Our life skills class studied emotions. We created Picasso Potato’s!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Studying the Color Wheel
About 5 years ago I began teaching the color wheel to kindergarteners and first graders. I quickly found it was difficult for them to imagine and understand the complexity of a real color wheel. This led me to create the giant color wheel you see in the pictures. The color disks Velcro down to the foam board. The entire wheel folds up into one pizza slice. There are also black lines (foam board) that I use to connect the colors together to create color schemes. This has been a WONDERFUL tool for the kids to truly learn and understand colors. After only a few practice rounds, kindergarteners can easily assemble the wheel.
1st graders studies the color wheel! After reviewing our primary, secondary, and triadary colors, we divided into two teams; The Real Cool’s and The Awesome Dudes. Using a stopwatch, I timed each team to see who could put the wheel together the fastest. They LOVE this game!!!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
4th and 5th grade Playing Cards
We studied reverse mirrored imaging. The students researched the constructions of playing cards. We even watched a video clip on how cards are made. (so cool!) We then used tracing paper to design and create our own unique playing cards.
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