These 2nd Grade students learned about Form and the clay process by creating Tropical Fish. This is a great lesson to introduce students to the 3 S's, Score, Slip and Smooth. First student wedged 2 pieces of clay then flattened them into a slab. I don't have enough rolling pins for everyone, but I learned a great technique from an art workshop, where student press the clay with their palm and flip as they press. I tell them to make it a "cookie" thickness but someone mentioned it looked like a "crabby patty" from the cartoon Sponge Bob :)
After they have 2 "cookies" they draw, then cut a surfboard shape from the larger one. The surfboard is the body and the two crescents you have left are the fins and tail. After they were fired they painted them with acrylic paints. Here are a few examples of our fishes!
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