5th Grade Abstract Sculptures with Haiku

To start this lesson, 5th grade students had a discussion how certain colors, lines and shapes help describe different emotions. For example, happiness is sometimes associated with yellow, the sun, and curly lines. We also discussed how every person may choose different lines, colors and shapes to describe an emotion.

Next students picked on emotion to describe. They then created an abstract sculpture using cardboard and acrylic paint. I was inspired by this lesson from a Pinterest post that took me to this website.

After students finished constructing their sculptures, they each wrote a haiku to go with their emotion. The sculptures are now on display in the elementary school display case with their Haiku.