Mola, Mola, Molas!

Well, time for some student art! Below are paper molas my fourth graders made. The project aligns with the new curriculum for fourth grade for the first quarter. So, there is a bit of a delay in posting these! This was the first year I did this project with fourth grade and I really emphasized creating a unified work of art using line, basic shapes, pattern, repetition, and overlapping. This also really helped with fine motor skills because of all the cutting and gluing.

I love the quirky playfulness this piece has!

This mola is a bird soaring over a field and a pond.

Look at the sun! It's positively radiant with overlapping!

This student only wanted to use line and shape and I'd say they got awesome results!

Overall, I'd say the student's projects turned out well! There is an obvious use of pattern, repetition, and basic shapes. The struggle came with students who wanted to create animal molas. They had difficulty abstracting the animal down into simple, basic shapes. So, something to work on! Something else to strive towards is really getting the students to understand what a 'unified' work is. There's always room for improvement!

Until next time!

<3 Kate