2nd Grade: Clay Monster Communities

Students in 2nd grade were learning about community in their homerooms.

We created pinch pot monsters who had a specific role in their class' monster community. 

First we sketched their monsters and gave them identities and roles, using the ID cards below.

Other roles (that we brainstormed together) were doctors, teachers, builders, police officers, firemen, and scientists. My monster was the Mayor. 

Next, the students learned clay building techniques. These included making pinch pots, slipping, scoring, coil making, and slab making. 

Some completed student examples are pictured below

 

While the monsters are in the kiln, the students created their town by collaborating in their groups to make cut-paper town features. The completed town will serve as the backdrop for a Media Center display case that their finished monsters will be in.