Category Archives: 4th Grade
CEREAL BOX NATIVITY
This cereal box Nativity is a great classroom project that doesn’t take an extraordinary amount of preparation. This project is made by cutting a cereal box and painting the inside of it. The Nativity figures are free images that can be printed … Continue reading
JESUS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Making Christmas ornaments for the family Christmas tree is an activity that, for many families, has become a tradition. This little Baby Jesus ornament is easy to make using cardstock and a glitter chenille strip. The faces on the ornaments are … Continue reading
COUNTRY HARVEST
It’s fall and we are producing a harvest landscape. This landscape is to include certain fall items, but it was up to each student to decide where to put the items. This is a project where we stress perspective and, … Continue reading
TOTEM POLES
Some interesting facts about totem poles: Indian tribes of the Pacific Northeast Coast, Washington state in the USA, British Columbia in Canada, and some tribes in Alaska shared in an ancient tradition of totem poles. Totem poles may depict legends, … Continue reading
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KOKESHI DOLL: JAPANESE ART
Kokeshi dolls are characterized by their lack of arms and legs, as well as their brightly painted kimono in floral designs and geometric patterns. We prepared the background, and the paper the flowers were cut from, before coloring and cutting … Continue reading
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CARS
The poem, “Children Learn What They Live,” by Dorothy Law Nolte is such a powerful lesson for anyone who touches the lives of children. Â We used words in the poem for towns on our map. This project, which uses … Continue reading
Halloween Magic
These three Halloween figures, a bat, a cat and a spider are glued to black painted top rolls. They can be taped on a piece of yarn or string and hung as a classroom decoration; they can be stuffed with … Continue reading
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UP, UP AND AWAY
“Hot Air Balloons” is a project that describes what is seen from high above the ground. We viewed a Power Point presentation of hot air balloons and discussed how distance is shown in a painting. We also noticed how colorful … Continue reading
