When the year begins, I love to get student work up as soon as humanly possible. Filling our bulletin boards with the work that students produce creates a space that they can be proud to call their own. So, with that idea in mind, my brain is always churning with easy, yet worthwhile, activities that the kids can do starting day one in my classroom. This 3D "Light Bulb Moments" project was just PERFECT for that.
I began by telling these students that they would be thinking about who they are, what they want to accomplish, and what they would like to share with their fellow classmates so that we could all get to know each other a bit more. To do that, I told them, we would be creating this fun little All About Me project in the shape of a light bulb.
I passed out three pretty self-explanatory light bulb shaped worksheets to the students. Basically the kids need to fill in their generic personal information (name, age, favorite color, etc..) and then work to set some goals for this year. I did review the sheets, but honestly, they didn't need much explaining. The kids got to filling them out right away. As they filled the pages in, the kids were talking about themselves and getting to know their new seat mates. The kids used the light bulb prompts as a way to talk to those around them. It was fun seeing them get to know each other.
Once the sheets were all filled, colored, and cut out, the students glued them together to make a 3D shaped light bulb that we then hung upside down for display. The kids love anything that is 3D!
Overall, this was a fun, fast project that got the kids thinking about themselves, their goals, and got them talking to their new classmates. It was a win all around!
You can get the sheets I used here (as well as a few other awesome projects for Back to School time!)
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