Mr. Mills Blog

With one quarter ‘almost’ in the books, we ended a lot of projects and are looking towards starting new projects.

Above, you will see some examples of the flip books the 3rd graders made. We just started creating landscapes using Windows Paint in the computer lab. The students are very excited about using this software and creating artwork with another medium. It can be frustrating at times since it is new to some of them, but we are making a lot of progress.

The 4th graders completed their high contrast pictures this week. They also wrote scary stories to accompany them. When we do write in fine arts, I focus them more on creating a creative stories instead of trying to fit inside a format. I’ve been very pleased with the stories I have read. Right now, we are creating origami cubes. It is a short project, so we will be starting something else very soon.

One of the 5th grade classes has finished the Google SketchUp buildings. I have a few examples above, but I will eventually be putting all of the projects on my blog. The students can download this program at home. It is free and I know a lot of the students really enjoyed using the program and we really only scratched the surface during this project.

Finally, the 6th graders have finished their Frank Lloyd Wright tiles. They are hanging on the first floor near the art room on the ceiling. I will keep them up all year long. We also just started creating embroidered pillows. This project will take us through the early part of December. It requires a lot of focus on the part of the students, but they are a lot of fun to work on so I am optimistic many of the students will find them fun.

Until next week…