Craftivities: I've Got Art... How 'Bout You?
Teachers are creative, inventive, dedicated individuals who want their students to succeed right? Yes, we all do. But, I've seen some teachers who can teach their heart out, but the end product needs improvement... in my opinion. Many students (especially in the younger grades) still need art to make connections so that they can remember the concept. If they can make it (create, paint, color, outline, and cut out) it is more meaningful to them than just doing a boring worksheet. Now, if you are technology driven and you want the end product to have some sort of technology connection... go for it! I'm still working on that and that's something that I want to improve on in the future.
I have found a way to connect art with all my subjects: writing, reading, math, poetry, science and social studies. And on occasion... spelling too. I like to take the skill or concept and turn it into an art project and then add some reading and writing to it! Since I teach in themes, here are some examples of my classroom craftivities.
In science for Apples and Seasons, we made the seasons of the apple tree and showed the seasons using different colored construction paper. We also colored the thermometers and labeled them according to the season. This is one of my favorite craftivities... it takes a lot of time, but it turns out so beautiful!
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| Seasons of the Apple Tree Click here In science for Life Cycles, the students wrote about the life cycle of the ladybug and the frog. Then, we made a ladybug with googly eyes, glitter, construction paper and brads. The wings folded up so you could see the life cycle inside... too cool! We did the same thing for the frog and put his life cycle on his tummy with labels.  Frog Life Cycle Click here |
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| Ladybug Life Cycle Click here In math, have your students write about if they had 100 dollars and what would they spend it on.  |
100 School Days
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In math, have your students make a button graph to show how many of each kind of button they have in their jar.
Button Graph Click here
In social studies, have your students write a biography about a famous inventor or famous American hero!
Ben Franklin Bio click here
Your students can write about George Washington and make a timeline of his life.
For special holidays... your students can write about their grandparents!
Grandparents Are....click here
For Valentine's Day, your students can create Valentine Zoo animals and write a story about them! These are so fun and your students can get so creative!
For Valentine Zoo Click here
For reading, your students can analyze characters from their story! Here's a craftivity from the Recess Queen:
Or, they can make a sequencing foldable to show first, then, next and last! For Recess Queen, click here.
For more writing craftivities, visit my TPT store! I have much, much more to choose from for every month and holiday!
Love, Kara
