Our third grade students are excited for school. They love to learn, create, and grow! We want to find activities that continue to enhance their creativity and light their love for learning.
We have 90 third grade students at the current moment.
This number rises and falls each week. School is a common ground for them with over 60 percent of students receiving free and reduced-priced lunch.
Every year we try to create t-shirts before going on our last field trip. Each student buying a t-shirt has proven to be challenging.
My Project
This year we would like to provide each student with a t-shirt with our school name printed on it to tie dye. We'd like to tie dye these t-shirts our school color and have them done early in the year, so that our students can wear them all year long. During this activity students learn about inferences by thinking about how their design is going to turn out. They also use a lot hand-eye coordination as they plan out their rubber bands and twists. They get to be creative and incorporate different designs too. Science is also incorporated by learning how the colors are soaked up into the t-shirt. They also feel a part of a community, a community of third grade students. Lastly, these t-shirts show a sense of pride in our school and this in turn motivates our students to come to school each day and give it their best.
The smiles these t-shirts will put on our students' faces will be amazing.
Watching 90+ students walk down our halls with the same t-shirt on with multiple designs will put me in awe. This project is so much more than t-shirt and dye, it is motivating learning, motivating creativity, and motivating joy.
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