Wild Thing

After listening to the story Wild Thing by Maurice Sendak we discussed the books story elements (setting, characters, problem, solution) and shared our connections.  Once everyone had a turn to share then it was time for a little creativity...design a 'Wild Thing'!

Recently in mathematics and science we have been learning about non-standard units of measurement as well as properties of matter.  So I decided to let students create their own 'Wild Thing' however it had to meet certain criteria....body parts had to be specific lengths and it had to have different properties (3 different colors, shapes and textures).  The students had so much fun creating their 'Wild Thing' but they aren't finished...tomorrow they get to write about it.  What a great learning time!