Kandinsky and Geometry

 This week we had the joy of combining the inspired artwork of Kandinsky with our math unit on geometry. The students had a wonderful time discovering that Wassily Kandinsky is one of the most famous artists in the world. He is known for being the first ABSTRACT artist! We learned that abstract art means that the artwork is made up of lines, shapes and colours that do not represent anything. The students were fascinated to learn that Wassily had a  genetic condition called synaesthesia, which mixed up his senses. This allowed him to SEE sounds and HEAR colors! Wassily would often paint while listening to music. Some of his paintings are called Compositions, just like musicians compose or write music.

We took the time to look at his work and learned that everyone sees something different in his compositions. We also read the following book The Noisy Paintbox to help us appreciate the challenges and barriers that Kandinsky had to overcome to be his true authentic self. Despite the pressure he faced from his family, he stayed true to himself and created paintings that inspired him to be the best he could be. We also watched the video of the book " I see a song" by Eric Carle.

In math, the grade 3's extended their learning about geometric shapes to include polygons. We learned that the word polygon means many( poly) vertices (gons) and that we can have anywhere from 3 sided polygons (triangles) upwards and beyond 10 ( decagon) sided polygons. We also learned that a polygon must be a closed shape, and its sides must be straight. The grade two's spent this time reviewing their knowledge of 2D shapes and went on a scavenger hunt to discover where specific 2 shapes can be found in their environment.


Another creative




art project were worked on was our geometry city. We used our skills to create 2D shapes we know as well as applied our past knowledge about creating a mixed media painting ( crayons and water-colours) . The finished effect was awesome!!! 

 


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