5th Grade

5th grade has been doing a tremendous job working on their assignments both in and out of the classroom. During the month of November, students were given another Doodle Calendar to complete; this time, the calendar was predominantly comprised of depictions of the Greek gods or goddesses we discussed in class. Creating a drawing of a symbol or pyhsical representation of each god or goddess helped students practice for the subject matter of their two Ancient Greek projects as well as help them to remember the significance of each god or goddess in Greek mythology. Here are a few of the outstanding Doodle Calendars:

Students have been using Chromebooks in class to access the Ancient Greek Symbaloo I put together in order to plan their Greek Vase compositions. Students had to chose any vase shape to draw and fill with either a scene, a character, or a symbol from Greek mythology, and complete it with a variety of Greek-inspired patterns. Students planned the drawings out in their sketchbooks first and have been working on transferring their ideas to their handmade scratch art paper. I am so pleased with the outcome of this project! I have never tried using scratch art for this project, and as it is more difficult because students must work slowly and have a secure plan, the final product is beautiful! The last update I posted including rough draft drawings from 5A, so here are a few I snapped from 5B today:

You will just have to wait to see the final artwork when I update the Virtual Art Show next week!