The fourth graders created clay license plates this year. I thought these were so fun. The kids had to choose a word or phrase for their license plate. They also had to stamp into the clay creating textures or drawing into the clay. They were also required to create at least three “add ons,” smaller items created out of clay and then attached to their flat piece of clay. I love how these turned out. Fifth grade did a really great job on their collages. The students were given a square piece of mat board and then were able to look through a variety of textured items to create their collages. We then covered the mat board and items with tin foil, coloring the entire thing with black sharpie. The students then used steel wool to rub some of the black off, aiming to get a variety of black values in their collage. I loved how this 3rd grade lesson turned out. The students learned about value while creating these graphic flowers. They were required to use at least three values of whatever color they chose for their flowers. The students were able to choose their own bug to draw, I gave them some resources to help guide them in drawing their bugs.