Our campus celebrated International Dot Day on September 14th (we didn't have school on Friday). I used this opportunity to collaborate with my art teacher!
The Plan:
-Read The Dot by Peter Reynolds and talked about the importance of making your mark
-learned about Pedro Linares and Alebrijes
-took a quiz to see which Alebrijes would be your imaginary friend
-created paper Alebrijes
I created a Wakelet that had the resources that we used for the lesson. You can find the Wakelet here
Shared this video about Pedro Linares
I am all about sharing our premium resources- and Gale in Context High School had a fun quiz!
When collaborating with my art teacher we found this great website that had paper Alebrijes. There were a couple of templates on there, but my art teacher created even more.
While talking with the students we talked about what Alebrijes usually includes 3 out of the 4 elements- air, water, earth, and fire.
Templates:
-printed templates on different color cardstock
-invited students to choose an animal and set of wings
-put out gel pens and markers for students to decorate
-click on the LINK to force copy the template Thanks to Kathy's Art Project Ideas and Layla Day for the templates
Once completed they make great additions to the library! I have leftover templates in the library for students to do since not all students came through the library for art class.
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