Gifted and Talented Selfie Sculptures

This “Selfie Sculptures” activity was designed to help elementary teachers of gifted children facilitate meaningful conversations about their social and emotional learning and needs.  With guidance and support, students will be able to recognize social and emotional characteristics and needs within themselves and represent them in a “Selfie Sculpture.”   These final sculptures will include color-coded shapes that represent each student as an individual while encouraging creativity and a sense of community in your gifted classroom.

What’s Included:

• There are two different versions of the project handout—A & B. The bottom spiral descriptions are different on these handouts. Use whichever you prefer for gathering information about your students.
• An extension handout C is provided to help gather additional information about the needs of your students.  It may be a good idea to print the project handout (A or B) of your choice with the extension handout (C) on the back side for early finishers.
• "Selfie Sculptures Observations" pages are included for teachers to observe and record sculpture choices as a group.  These notes can be used to help you plan future SEL lessons.
• If using different colored paper than suggested, editable versions of handouts A-C are included for the teacher to write in the colors of paper that are being used with students, as well as editable observation pages.