Mr. Mills Blog

With the professional development tomorrow, I’m posting a little early this week. We are still in the middle of finishing up projects with all the classes.

The 3rd graders are just about finished with their flip books. I’ve been happy to see many of the students really “attack” this project. They immediately got an idea in their head and they followed it through to the end. That is not easy for students to do.

The 4th graders are about finished with their contrast portraits. Thy are adding tissue paper around their portraits and writing scary stories. I hope to have these hanging in the hallway next week.

The 5th graders have just started working with Google SketchUp. Their assignment is to create a building. It could be a house, mansion, skyscraper, office, city block, or something they make up…as long as it looks like a building. There are many reasons I like this program, but after working with the students this week, I realized one of my other favorite things is that it really allows students to be imaginative and dream. If you are students are telling you about it at home, I urge you to download it at home and check it out.

The 6th graders are almost finished with their Frank Lloyd Wright tiles. I will be hanging them on the ceiling and putting them on Art Sonia next week. Soon, we will be start the embroidered pillows.

Until next week…