Go Away, Big ____ Monster! - 2nd Grade

Seconds graders looked at the story Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly and observed the illustrations. The monster in the book is created with a combination of many simple geometric shapes put together.

As a class, we brainstormed a list of adjectives to describe a monster. We divided our list into two categories: words that describe how a monster LOOKS and how its FEELS. We used our list to choose one word and wrote this at the top of our paper.

Then the kids choose a color and a simple geometric shape for the head. We explored some techniques for paper sculpture and applied these to make our monsters have 3-d features!

Go Away, Big Kind Monster!

Go Away, Big Kind Monster!

Go Away, Big Sad Monster!

Go Away, Big Angry Monster!

Plan Your Own Museum - 2nd Grade

This is a fun beginning-of-the-year group project. We preface the activity by talking about museums we know or have been to and some things that those museums have in common.

The groups of 3-5 kids design their own museum by answering the above questions in a planning stage. Then they use crayons and pencils to design a floor map or snapshot of the inside of their museum.

What museums have you visited? What did you learn?