tic-tac-toe

 

Activity: The first thing that we had to do for this peer lesson was to take our clay and make sure there weren't any air bubbles stuck into the clay. So we had to fold the clay like you would knead bread. Then we had to do the slap method which means you just slap the clay onto the table. Then the last way is to slap the clay between your hands and start forming the clay into a ball. Then after the clay was into a ball we had to put down two pieces of wood on each side of the clay and start rolling out the clay to make sure the clay was all at the same height and thickness. Then after that, we had to decide what shape we wanted the tic tac toe board to be, and I decided on a circle so I traced a bowl and then cut out the board. Then I had to decide what I wanted my board to be, and I decided on happy faces because me and my family love to play games together. Then I traced out my lines on my board. I took the remainder of my clay to make the pieces which I just formed into balls and then traced a smiley face into the circle pieces. After that, we let the clay dry and then we painted the pieces and the board. Then we had to write three sentences saying why chose the board theme that we decided to do. 

Extension activity: 

For an extension activity, you can have students write a short story or create a dialogue around their tic-tac-toe game. They can imagine their clay pieces as characters and think about what they might say to each other while playing the game. For example, the smiley face pieces could have friendly conversations during the game, like "I think I’m going to win!" or "Let’s play again after this!" Students can write three or more simple sentences to describe the interactions between their characters. This activity will help students practice writing dialogue and build on their creative thinking while reinforcing the theme of the game. It’s a fun way to integrate language arts with the hands-on art project.