Jackson Elementary School - Judith Kerrigan-Krodel and Michelle Gholl - 7.00 hours
Today was the day that I was able to do my lesson plan! For the lesson, students made a mosaic tile inspired by Arabian Mosaics with fabric scraps from costumes in Out On A Limb’s production of Aladdin.
After spending the few nights cutting tons of fabric remnants into smaller scraps, I was really excited to get to presenting the lesson plan! I was definitely nervous, since I was presenting this on my own and wanted to make sure that I presented in a way that the students would understand. I think it definitely went well! The students seemed to really enjoy creating the mosaic tiles and were really excited about the fabric scraps. It was a really fun lesson to do with the students.
The first time I presented the lesson was in Ms Gholl's classroom. Those students really dove into the process! The students all shared scraps wonderfully and really seemed to enjoy making the mosaics! There was some mess and struggle with the glue, but that is to be expected. Lynda helped me out by bringing dampened paper towels around to the students so they could wipe the glue off their fingers. This is a note for future lessons involving anything messy–bring handy wipes!
I presented the lesson to Ms. Kerrigan's class in the afternoon. Ms Kerrigan has an amazing student teacher that was able to make sure I presented the lesson in a way that made sense to the students. She also spent some time with one student who was quite particular about how their mosaic turned out. She was wonderful with the student! She showed lots of patience and was able to give him some individual attention while I walked around the classroom to assist the rest of the students. All in all, this was a really fun lesson plan to present and I feel that the students enjoyed it!
Next week, they will be seeing Aladdin, and I hope that this lesson got them excited for it! The students made some really awesome work with the fabric scraps and I can't wait to get them all displayed together. There is tons of leftover scraps, so hopefully there will be an opportunity to utilize them in the future!
