Hope all is well at home, I am ready for some nice spring weather. I have been riding my bike but with the wind it is pretty chilly! I want sunshine and warmer weather!!!!😊❤

I have given you three templates to start making your REAL comic book. You can stay with one or you can use all three. Comic book pages are not always the same format. Decide which one will be your first page and lets get started! In the first box you will write the title of the comic and your by line. They usually have an image, too- maybe the main character(s). In each of the boxes you will add one scene. You can have a few words across the top, or the character could have a talk bubble, or it could be just image. You want to do this with pencil or pen. Take your time and do a good job in each box. Depending on how long your story is you might want to do some boxes and then take a break and come back to it. I am thinking this could take a few days because I know you have other school work to do. Be neat, it will pay off when you color.

For your first comic book you can keep it pretty simple and you can see from these pages, it can turn into something that is totally YOU!

As always- do ALL of your school work, we are grading your work again!!! Get outside today for awhile, be helpful around the house and Be Kind! See you tomorrow!

Hi, Everyone! Don’t forget that Nowlin is having an online Book Fair.

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Please think about placing an order…..this helps out our Nowlin PTA and the Nowlin PTA helps out our school!! Thanks!!!✔

Hi! Ready to move on with the comic strip? The download is a simple sheet of boxes that will help us move our story along. Print off a few so once you get on a roll you can just keep going. Use the first square as your title box. So write the name of the comic in there and your”by” line which means by you.

Right now we are just setting up the boxes with the story you came up with yesterday so don’t add too much detail to drawings- you really could just write the text- conversation or the action taking place- at the top and then write about the image in the bottom of the box. This is called a story board. We want to save all of our great drawing and detail for the final copy.

Well- get your storyboard together- one scene in each box! Check back tomorrow for the next step!

As always- do ALL of your schoolwork, get outside for fresh air, help out around the house and Be Kind!

Hello, everyone! Hope the beginning of the week finds you and your family well and ready for a Back to School Week!

For the little guys……how about drawing a dragonfly? Follow the step by step instructions and then color it in to look really fabulous!

For the bigger guys…..let’s start a comic strip today that we can work on all week and turn into a comic book by the end of the week!

So, let’s start with this worksheet. We can make a really quick one to get the hang of it by filling in the information on the sheet. Instead of showing it to friends, maybe share it with someone in your family. Once you have this one knocked off, turn the paper over and do the following:

1. Come up with a story line that could get long enough to make a comic book. Write the story down or use a list of events that will happen starting at 1. and working your way through the action. Be thinking about the characters and how they interact and move the story along.

2. Draw a character sketch of each of the people/animals/aliens/monsters, etc. that will be in you story. Think about detail and making them interesting to look at. Color them in if you want of you could leave them just black and white for now.

Let’s stop there for today. Make sure you have an interesting story- something that moves along, it can be funny, serious, you could tell jokes, …think about what the characters will be doing and we will pick it up tomorrow! Come up with your OWN story and make up your OWN characters. Don’t copy anything, be creative and take ownership of this!!!

As always- do all of your schoolwork- we start grading this week! Get outside for some fresh air, be helpful at home and Be Kind!!!

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WE miss everyone, can you tell??????

Well, we made it through another week together but apart…..!!!

A last set of illusions- they will take some time to do so they are great for some weekend entertainment, too! The first one is called the weave…..

Last One- the bulging heart! You could do other shapes, too, like geometric or organic! Have fun with colors!!!! Next week we move on, maybe we will make a comic strip and turn it into a comic book…hmmmmm

As always- do all of your schoolwork- next week we start grading your work again!!!!! Get outside for fresh air, help out around the house and Be Kind!!!

Hi, everyone! Illusions, illusions….another one today. This time you will use an initial or a letter, or it could be a shape- your choice!

Hope you are keeping busy and that you and your family are well. Please do all of your schoolwork, get outside if possible, be helpful around the house and Be Kind!!!!!

Hello! Here is a video that has A LOT of fun little animals and insects that you can make out of paper. They all use simple shapes that we know how to make. You need paper and scissors and glue….if you don’t have colored paper, that is okay, you can add your own color with crayons or markers. If you don’t have toilet paper tubes you can roll a cylinder- the same shape- out of paper! Be inventive and use your problem solving skills!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/86483255332724272/

I hope you have some fun- there are a bunch of things to make! Here are just three examples. Post some pictures is you want to share with me. I would love to see what you make!

Please make sure you are doing your schoolwork, try to get outside for a little bit each day, help around the house and Be Kind!!!!!

Hope you are well and that you have been having fun with the idea of optical illusions. Today our illusion piggy backs on to what we did yesterday! It is just more intense and these can be super cool if you make the lines close together and maybe vary the distance in between. This time you don’t have to worry about matching up the lines in the sections.

The sky is the limit! Have fun!! Share your artwork with me if you can or want to! As always- do all of your schoolwork, get outside for some fresh air, be helpful at home and Be Kind!!!!