Isn't she lovely? She is a composite of rectangles that were individually created by each child in my class. After the fourth graders complete their rectangle portion of Miss Lisa we assemble all of the pieces into one large Mona Lisa. My fourth graders have been creating a replica of a photocopy page of Mona Lisa for the past 6 years and each of the Monas is more incredible than the others. The finished Mona is always six times the size of the photocopy version. This replica is a practice in ratio, measurement, multiplication, problem solving, and creativity.
Leonard da Vinci is always a fascinating and favorite study in springtime. We look at this genius as a scientist, naturalist, inventor, architect, and artist.
For detailed information on this project, see my book, Mathematical Art-o-Facts.
Resources
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
There isn’t a math term your students need to know that is not on this colorful and interactive site. I tell my students and their families to be sure this site is bookmarked on their home computers.
Cool Math
This free site has math games for all levels.
Set Game
This site changes daily and provides a free logic puzzle (Set Game), that my students love! They try to solve the problem faster than their classmates.
Stuart J Murphy
My friend Stuart, a real cool guy, has great extension activities to the 63 books in his wonderful Math Start series. My personal favorite Stuart J. Murphy book is 100 Days of Cool.
Thinking Blocks
This site has word problems for all elementary grades along with virtual unit bars to solve problems using Singapore’s powerful model drawing strategy.
Other Sites
The next three sites are jammed with outstanding kindergarten ideas (I am happy to say that these women are my friends.)
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
There isn’t a math term your students need to know that is not on this colorful and interactive site. I tell my students and their families to be sure this site is bookmarked on their home computers.
Cool Math
This free site has math games for all levels.
Set Game
This site changes daily and provides a free logic puzzle (Set Game), that my students love! They try to solve the problem faster than their classmates.
Stuart J Murphy
My friend Stuart, a real cool guy, has great extension activities to the 63 books in his wonderful Math Start series. My personal favorite Stuart J. Murphy book is 100 Days of Cool.
Thinking Blocks
This site has word problems for all elementary grades along with virtual unit bars to solve problems using Singapore’s powerful model drawing strategy.
Other Sites
The next three sites are jammed with outstanding kindergarten ideas (I am happy to say that these women are my friends.)
