Multiplying with ART
My School, My Museum
3rd Grade | NOVEMBER | Math + Visual Arts
The students were working on interpreting products of whole numbers and using this concept to add and multiply in the classroom. To build on that, students used artworks in the museum collection to aid in their learning to add and multiply. Through their calculations and discussions, students also learned about the messaged being communicated by the visual images (in this case repeated images). What a wonderful learning experience!
To learn more about the program: My School, My Museum, click HERE.
Check out the lesson plan to get a feel for class visit to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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2019.11_3rd_Lesson Plan--Math--no lunch.docx.pdfThe Artworks
Click on an image below to see more about the artwork on the Crystal Bridges website
Martin Johnson Heade's Gems of Brazil
Louise Nevelson's Night Zag Wall
Jordan Casteel's Ourlando
In the Classroom I
Students started out the morning by reviewing the math concepts they had learned in class.
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To review, students participated in these two fun YouTube videos. Be sure to sing along and improve your ability to SKIP COUNT!
To make sure the students could apply what they had learned (and expand on it), 3rd Grade teacher, Amanda Willard, walked the students through problems on the white board.
Teacher, Niki Zincone, continued the discussion in the classroom.
And, Monica Harding, introduced a skip counting chart.
In the Galleries
In the Galleries, students learned about works of art AND used the repeated images and pattern to practice skip counting, addition, and multiplication. (See the handouts used at the stations)
At Heade's Gems of Brazil...
Heade MATH activity sheet.pdf
At Nevelson's Night Zag Wall and Casteel's Ourlando...
Nevelson & Casteel MATH activity sheet.pdf
