Thursday, May 6, 2010
Sometimes kids surprise me
I'm so proud of my 6th graders that I wanted to share one of their projects. We're currently reading The Tale of Despereaux, the story of a tiny mouse that falls in love with and saves a princess. He also loves the light and is fascinated by the colors that spill onto the floor from stained glass windows. One of my teaching partners had the brilliant idea to have the kids make stained glass windows out of paper and colored acetate, and have them describe what the windows symbolise and how they might fascinate Despereaux. 
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Are you kidding me?? Those are fantastic!Thank you for posting them!
What a great teaching idea!
If you think these are good, you should have seen the shadow puppet shows the kids put on. I'm still laughing about one of them.
For the next project, the kids will have a choice between making a "tapestry" of their lives, or design a castle dungeon where the rats and prisoners live. I get to relive my childhood vicariously.
These are gorgeous. I particularly like the "jelly bean" one.
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