When we first started planning, we each went around and named a color and symbol that represented us. Stormi was blue and chose storm clouds and rain to represent her because of her unique name. Tim chose yellow and a heart because he likes meeting new people and making friends. Annamarie chose orange and a smiley face person because she is always happy and likes to meet new people, just like Tim. Abby chose purple and a balloon because she feels that the sky's the limit and her ideas, emotions, and thoughts will never lose air (as in the balloon falling to the ground) and will keep getting better and better. Finally, I chose orange and a soccer ball because I love to play soccer and orange is the color for creativeness and good ideas... so it fit my personality.
With all these symbols, we had to find a way to put them into one picture. One flag. Considering our different personalities, this took some time to think up. Then the ideas started coming. Stormi said that she could put the rain clouds in the sky (top of the picture). Then, Annamarie incorporated her smiley face symbol onto a person that was standing in that rain. Tim put his heart symbol inside the person. Abby then had the balloon floating up, right next to the person. Finally, I put the soccer ball next to the person's foot, on top of grass. It was all one scene! Although we had trouble thinking of something at the beginning, we found a way to make it all work.
The Finale:
Finally, it was sidewalk chalk day. We put a box around the picture that we created, and put lines on the outside, one for each of our colors. Outside the picture, we put "Team 11" on the bottom center strip of color. That line contained all our colors. Then, Stormi had the idea of putting black and white between each of our separate color lines to make them stand out more. It was a great idea!
Team 11 worked well together, and the end result was exactly what we wanted.
