Clouds

I saw this idea on one of the blog's I follow and I thought it was really cute.  The students had a great time with it as well.  We read the story Little Cloud by Eric Carle and then we made our own classroom version.  The students were not allowed to use scissors and this was the first time they had made a picture of this nature but I thought they did really well.  The students had to pull little pieces of paper apart and glue it to come up with the shape they desired.  Some students, as usually rushed through, but for the most part all of them took their time to brainstorm and get really creative.  Ms. Buch (my T.A.) is going to laminate it for us and put it all together. 


My little cloud changed into a flower. 
Students that finished early were asked to write about their picture. 

My little cloud changed into a cherry.

My little cloud changed into a basketball.

This student is one of my busier little guys and he decided he wanted his cloud to change into scissors.  He traced his scissors onto the paper and then took his time pulling his paper a part into tiny little pieces to fill it in.  His turned out great and he was focused the whole time.

She decided she wanted her little cloud to turn into a butterfly.  This was her work in progress.

Her little cloud changed into a heart.

Tony's little cloud changed into a star.