3rd Grade Dream Boxes

3rd grade is finishing their Dream Box project, which is inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and artist Joseph Cornell more about him here:  http://www.josephcornellbox.com/lifeart.htm 
Student chose a dream they have for themselves or the world to make the world a better place.  They added various materials to make their boxes have a 3D element.

2nd grade I have a dream Cloud mobiles

We recently finished making cloud mobiles inspired by Martin Luther King Day and his I Have a Dream speech.  Students drew a cloud and illustrated a  dream they have for themselves or the world.  They added shapes to hang from their larger cloud shape to create a mobile. They also integrated some writing about their dream into the piece.

1st Grade Arctic Animals

We learned about the bright dancing lights of the aurora borealis.  The lights are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as Aurora borealis in the north.  We looked at photos of this amazing phenomenon.  We  talked about arctic animals and about their adaptations and  habitat.  Students learned a wet-on-wet water color technique using salt which they applied to their background to create a "northern light sky".  Children also learned how to draw a various animals which they drew using a photo for reference. They cut out their drawn animal and glued it onto the foreground of their paintings

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Kindergarten northern light polar bears

We learned about the bright dancing lights of the aurora borealis.  The lights are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as Aurora borealis in the north.  We looked at photos of this amazing phenomenon.  We also discussed polar bears and their habitat.  Students learned a wet-on-wet water color technique using salt which they applied to their background to create a "northern light sky".  Children also learned how to draw a polar bear which they placed onto their foreground.