This year the IY students have made countless creations with cardboard during Home Base. We started exploring with cardboard when a group of fourth grade students made a mini soccer stadium out of cardboard for the Table Top Olympics.
Then, a group of second grade students wanted to make a Bat Mobile. They found two boxes to connect together and used masking tape for the decorations.
This inspired a fleet of cardboard cars in our Cardboard Car Show that took place before Thanksgiving.
In December the cardboard creations continued with more cardboard vehicles. Below is a picture of students painting a Bat Boat.
January brought a new theme of cardboard creations with board games. Students of all ages created bard games to share with other students in Home Base, their class as well as bring home to play with their families.
In February we had two days where there was no school or Extension offerings. This inspired a second grade student to want to make a cardboard office in Home Base after opening the day with his parent at work. Before creating his office his fifth grade buddy helped him research what different offices look like. The students then created a small cardboard office for our Chimpanzee friend, Arnie.
We were then able to acquire large boxes to make student-size offices. The students use their offices to read in as well as fill with other office accessories such as a mail box, brief case and vacuum.
Mrs. Blake invited one of her students to share his office with his class during Choice Time.
This then inspired more students in the class to start creating offices to both work on during Choice Time during the school day and Home Base during Extension.
This then inspired more students in the class to start creating offices to both work on during Choice Time during the school day and Home Base during Extension.
Meanwhile, other third and fourth grade students have been creating a cardboard fort that includes a mailbox and miniature basketball court. While other third grade students have made a Cardboard model of Dunkirk.
We have also seen some cardboard clothing.
This week our cardboard creations are further developing through learning about college students who have designed and created cardboard furniture. The students will begin to create plans of their creation, learn about how to construct stronger structure and be open to revising their plans.
Warmly,
Miriam
Miriam
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