Hidden Safari 

First, I made a pair of red glasses that I thought were really cool. I practiced how to draw upside down. Then I picked an animal I wanted to draw upside down on a piece of paper. I chose to draw an elephant because I think elephants are really neat. So I made the elephant, but I used a blue pencil. Then after I got done drawing the elephant, I made a pattern to cover the elephant up. I used yellow first and made circles around the whole paper. Then I used red for the swirly things on top of the yellow circles. The last color I used was orange and I put triangles all over the piece of paper. As a result, it ended up covering up the elephant I created. Then I used my red glasses to see if I could still see my elephant and I could so it worked.  The last thing that I did was write three things that would describe the animal that is hidden on the paper, so that people could guess what animal I created.

For an extension activity, I would show students some animals that are hidden in the safari. They would have to use their red glasses to see what it is. Then after they tell me what animal it is, I would teach my students some facts about each animal. Also, they will learn about what a safari is, what/who lives in the safari, where the safari is located, what do the animals that live on the safari eat, and what type of plants there are. Then I would have them pick an animal or plant and find a few facts about the animal or plant. They would share the facts with the rest of the class.

I liked how we watched the video of the story “The Dot” first. I am glad I got to hear the story because I have never heard of that story before. After that we got to create our own Dot Day piece of art. It was so much fun because we got to be as creative as we wanted to be. We each made a bookmark and a piece of paper. I liked that we experimented with oil pastels, crayons, and paint. I really enjoyed this project because it was fun and extremely engaging. Then we experimented with paper plates and coffee filters. This was fun that we could color on them and then use the paint on it.

Also, we split up into two different groups and created two big dots. One group started with warm colors and the other group started with cool colors. Then we switched dots so we could use the opposite colors on the other display. We switched again and they turned out really cool.

For an extension activity, I would go right into math class and we would learn about adding and subtracting using the sticker dots and a chart. So if we had 1+1 with dots then they can count the two dots and realize that 1 dot + 1 dot =2 dots. Then I would have them do some problems using the dots stickers on the page. After that I would give all of my students’ dots (the candy) and I would have them do some more problems. Then after they are done with those problems they can eat the dots (the candy).