Kaleidocycle

The 8th grade students have been working on a kaleidocycle which is like a kaleidoscope but it's made out of paper and turns. Here is an example of one of the finished kaleidocycles. 

Emoji Inspired Art

The students in 4th and 5th grades are working on emoji inspired art. Last week they worked on general surprised moods and this week it was opened up to all different types of emoj expressions. 

2nd and 3rd grade puppet

The second and third graders requested to do this assignment after seeing the results from the kindergarteners and first graders. As a break from doing the landscapes they created their own versions from scratch whereas the kindergarteners started with it halfway prefolded and folded the rest. 

3-d cat model

Students in kindergarten and first grade are working on 3-d cat models. These are some examples.

Tessellation

Students in eighth grade worked Tesselations part of this week and last week after going over how to create one. They looked at other artists and also had to come up with a design to fit in the block. Here are some examples:

Surprised Mood

One way of making a picture look more exciting is using a different expression. 4th and 5th graders are making portraits with a suprised mood. We looked at examples of exaggerated version of anime characters with shocked and surprised expressions. They also watched a demonstration of how to dissect the basics of the expression and use it for self expression.

Vegetable Garden

Students in 2nd and 3rd grade are working on vegetable garden drawings in their back to nature unit. They are thinking about how carrots grow. Here is an example from a second grader

And here are some third grade examples