2nd Grade: Angry Birds

In 2nd grade, we discussed anger. First, is it ok to get angry? The answer: yes.  The next question: what are good and bad ways to show our anger? We did role playing and learned that bad ways to show our anger is through pouting, throwing things or hitting, and yelling, but good ways are to calmly use our words and politely ask for what we need. 

We then started our project. I allowed the students to choose which angry bird they wanted, so long as it was a circle angry bird (either red bird, blue bird, black bird, the piggie, but not yellow bird).  Each 2nd grader used a paper plate, cardboard, scissors, and tape to construct their own angry bird. After 2 coats of paper mache (I emphasized to cover the entire plate and to wrap the paper around the edges), they used tempera to paint their birds. This was one of their favorite projects!