when hard work REALLY pays off

Jesse and I decided to make murals on paper for a lesson I did on biomes with the 6th grade. The planning took us two weeks and another week to get all the materials. We used paper that has been in stock for years in school and decided to use Tempera paint because it just dries up so fast. We started the drawings, sketches, research for about a week or two but decided that if the 8th graders will help, the murals could be set up in less than a month. Each student were assigned one or two or even three species to draw on paper and we taped them in mock sheets which were about 11 inches by 33 inches. The murals were 1.5 meters by 3 meters big. The 6th and 8th graders put their heart and soul into these murals, some of them even staying late after school to help out. Creativity, cooperative learning, talent, kindness, fun, joy, sweat, grumpiness, tedious work but most of all satisfaction were garnered emotions as we finally set the murals up on the wall. KUDOS to the 6th and 8th grade students of St. Joseph School...they did a great job indeed! Thank you so much 6th and 8th graders...I am so proud of you guys.