Mr. Mills Blog

I’ve heard this a few times already in the past few weeks, and I’ll give my normal answer, “I know.” With all this switching to IMPACT and First Class, it seems that student logins this year have taken a back seat. It has been frustrating, but I am hoping to get the students back in the lab to learn their new passwords next week. Some things are out of my control…

Also, myself, the language teachers, and some folks from CUIP received training this week on how to use Rosetta Stone. It is really an excellent product and I’m looking forward to working with it very soon. We hope to have the new language lab up and running by the beginning of the 2nd quarter.

On to fine arts…the 3rd graders have been working on symmetrical aliens this week with myself and Mr. Brown. First, they learned about the meaning of symmetrical. Then, they learned how to cut things out so they are symmetrical. Everything they cut out was going to be used to create their alien.

The 4th graders finished up their rhythm project this week. I hope to have them hanging in the hallway next week. We got very messy creating them, but no matter how many times I do this project, I am always amazed at how many different ways students approach this project. It seems like there is only a few possibilities, but the students find many different ways to make a fast or slow rhythm painting.

The 5th graders continue to work on their weaving project. As I have told them, it is not difficult to learn how to do, but it takes a lot of concentration and persistence. I’ll be interested to see how they all turn out.

The 6th graders are finishing the emotion project. Like the rhythm paintings, I am always excited to see how this project is approached by the students because it is different every single year. The students are writing short stories, poems, or songs to accompany their paintings. I hope to have them hanging very soon.

Until next week!