Teacher: Chris Jackson
Grade and School: Richland Elementary
Discipline Area(s): math science social science language arts arts
Project Title: Spring Mural
Project Goal(s): Chinese New Year - Beginning knowledge of their culture and festivities
Process and Steps:
1. Trace and cut out circle approximately 10" around on construction paper
1. Using a model of Chinese numbers or symbols, students draw the symbols on bottom
of cut out circle,
1. Look at page with symbols
1. Find center of circle and overlap to form a cone shape and staple
1. Put sentence strip under cone and put tape to hold together top and bottom - fitting
the band to child’s head
1. Wear it
Materials Needed: Colored construction paper (18x24) 1 for each, pencils, scissors, ink
and brushes to paint, sentence strips, masking tape, sheet of paper with symbols or
numbers
Essential Questions:
1 What skills, elements, vocabulary were taught?
Lettering, Chinese hats, all about Chinese New Year’s
2. How did you assess the children’s understanding? Finished product
3. Where could you go from here? Make a red scroll using same lettering or any other
4. Other comments: