Dear 4th Graders and Families,
Over the past few weeks, our 4th graders have been researching famous people. The students used the research to ghostwrite a biography about their person. The report contains information about their person’s early life, their education, their family, their accomplishments, and their impact on society.
Now that we have learned all about their famous people, we would like our students to bring his/her famous people to life by creating a bottle biography at home. The inspiration from this project came from Ms. Choate's Classroom that I found on Pinterest.
A bottle biography is a clean water bottle that is decorated to look like the person they researched. The bottle can be decorated using an actual person or by using creative material to make the face. For example, a small Styrofoam ball with a straw inserted in the bottom makes a good head. You can add yarn for hair, eyebrows, or mustaches. The details your child adds to the bottle should depict the character and his/her profession or personality. You can use any type of art medium to create their clothing or details. The bottom of the bottles can just be plain or you can add shoes or feet. The possibilities are endless.
Creating a quality project will take time. You may need to let the head dry between paintings or adding details, so you will need to create a plan for getting your project done. This is not the kind of project that you can wait to do the weekend before it is due. Your completed bottle biography is due in class on December 5th, 2012. We will share our writing and biographies on that day between both classes and students will try to identify who each person is.
Here are some links to other classes that have done the project. Their pictures will give you some good ideas about all the different ways you can bring your person to life.
Have fun with the project. Email us if you have any questions.
Mrs. Moricz and Ms. Smith
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