Creating Spring in our Classroom

We have been getting little doses of Spring weather here and there, and we decided to bring some Spring into our classroom.  All of our snowman art from winter came down and we replaced it with bright and colorful butterflies!

Valentine Art

Last week we worked on a little Valentine's Day owl art project.  The students had to create a repeating pattern in the background.  Some chose to extend the pattern through the owl and some decided create a pattern around the owl. We used water colors to paint it.  They turned out so cute!

Here are a few of our creations!  I love how every painting is different and unique to the student who made it!

Snowman Glyph

On Friday we made snowman glyphs.  Glyphs are pictorial forms of data collection.  Each student answered questions about their grade, age, number of family members, and favorite winter activities.  Each answer matched up with a part of the snowman on our key.  Each student's snowman was unique to him or her based on those answers.  In order to complete this project the students had to use very good listening skills, follow a set of directions, sequencing skills, and consider their own personal data.  Everyone did great!