I love first graders! They had so much fun learning about mosaic tiles. We talked about how many sides a square has, where you would see mosaic tiles, etc. Students had to create a border around their paper with colorful paper. Then they had to draw the letter of their first name in the middle. We discussed cutting squares that are similar in size and gluing them so they didn’t touch.
The first grade has been talking about texture. Each year we make cheeseburgers (or in some cases, veggie burgers) with french fried potatoes. We discuss the shape of our hamburger buns, hamburger meat, cheese and toppings. They have to make sure they understand the difference between a geometric and organic shape. Then we move onto texture and how we can make it out of construction paper. We keep the paper smooth for the cheese, tomato and onion, rip and crumble up the paper for the lettuce and hamburger meat, cut a spiral line for the onion and fold the paper like a zig zag line to make crinkled french fried potatoes. I save the mustard and ketchup for last. We mix yellow and red paint to make orange. This project always makes us hungry!
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