Finishing up 2014 in Room 5

Some first attempts at message prints.

What a busy year.  I can't believe we're racing toward the end of this calendar year.  There are projects winding up and just launching.  Our memoirs are almost all typed up, awaiting some revision and editing before they hit the presses.  And our printing projects are just finding their legs.  These photos show some of the early attempts.  I challenged our artists to make prints that express a world-improving message, surprise us with color and bend our minds with a clever lay out.

Can you read it?

Geometry tableau: how to make a rhombus with a buddy.

Both 2nd- and 3rd-graders in our class are studying geometry right now.  Our younger kids are just getting to know some of the basic attributes of shapes, getting a solid footing in how to talk about  and think about polygons.  You can hear some of their awesome and hilarious attempts to say some tricky geometric vocabulary, here.  

3rd-graders are digging in deeper, working on linear/mirror and rotational symmetry, as well as the broader taxonomy of polygons.  You should check out some of their geometric art and shape riddles by Mrs. Zimmermans' room.