The LONGEST Coil!

My first graders had an experiential modeling clay lesson in anticipation of making dog scultpures next week.  Specifically, I wanted them to understand how to make spheres, cubes, cylinders, pyramids and other such geometric shapes.  We also counted the number of sides of each shape (Gotta slide those Math standards in whenever you can!)

As a wrap-up, I challenged students to make the longest coil from their piece of clay that they could.  I humbly suggested that they try to make their coil longer than they are tall...

Well, it seems that the collaborative spirit is alive and well in 1st Grade, because here's what they came up with:

 

Yup - that's a modeling clay coil that stretches the ENTIRE length of the art room!  Top that!