>The tradition of writing on the board continues. Ever since the day I let my students draw flowers on the chalkboard around the date, they’ve raced to decorate the board every morning. The style morphed from flowers to animals, and some days they get so excited that we end up having three suns. New planet with a tri-solar system, perhaps? There’s a lot of creativity in their fourth grade minds, so I wouldn’t discount it. But more than likely, three kids wanted to draw the sun and none would give in to the others.
I enjoy watching their creativity. This one went up on a muggy, drizzly day. The blurry writing in the middle states, “Rain, rain, go away!” Earlier in the day it said, “Rian, rian, go away!” until someone more astute took eraser in hand and played editor.
I can only wonder what would happen if I let them use (gasp) colored chalk. Maybe…. oh, this wasn’t fourth grade artists. This was the work of La Petite, age 21, art minor.
