It started with this . . .

And this is what was created!!

by Megan

by Tatum

by Collin

by Raegan

by Kate

by Megha

The idea was found on Pinterest but this is something I used to do on paper when I taught in the classroom. I decided to share the design with our fourth graders and have them open it in Microsoft’s Paint program to see what they could create. The sad thing was that there was one person who actually asked if there was a “right” answer! That tells me the children need many more opportunities to just be able to CREATE!

Once the students started (and it took some quite a while to think), I was absolutely amazed at what they drew! The next step was to upload these illustrations to their blogs where they wrote a short summary about their drawings.

We will definitely do this again!

Here is the animoto of the newly designed squiggle.
(Mrs. Wright’s class  will have their designs added as soon as they finish!)