Concentric Circle Trees with First Grade

First grade students created concentric circles of varying sizes using oil pastels. (One class period)

The second class period, students drew a tree trunk and branches onto black construction paper using black oil pastels. It actually shows up in real life. The photos below did not turn out well.

Finally, students cut out the concentric circles they made last week and began applying them to their tree using thin lines of glue. If they needed more circles, they made more. The final project is a colorful, whimsical concentric circle tree.