6th Grade Field Trip: Frank Lloyd Wright and National Museum of Mexican Art

In less than 2 weeks, the 6th grade will go on a field trip to the National Museum of Mexican Art and the Frank Lloyd Wright Studio. This trips correlates directly with what the student's have been studying in their Spanish and Art classes.

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6th Grade Paper Brain Models

As my school joins the maker and stem movement, more and more of collegial conversations focus on student projects as problem solving. The need for students to understand and to manipulate materials is imperative. One such project incorporates all of these ideas. It is the origami paper brain model by Martin Pyka. Examples below are from my 6th gr. class. http://www.martinpyka.de/paperbrain/

6th Grade ART: Museum Tours and Websites

Picasso: 4th Grade Picasso, Portraits and Cubism

The fourth graders are working on Cubistic self portraits. They are learning about the process of abstraction, Picasso, and Cubism. Students are making connections in how Cubist artists were inspired by West African masks. Below are examples of resources we are looking at in class and students creating their own self portraits.

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