Students that finished early had the opportunity to create a spooky spider web. First, they drew a web on their white paper using a white crayon. It was challenging to see what they were drawing! A spider was added using a black crayon. Cool color watercolors were painted right over the top of their drawing and their web and spider appeared! This is called wax-resist. 

Kente Cloth is a traditional cloth woven on a loom in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. These African textiles inspired us to create our own Kente Cloth!  After viewing a short video, the 4th graders learned how to make a symmetrical stencil by folding it in half, drawing their geometric shape, and then cutting it out. Using our stencil and tempera paint, we added our designs to our burlap in a 3 x 3 square. Students used a running stitch to add a border to their Kente Cloth. ​Thank you to Amy Clay for the lesson idea!