Sky Color

The first graders have been studying author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Last week, we read his book called Sky Color. In Sky Color, Marisol's class is painting a mural and it is her job to color the sky. But, the blue paint is missing! Marisol notices the sky around her as she goes home from school and day turns into night, and that inspires her idea--Sky Color!

After reading the story, we talked about different colors in the sky. Then, we created our own Sky Color in the windows outside the library using crystal effects window markers. It was such a fun time, and we had lots of questions from other classes about what we were doing! They were very concerned about whether or not we had asked for permission from Miss Sherry and Mr. Schipper.

This was the final product!

I stayed late to get some work done one night and the sun just happened to be setting. Our Sky Color looked very cool with the sunset in the background! 

I love these markers! 

This was one of my favorite moments--The windows were getting full and the students wanted to stand in the windowsills. I had told other classes that I thought our feet should stay on the floor, but this class I decided we could "break the rules" and stand up on the sill. That inspired some singing, dancing, and drawing. The song went something like, "We're breaking the rules on Friday, on Friday." They were singing it over and over again and it made me laugh!