Foldable art projects

One of the first projects my 4th/5th grade students created this year were personal “About Me” folded squash books. The kids were introduced to a simple foldable bookmaking technique and then they personalized them with drawings and collages about themselves. Each section of the book had a prompt to get them started. I showed them a video demonstration of how to assemble the book and I provided square templates printed on card stock. Both the video, templates and instructions are … Read…

Tracy Boberg Nichols on Instagram: "These tie into our introduction to architecture - and the beautiful triangles in the Japanese White Heron castle. My students came up with so many fun and clever structures. 🔻🔺🔻🔺 Different size templates and lesson is in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop. See link in bio. It’s called Two Fun Triangle Challenges. . . . . . #4thgradeart #primaryart #primaryartclass #elementaryartteacher #elementaryart #elementaryartroom #artclass #kidsart…

Elements & Principles Four Corner Foldable Definitions go directly under the Element flap Principles go in the center Cut Poster Board 14 X 14 inches Fold in half and then in half again (guidelines optional) Open up and use the previous folds to guide folding each corner into the middle Use the corner points to split the four corners into 8 spaces with lines Open up and continue using the folded lines and points to divide the spaces Attached is a small 7 X 7 inch printable

The days of dioramas and book reports may be long gone. (Is it wrong that I’m a little sad about that?) Yet the expectation that students ...

I have received a number of emails asking how History is going this year, so I thought I would take a few minutes to finally post pictures of what the boys have been working on these past few months. Connecting with History Volume II is broken into 7 Units. Since Unit 1 is broken into […]