Name Design Skeletons

Fourth grade recently finished up a project where they used his/her name in a clever way. First we learned about symmetry and then students wrote out his/her name on a long piece of white paper folded in half. It was important that they were sure to keep all the letters of his/her name connected. This way when students cut out his/her name all the letters remained connected. It was also important that one point of every letter was touching the folded edge of the paper, so when students unfolded the design they ended up two copies of his/her name connected. This creates a mirror image of their names, a symmetrical design.

This design coincidentally looks a lot like skeleton bodies. So in theme with all things creepy and October that exactly what we turned them into. Students glued the name design onto black paper then added limbs and a head. Viola! Tons of skeletons each with their own personality.

  

Third Grade Buildings

Third grade finished up these really cool cityscape drawings before starting our fall projects. We talked about creating a realistic city by making sure our buildings overlapped as well as adding tons of details on the buildings themselves. Students used ultra thin Sharpie markers which really allowed them to create these tiny little masterpieces. Once the students finished up their cities the carefully cut out any extra paper along the top. Finally we rolled the drawings up to create a type of 3-D city.

A Bridge

Currently the DIA is hosting Claude Monet's most famous painting Waterlilly Pond, Green Harmony. It will be at the museum until Jan. 4th so I strongly encourage anyone who gets a chance to go check it out before its boxed back up for Paris.

Anyways it just so happens that our ASD students recently completed their very own versions of Monet's Waterlilly Pond. This was a nice project as students got to experience several different media all in one project; oil pastel, tempera paint and watercolor. These paintings all turned out so well. Each one is a unique interpretation of Monet's famous piece.

Pattern Owls

First grade has recently finished up a small unit on line and pattern. For this project students took everything they learned about pattern and used this to decorate their owl pictures. First students drew an owl using black markers and then they divided the owl into sections. In each of these sections they had to fill it with a different pattern. The following class students were given a black piece of paper and had to fill the entire piece with one pattern using construction paper crayons. After students carefully cut out his/her owl and glued it onto the background they just created. I just love all the different personalities these little owls have. Plus the first graders really have a handle on line and pattern now!