Christmas. It was awesome for productivity, because they cranked out a ton of little triangles, and it was nice to hear them choosing characters (I was Mrs. Claus and "you'd better work or Mrs. Claus would be upset with you") and role-playing while they painted.
108 thought the pieces look like little houses and they were interested in making them patriotic, so we now have white pieces with blue and red glitter. "They're like Christmas art, these things," one student said.
112- I brought out their ceramic shells. They'd been fired a few weeks ago, but we were working on the mural, so I wanted to let them finish that. Then I'd had them work on the mobile project so they wouldn't miss out, so today was finally the day. We studied the colors on the shells first, then I explained the necessary information about glaze. Explaining the concept of "coats" of paint to ESL (English as a second language) speakers is complicated. ("Coats" are jackets to them.) I showed them how to apply the glaze and how to mix and layer colors. Two of the students, who are spectacular at observational anything, were very precise with their application of colors.
101 and 104 painted our triangles. I let 101 choose between painting triangles and stringing triangles today and they chose to paint. 104 hasn't had a chance to work on the foyer mobile yet, so it was exciting for them to hear about the project.
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