Beautiful Oops

Students read the book "Beautiful Oops" by Barney Saltzberg. This book emphasizes the fact that it is okay to make a mistake. Students learned that a "mistake" on your paper can be turned into something creative and beautiful. Students were challenged to turn the "oops" on their paper into something new and exciting!






Examples of "oops" on students' paper:

A marker smudge

A fold

A pencil mark

A tear

A hole

A paint stain