Second graders learned about forms as we call them in art or solids as they call them in math.  Also, they learned the difference between 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional shapes (forms or solids).

Students practiced  how to make a sphere, a cone and a coil with oil clay. Then they made  these forms flat.  The students who mastered the two steps were invited to the earth clay table to repeat the same process.  When the forms and the shapes were assembled , a rose was shaped and glued with slip (clay and water) to a 2 dimensional shape.

Students assembling the rose

Some of the finished clay roses

In this lesson, students  learned few clay terms such as slip,  coil and slab. They  were introduced  to few clay techniques to help them  glue the rose to a 2 dimensional geometric shape of their choice. Students were asked to write their name on the back and smooth out the edges with their finger.