Ivan Brunetti

The class homework assignment is to draw “12 things, but in sets.” How the kids do it is up to them. Annamarie decides to present 3 types of music represented by 4 instruments each while classmates do it in different, creative ways. This clever presentation is both reading and math (and maybe music) made clear in easy graphic format.

What happens when round-headed kids are asked to play with triangles, rectangles, and other shapes. Can they come up with something entirely new? Where else can these shapes be found? The simple comic format and straightforward art are ideal in showing shapes all around and may lead to hands-on activities with more shapes.

The teacher asks her students what a compound word is. They know that it is two little words put together to make a new word. Now their homework is to come up with more. Where the children find compound words, throughout the day and all around, is presented in cartoon art in panels to illuminate meaning.