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Goal

The goal of this project is to encourage my students' exploration of the Fiber Arts. They will crochet, sew, and weave, and they will learn the historical context for appreciation of the techniques.
Many of my fifth and fourth graders have expressed a strong interest in crochet. Some of my students have already taught themselves and are excited to share their skills. However, we have depleted our yarn stores, and we only have a few crochet hooks. With this grant, my students will be able to learn to crochet.
My students also enjoy sewing stuffed animals and puppets, but last year our scissors were not up to the job, and though the students persevered, there was frustration with the tools. With this grant we will be able to design and create creatures with felt and other fabrics.
With this grant, the younger students will have the yarn and looms to learn to weave. Creating a small tapestry or doll’s blanket is always a favorite activity.
 

 

Category

School supplies - Markers, paints, paper, crayons, clay, pencils, sharpies, modeling dough, etc. 

 

What will be done with my students

VA.5.S.1.1 - Use various art tools, media, and techniques to discover how different choices change the effect on the meaning of an artwork.
VA.5.H.2.2 - Describe the ways in which artworks and utilitarian objects impact everyday life.
VA.5.H.2.1 - Compare works of art on the basis of style, culture, or artist across time to identify visual differences.
VA.4.S.3.3 - Follow procedures for using tools, media, techniques, and processes safely and responsibly.
MA.5.GR.2.1 - Find the perimeter and area of a rectangle with fractional or decimal side lengths using visual models and formulas.
ELA.5.R.2.1 - Explain how text structures and/or features contribute to the overall meaning of texts.
MA.K.NSO.1.4 - Compare the number of objects from 0 to 20 in two groups using the terms less than, equal to or greater than.
SS.1.A.2.2 - Compare life now with life in the past.
MA.3.M.1.1 - Select and use appropriate tools to measure the length of an object, the volume of liquid within a beaker and temperature.

 

 

Benefits to my students

This project in Fiber Arts with benefit my students because it will increase engagement, help develop fine motor skills, encourage instructional discussion about the purposes of Art, broaden their ideas about history and their place in it, and provide an opportunity for counting and measuring practice with real world applications. 

 

Budget Narrative

Crochet hooks, yarn, and the crochet books with by used by the 4th and 5th graders to learn and practice crochet.
Yarn and weaving looms will be used by the 2nd and 3rd graders to create a small woven tapestry.
Yarn will also be used by 1st, Kindergarten, and VPK to practice sewing through hole-punched paper.
The scissors will be used by 5th grade to cut fabric for their stuffed animal/puppet sewing project. 

 

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