Sunday, September 25, 2016

Teambuilding – Paper Tear



Last week our class completed a teambuilding activity called “Paper Tear.”  Students worked in groups of four to accomplish this task.  First, each student was given a colored sheet of paper and instructed to tear their sheet into pieces (without an explanation of why).  The groups were then given a large sheet of white paper and glue.  They were then instructed to work together to create a picture (not a design) out of the torn pieces of paper.  Below are the end results with a brief write up from each group.

Group # 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               


It is an active bonfire with grass and it is in the morning.  You can tell it is a fire because we wrote “FIRE” on it.  This project was challenging because you could not tear the paper after finding out what the task was.  It was also challenging because we only had four colors to work with.  Our favorite part was when we saw it coming together.



Group # 2






Our picture is of a pancake, raspberries and chocolate whipped cream.  We chose pancakes because our whole group loves pancakes!  We did a giant “P” for pancakes so you could tell what the picture was supposed to be.  This activity was fun and challenging because we couldn’t find the right pieces for the plate.  It was fun and silly because we kept laughing.                                                                            


Group #3




Stormy Trees
This project is an island that has a storm going by and the sun is peeking out.  This project was hard because we had to decide together.  We decided to add a tree because islands have trees.  We wanted to work together as a team.  Our favorite part was ripping the paper.



Group # 4




Our favorite part about this project was ripping the paper into little pieces.  We found a brown piece that was not ripped all the way so we decided to make a person because it looked like pants.  Then Bella found 3 balloon shaped pieces and a long string like piece.  Once we found his body, it was starting to look like a person.  When we got to the head it got a little difficult because we couldn’t find two eyes.  We made our person a cyclops holding balloons.