Make your Mark-

In all grades, after making observations about artists & their brush strokes or mark-making, students made their own mark by using crayons in new ways. 

The quarter of a circle was colored & filled with lines, dots, blurs of color, patterns, and anything they could think of trying. 

 On day 2 of the activity, Ms Faig's first grade had time to work together and sort the quarter circles, creating whole circles (or a dot). They found pieces with common elements such as swirly lines, similar colors, and dots. After they sorted, I asked them to explain their choices. In just our third week of school, these students are creating, thinking of new uses for materials, sorting, and explaining their decisions!