Thursday, October 20, 2011

Be Creative Center Day!

If my classes earn 6 crayons (they get one crayon per week based on good behavior) they get to have a Be Creative Center Day. Students have the entire class time to do various activities such as finger weaving, straw construction, play balancing games, Lego architecture and more. Here are some of the super creative things grades K-5 made over the past couple of weeks.


Is this students a future Frank Lloyd Wright?






Great balancing!



A creative way to learn spelling words?


















Carolyn J. Braden
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Two sides to every story by Anonymous

Since the fourth graders are about to create their own Picasso inspired portraits, I thought I'd try out one too. I love the website www.picassohead.com. Go there and try to make your own Picasso-like creation!

Two sides to every story by Anonymous: Picassohead

Thursday, September 8, 2011

First Grade Rainbow Fish: Coloring!

These are looking fantastic! Students are using primary, secondary, warm or cool colors for their fish.














Carolyn J. Braden
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Kindergarten Shape Mosaics

Almost finished! We are learning about shades, tints, shapes and more!















Carolyn J. Braden
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