Hoppy In Plaid!

We continue with our great time of teaching lessons!  This lesson was very familiar to me, because Marissa, Ashley, and I taught this first grade lesson!  Our lesson was called "Hoppy In Plaid," because our lesson incorporated the use of vertical and horizontal lines to make a plaid pattern on a bunny creation.  It is a "spring" theme, because we are currently in the season, and we have been blessed with beautiful weather lately!  We discussed the colors on the color wheel, specifically focusing on the complimentary colors being: red and green, purple and yellow, and orange and blue.  We continued by applying the horizontal and vertical lines technique of a plaid pattern.  For example, if your group had the purple and yellow complimentary colors of paint at your table, you would paint yellow horizontal lines first on the white paper, let them dry, and then paint the vertical lines to produce the plaid pattern.  Once the painted lines were completely dry, we took the bunny pattern and cut out from the painted plaid pattern the body, head, ears, and feet to form a bunny!  The next step was to assemble the parts with glue, and paste it on a piece of colored construction paper (one of the two complimentary colors that you used, which is why I chose yellow for my outline!).  Then we cut around the bunny leaving  a little of the construction paper outline or frame.  The final step was to add a face and inside ear outlines to your bunny.  And you can't forget the cotton ball tail!  We had a fun time preparing for and presenting this lesson! :)



Our bulletin board Marissa, Ashley, and I created of our class' plaid bunnies!

Extension Activity: For an extension activity, as a class we will discuss the different places and objects around us that have plaid and with that discussion we will form a list.  Like in Science, when we talk about the word camouflage and the purpose of it, we will have the students draw a plaid object that their plaid bunny could "hide" or camouflage in.  For example, an item could be a plaid shirt, so one of my first graders could draw a plaid shirt and include their plaid bunny within their "plaid camouflage surrounding!"