December News

The students spent a couple of weeks working on their clay projects in November.  One week was spent seeing a demonstration and practicing some of the steps with Play-Doh.  The second week was spent creating their projects with clay.  The Kindergarteners created pinch pots.  They learned about a potter named Juan Quezada by hearing a book called The Pot That Juan Built.  The students used various caps and lids to press patterns into the sides of their pinch pots.  First Graders, Mrs. Henk’s class, and Ms. Sotelo’s class created clay owls after discussing the characteristics of owls.  They learned how to make a slab with a rolling pin and how to attach two pieces of clay together.  Second Graders learned how to make coil pots with leaf designs using a paper bowl as a mold.  They had to roll the coils evenly and needed to attach handles with the score and slip method.  Third Graders made clay fish using many of the skills they have learned for clay from Kindergarten through Second Grade.  The students had to make pinch pots, add parts to the fish with slabs and the score and slip method, and know how to attach two pieces of clay together.  All of the students will be anxiously waiting to glaze their clay projects.  We discussed how the projects are fired in the kiln after drying for several days.  They can’t wait to add color to their creations!