Name that bird

It's spring time. Time for the return of the birds!

Bonus points to all who can name these birds!
The third and fourth graders drew these wonderful birds.

We couldn't help but try to bring spring more quickly by bringing the birds to Kidron.

I love this little baby bird. She struggled with it at first, but after learning some shading techniques, it really took shape.

I played bird calls on my CD player to help the learn the sounds.

The students were supposed to draw the background in a setting they may find the bird.

They also had a picture of the bird they drew (thanks to Ranger Rick and Our Big Backyard).
Much to their dismay, I would not let them trace them!!!

For most students, I was insistent that they color like 10 year olds, not 5 year olds.
They get a little tired of me saying that they are learning new drawing and coloring skills and cannot revert back to their first grade pictures in their minds or coloring techniques. They need to see things in a new way. (They have the phrase memorized!)

The first & second graders learned to draw the bird houses by shapes because I didn't tell them what they were drawing until we connected lines. We did part of it upside down.

The birds were done in another project, cut out, and glued on.

We drew the birds using an "S" laying down for the back, then drew different parts of the bird before connecting all the lines. The birds did not have to be painted realistic colors if they didn't want to.

Last, we added some kind of background so the houses were not floating.

These birds followed the others, and we drew a flock (small, but still a flock).

I wanted to show them how to over lap.

Some got the concept better than others.

I would probably do lots of bird projects, but I guess we will move on to other less important things now. Tweet Tweet! :)