Line Sombreros, Ole!

What is a line?  It's the question I ask my third grade students as we start this lesson.  By talking, observing and charting the lines around them students see how lines are significant in so many aspects of their lives.  

I then have students move back to their tables and begin their line sombreros by following some basic steps to get the shape on their paper.  From their we added 5-7 stripes across each hat to then fill with pattern and lines from the chart we generated.   On day two, students take black paint to their hats and outline all their designs. 

On the final and third day, student took Crayola Color Sticks to their sombreros.  The focus was pattern as they filled in their hats with bold and beautiful colors.

I took their finished products and displayed them with the Sugar Skulls that the 6th graders completed.  The final products complimented each other perfectly!