My Many Colored Days OBJECTIVE: Students will choice the "color" and "mood" for their emotional day, following the pattern in the book, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. The student will write the rhyme, design the illustrations, and decide how/where the text is printed.
1. Begin by reading the book, My Many Colored Days.
2. Discuss the spectrum of colors in comparison to moods and feelings. Discuss the rhymes found through out the story. Show that the text is apart of the vision created.
Brainstorm colors, moods, and action verbs.
4. Students will write a rhyme that contains the color and action of their choice.
5. Students will use multicolored tissue paper, torn or cut into small strips, to create the background color of their illustrated page. This tissue paper will be glued (mixture of 1:1 white glue and water), using a paint brush, onto white construction paper. (I have found that the easiest process is for the student to put the tissue-paper in place first and then glue the entire the page using long strokes of the brush. Do not soak the page!) The animal/creature will be cut out of construction paper and glued onto the background. Have them use recycled paper scrapes for details.
6. Students will decide on the placement of their rhyme. Remind them to be creative in the style of writing and placement of their words, as this is also part of the total vision.
7. Students will write their rhyme using Sharpie Black Pens Permanent.
8. Create a classroom book or a bulletin-board display with the finish pages.
MATERIALS:
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss (ISBN 0-679-87597-2)
20 - 30 pieces of 81/2"x 11" white construction paper
1 package multicolored tissue paper, cut into fourths
20 - 30 paint brushes
20 - 30 Sharpie Black Pens Permanent
White glue, Water
20 - 30 small paper cups to hold mixture of glue and water
20- 30 scissors
sheets of at least 10 different pieces of colored construction paper, cut in half. (8 1/2"x 51/2")
Any scrapes of recycled paper found in the classroom to use for the details on the animal/creature or the background.
EXTENSIONS:
1. Read C Is For Curious by Woodleigh Hubbard for many more ideas about
colors and feelings. (ISBN 0-87701-679-8)
2, Use water-color paints as the medium. Students will need water-color paper NOT construction paper, so the cost of the project would increase. This would make the lesson both a color mixing and writing process project. Plus, it would take two days.
3. Use finger paints to create paper that can be used by the whole classroom. Finger paint paper and tissue paper cost about the same. The "mess" is the difference. This would make the lesson both a color mixing and writing process project. Plus, it would take two days to complete.