Ark: Week 8

The 3rd graders have been busy while they paint patterns for their Camouflage Animal project. The students selected a shade or a tint of color as the base color for their entire project.  The selected color was used to paint their animal, background paper and poster board paper. Ms. Molly and I cut the poster board paper into eighths for a specific reason.  With those eight pieces of paper the students would then be able to experiment with funky PATTERNS! The students have been painting away patterns on their trial sheets with tempera paint. After the students finish painting their patterns they then select their favorite which they will repeat on their animals and background paper.  This unit teaches students the scientific topic of camouflage (amazing way to incorporate the common core)! The project so far has been......very demanding, energetic, fun and extremely messy.  There have been several spills but the students really love to paint! Though the classroom is a little bit louder than usual it seems as if the students are occupied with painting.I really like this project and I think the students are doing a great job.  Below are examples of some of the students' patterns.