Friday, November 1, 2013

Making Waves in the Second Grade


Ella, Grade 2

Cindy, Grade 2

Leslie, Grade 2

Christopher, Grade 2

Aiden F.,  Grade 2
After completing their lesson on types of clouds and weather depicting emotion, the second graders studied Hokusai's Great Wave Off Kanagawa.  They built the painting in layers, investigating lines in each layer.  They recreated the lines in their work, noticing the movement that these details add to the picture.  They came up with adjectives beginning in each letter of the alphabet to describe this famous work.  My favorites were T is for tsunami, V is for volcano (Mt. Fuji) and G is for gigantic. 

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