Building union with the flower of peace Team: Ana Luiza Mello analuizabragam@gmail.com Sophia Leipner Lima sophialeipner@hotmail.com Social Group: Aniela Darienzo Escola Municipal Desembargador Oscar Tenório Rua Manoel Ferreira, 141, Gávea. The Project was developed at the Municipal School Desembargador Oscar Tenório, where the intercessor, Aniela Darienzo, is a 5^th grade teacher. We accompanied various activities carried out by Aniela in her classroom, such as science and geography lessons and dictations. From the set of words that makes up Aniela’s vocabulary universe, we recognized as the project’s theme: “learning, participating and building peace, with attention and affection towards the friends”. The intercessor usually proposes activities which motivate kindness and dialogue among the students, urging them to be gentle with each other through writing and drawings. She also encourages them to participate more in class, often performing tasks and corrections together with them. After experimenting with the first 20 objects, the adopted party was the surprise element, the display of words and the collaborative construction of shapes and images. Another 12 variations were created, and after electing an alternative, we defined as the final product a flower pyramid which would act as an image panel and a game board. The flower-pyramid was made from a rigid paperboard structure composed of a hexagonal base and six trapezoidal faces. The quadrilaterals were covered with colorful petal-shaped denim cloth with transparent acetate external pockets. The base was sewn to a black cloth bag, which visually makes up the flower’s core. The petals can be attached and detached from the bag by means of buttons, which allow the opening of the object as a flat flower-shaped game board, or its erect setup as a six-sided pyramid. Forty double sided aback cardboard cards contain images which cover various topics and are sources for many words. They stay hidden inside the flower, inviting the children to harvest them. The firmness of the pyramid relies on a cloth elastic that holds in position the bag, which contains the cards, and the petals, as a panel for the figures. The flexibility of the elastic allows the user to insert his or her hand into the structure and "fish" blindly the image cards, and then place them in the pockets to display them. The flower of peace is being used primarily for the dictation activity, held on Fridays. Aniela “fishes” the image cards from inside the bag and exposes them in the pockets of the petals to help the students to visualize words inspired by them. The same images can create new words at each use and other objects can also be inserted into the pyramid. After this curricular activity, the pyramid can be disassembled and opened into the flower shape, inviting the students to play and perform more recreational activities. Ana: I thank Aniela for her availability and kindness throughout the project and for guiding us with her goal of promoting unity and friendship among children. Participating in this process and developing a product that complements its purpose has generated in me a great sense of personal and professional fulfillment. Sophia: I thank the intercessor for involving the children in the use of this product, made with such care. I learned to appreciate every step of the process and I overcome many of my limits. Discipline: DSG 1002 Class: 1AC Teachers: Ana Branco e Gabriela Gusmão
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