Just the Facts!

One of the projects that we worked on before Parent Information Night (aka Back to School Night aka Open House) was "Just the Facts about..." Each student had his/her picture taken with a magnifying glass held near his/her eye. The pictures turned out awesome! The students loved seeing their faces magnified!

Then students wrote true facts about him/herself scattered around the picture. To complete this project, students mounted their paper and pictures on brown construction paper and cut aluminum foil to make it look like a clipboard. This didn't take very long and now the students can read about each other while we're in the hall (probably waiting on the restroom)! Here's a close-up of their work: