Magic Trash Monsters: "The Monster who.............."
Mrs. Bogardus' and Mrs. Shoup's students created their monsters in art class. We read the book "The Monster Who Ate My Peas" in art class. The students planned, sketched, wrote, created a monster body, and met with the artist Liz Wylegala to create the heads of the monsters. The class also went on a field-trip to the Wharton Center at MSU to see a performance of "The Monster Who Ate My Peas". All of the 3rd grade students in Mrs. Bogardus' class created their own monster and they each wrote a story about their monster. The students monsters and stories where shared with families at the spring art show in our district. We think Arts Integration rocks! Our monsters all have their own theme...For example, "The Monster Who Does My Homework" or "The Monster That Eats My Cooked Carrots" or "The Monster That Stole My Style" .
"The Monster Who Ate My Peas"
Mrs. Bogardus' 3rd graders were very excited to have the opportunity in March to travel to the Wharton Center at Michigan State University to see the performance "The Monster Who Ate My Peas".
"Based on the multi-award winning story by Danny Schnitzlein , this musical tells the funny and poignant story of a young boy who doesn't want to eat his peas. When a fiendishly funny and crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, the boy is ready to make a deal: if the monster eats his peas, the boy will give the monster any of his possessions. First, it's a soccer ball, then a bike. But when the monster raises the stakes, will the boy refuse and make the difficult decision to face his fears? " - From the MSU Wharton Center's 2015-16 Arts in Education brochure
It was fun to see the book come to life on the stage. And it was inspiring to the students in creating their own monsters. They wrote stories based on their creations
"Based on the multi-award winning story by Danny Schnitzlein , this musical tells the funny and poignant story of a young boy who doesn't want to eat his peas. When a fiendishly funny and crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, the boy is ready to make a deal: if the monster eats his peas, the boy will give the monster any of his possessions. First, it's a soccer ball, then a bike. But when the monster raises the stakes, will the boy refuse and make the difficult decision to face his fears? " - From the MSU Wharton Center's 2015-16 Arts in Education brochure
It was fun to see the book come to life on the stage. And it was inspiring to the students in creating their own monsters. They wrote stories based on their creations
Visual Arts Standards: ART.VA.I.3.2 , ART.VA.V.3.4