Emotional Pumpkin

As part of covering the health curriculum, a colleague of mine suggested this fun Halloween related activity.  Each student cut out four identical pumpkins.  As a class we listed all the different emotions we could think of.  We talked about how to handle those emotions and the cause and effect of them.  They decided which four emotions they wanted to portray on their pumpkin.  Folding them in half, we glued them together to create a 3D pumpkin that we could hang above our desks.  Once everyone was finished, I read them the story called, "Mouse Was So Mad". 

Fall Scene Using Painters Tape and Paint

We used painters tape to mark tree trunks on the page, and to frame out the picture. At the bottom of the picture, using a sponge tool, we added various colours to represent leaves.  Once the paint was dry, we peeled back the tape and drew in some black lines on the trunks to make them look like birch trees. 

Thanksgiving Turkey's

A colleague of mine had her students use oil pastels to create a turkey scene.  They turned out very well. 

Celebrating Fall

To ring in the fall weather, we cut out leaves and made according style arms and legs to hang above our desks.