With Dia de los Muertos just around the corner, students have been learning about the famous artist Diego Rivera.
We have been using a biography about him to study characters. Sam Thornham (Dora Moore's famous story teller) came to our class to share a print he has of Diego's work. While telling a story to our class one day, he noticed the book I planned on using. We decided it was a great opportunity to connect a character in a book to something the students could see from Sam.
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(Sam reading the description on the back of the print.)
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(Sam and his "ghost" balloon. Ask your student about how the "ghost" was really just science!)
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(Same showing the students the print.)
The students learned that Diego loved to paint what he saw, whether it was good or bad. He became a famous artist because he practiced and never gave up, even when people didn't agree with his beliefs.
THANK YOU SAM FOR SHARING!!!!!!!!
