Ms. Thorne and Ms. Jundt started out the peer lessons with the weaving project. We learned about different forms of weaving and what different things are made because of weaving, including cloths and baskets. We learned about warm colors and cool colors as well as shades and tints. To begin this lesson, we started with taping 4 strips of newspaper across the top and taping it around to the back. We then taped 4 more strips of newspaper across the other 4 strips of paper and taped them around to the back. We twisted the newspaper strips and weaved them within the other strips, going under the other, then over the other, then under and then over again. We did that with all 8 strips of newspapers. After that, we taped down the papers to the back so that they stayed in place. We then chose which set of colors we wanted to use and whether or not we added a shade or a tint. For my weaving project, I chose warm colors and added the tint white to lighten the colors. I also put glitter across my weaving.
An extension activity that I would do with this project is to work with cloth or yarn and weave different colors of them together. They can weave these together and then pull the ends tight to create a small blanket or cloth. You can have the students cut the cloth or yarn the same length as the other ones so that one piece is not longer than the other. This will make it look neater and show the students that they can create a nice blanket.
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