Mr. Mills Blog

After the snow, we get the cold. It is finny how quickly the weather can change.

Well, the winter break is only two weeks ago, and it is coming quickly. We’ve been hard at work in fine arts this past week. The third graders are learning about using watercolor painting. I know they have all painted with Ms. Ziegler, but since this is the first time they have painted with me, I wanted to see how much they already knew. The fourth graders are about to finish their inspiration pictures. They should be on Art Sonia and hanging up before they leave for the winter break. The fifth graders are working on their Google SketchUp models. I’ve been very pleased at how excited and interested the students have been with this program. I think it is a great program to experiment with and it is a lot of fun. They’ve been teaching me a few things since a couple students have downloaded it at home and are using it. I hope more are downloading it and trying it out. The sixth graders are almost finished with their monochromatic portraits. Some of them are hanging up by the library right now. I know the students have really enjoyed this project over the past two years, and their outcomes are usually excellent. We will be starting embroidery this week. Please look for a note about this project from your students soon.

Also, it is important that students finish up their projects in fine arts. Fine Arts is pass/fail, so in order to pass, they need to complete all of their work. If they miss days or need extra time to finish it, they need to take their work home, finish it, and return it to me. In the note that went out at the beginning of the year, it was mentioned that all students are to give complete effort in all of their projects, and I will continue to expect that throughout the year.

Until next week…