Stellar Art Projects
We have had a very eventful couple of weeks leading up to our Christmas break. Academically, the students have been honing their multiplication skills with timed multiplication practice and games like Roll-the-Dice and Beat-the-Calculator. Many of the TISA 3rd graders are already able to multiply using two digits (which is very advanced!) thanks to their natural intelligence and hard work. In science, we have been studying the solar system, and especially the moon. The students learned how the cycles of the moon progress, cutting out small cards and pasting them in their notebooks to show all the different moon phases. We have also been incorporating our science learning into some beautiful artwork, with well researched pastel coloring projects that demonstrate the various planets, their colors due to their atmospheric conditions, and their relative sizes compared to Earth. The finishing touch for these works was to sprinkle a little bit of white paint on them, in order to creat