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5th Graders embark on the Embarcadero. Click to view slideshow. More photos coming.
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5th Grade- Renaissance Art Projects, Part 3: Michelangelo (Slideshow)
Michelangelo was next on the list of renaissance artists….
We are hoping to have an opportunity for the kids to to chisel a bit on a stone in class within the next few weeks, so they can get a feel for Michelangelo’s favorite medium – relief sculpture in marble.
But Michelangelo didn’t always get to sculpt, sometimes he had to paint… like the Sistine Chapel. The students got a feel for this pleasure right in the fifth grade. Painting the subject of their choice and working with color value (blending black or white with a color) while flat on their back!
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5th Grade Renaissance Art Projects, Part 2: Albrecht Durer (Slideshow)
Next the students had the opportunity to work with watercolors and look into the German Northern Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer.
- We tried to attempt a water wash technique (tying the lesson to the sunset in chapter 10 of Phantom Tollbooth) using only primary colors and watching them blend on the paper to make the secondary colors, but alas the quality of the paints didn’t allow for the effect…
- The student’s also were invited to use their abilities of observation by bird watching and painting a silhouette/outline of a bird, freehand, on a wire. When the paintings were hung in a row they created a great, long line of unique birds – just hangin’ out enjoying a sunset view.
- These Sunset Bird On A Wire paintings were framed before the holiday break and given as gifts from the students.
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— Jennifer Lonack
5th Grade Renaissance Art Projects, Part 1: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (Slideshow)
The students have been busy with Renaissance art these past few months… studying with OTA Parent-Volunteer and Art Teacher extraordinaire, Jennifer Lonack.
They started off with a look into the Renaissance man himself, Leonardo di Vinci, and worked with portrait technics using the Mona Lisa as a model.
The results might not have looked like Lisa, but some great characters and personalities showed through in every picture!
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5th Grade Starts “Racer” Pro-bot PROJECT TREE
OTA Robotics: Programming • Problem-Solving • Applied Mathematics
**PROJECT-CHALLENGE 1-1: Program Your Robot to Knock Over Two Towers (and for Extra Credit: write one program that knocks over BOTH towers and returns your Racer robot to the starting line).
**LEARNING GOALS for Project 1-1: Learn Parts/Functions of new Racer Robots; Understand difference between Hardware and Software; Learn to Enter and Edit Commands; Learn to Measure Distance and Angles using Ruler (cm) and Protractors (degrees); Learn Correct Format for Recording Your Successful Programs.
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The new Racer Pro-bots (purchased with a generous grant from the Kiwanis Club of San Diego) arrived recently; and today the 5th Grade had their second encounter with these great learning tools:
- See the first Racer Probot Project Tree 1: Projects 1-5
- See the Project Challenge 1-1: Group Project Progress Tracker and Exam Checklist
- See Videos of 5th Grade students working on the first Project
OTA Orchestra Program: Violin Demo with Mr Borisovsky
Mischa Borisovsky introduced interested fifth graders to the OTA Orchestra Program Friday with a demonstration in the Seminar-Music Room. They all got to hold and play the violin and to hear Mr. Borisovsky play his violin and accordion.
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OTA Orchestra Program: Violin Demo with Mr Borisovsky
Mischa Borisovsky introduced interested fifth graders to the OTA Orchestra Program Friday with a demonstration in the Seminar-Music Room. They all got to hold and play the violin and to hear Mr. Borisovsky play his violin and accordion.
Slideshow below ↓
The response was enthusiastic and a number of students said they would be interested in joining the orchestra to learn a string instrument. For the remainder of the year, Mr. Borisovsky will be offering violin lessons Mondays and Thursdays after school. Next year we plan to have violin lessons as part of the in-school music curriculum.