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Dear Parents,
Our class is beginning a study of wood and paper. We will be looking at the properties of wood and paper (texture, color, absorbency, flexibility, etc.) and how different kinds of wood and paper are alike and different. Then we will investigate how wood and paper can be processed as we sand wood, make simulated plywood, recycle paper, and laminate wood and paper strips into simulated plywood and paper -mache- bowls. Finally, we will use what we have learned about the properties to make constructions (weaving, taking apart boxes, and making sculptures).
The children need to bring one or two empty paper boxes (cereal boxes, cracker boxes, paper-clip boxes, or other small boxes) to school by next FRIDAY.
We can also use your help to gather scrap paper and wood scraps for making our final projects. Fabric scraps will also be used. We welcome contributions of interesting paper to share ( wrapping paper, crepe paper, wallpaper, tissue paper, etc.) and fabric samples. Please send paper scraps by Next FRIDAY, October 12th. We will be needing a variety of small pieces of scrap wood and fabric by next FRIDAY as well.
After students do the various activities in the module, they may ask you to help them do things at home, such as temporarily label things with the word "paper" or "wood," waterlog a stick, take boxes apart and tape them back together, or make collages, usable envelopes, drinking cups, and paper hats. You can help by making the materials available and letting your child create.
Thanks,
Mrs. Queenie
Our class is beginning a study of wood and paper. We will be looking at the properties of wood and paper (texture, color, absorbency, flexibility, etc.) and how different kinds of wood and paper are alike and different. Then we will investigate how wood and paper can be processed as we sand wood, make simulated plywood, recycle paper, and laminate wood and paper strips into simulated plywood and paper -mache- bowls. Finally, we will use what we have learned about the properties to make constructions (weaving, taking apart boxes, and making sculptures).
The children need to bring one or two empty paper boxes (cereal boxes, cracker boxes, paper-clip boxes, or other small boxes) to school by next FRIDAY.
We can also use your help to gather scrap paper and wood scraps for making our final projects. Fabric scraps will also be used. We welcome contributions of interesting paper to share ( wrapping paper, crepe paper, wallpaper, tissue paper, etc.) and fabric samples. Please send paper scraps by Next FRIDAY, October 12th. We will be needing a variety of small pieces of scrap wood and fabric by next FRIDAY as well.
After students do the various activities in the module, they may ask you to help them do things at home, such as temporarily label things with the word "paper" or "wood," waterlog a stick, take boxes apart and tape them back together, or make collages, usable envelopes, drinking cups, and paper hats. You can help by making the materials available and letting your child create.
Thanks,
Mrs. Queenie