5th Grade

We have a fabulous 5th grade class this year!

I received a Donor's Choose materials grant for a fifth grade "Animals and Environments" printmaking unit. Ms. Sheehan's class was the first 5th grade to make practice prints, focusing on line texture. We looked at Albrecht Durer's print of a rhinoceros for inspiration. Students analyzed in a group discussion the many line patterns that Durer engraved to show texture on his rhinoceros. Using a variety of tools, 5th graders scratched line textures into small foam plates to experiment with the range of potential line possibilities for their final prints. Everyone printed once to review the technical process.  Drawing for final designs has begun and we should have brayers rolling and animal theme prints pulled in the next few weeks! Look for them drying in every available spot in the MMR.

Favorite 5th grade question- "Can we start?" 

More later...