John Barry Elementary School, Chicago, Illionois


6th grade math teacher Yesenia Velazquez says:

I am a 6th grade Mathematics teacher for John Barry Elementary School, part of the Chicago Illinois public school system. In the past few weeks I have been focusing on work with tessellations. I used your website as a resource for instruction and examples of tessellations for my students. In the end, my students and I are very excited about our final product. I just know that having my students work displayed will be a rewarding experience for them and our school.

For the most part my students work does meet the criteria for a tessellation. However, we did use the paper cut method of making tessellations so there will be some minor gaps in some of the tessellations.

I (Seth, the webmaster for Tessellations.org) would like to say that yes, Ms. Velazquez's class quite literally cut paper. The paper cut method requires cutting a template out of paper. Ms. Velazquez's class wasn't content with just that, though. From colorful construction paper, they cut the tiles of the final picture too.

That-- the final art's tiles cut from construction paper-- is a "first". It's unique on this whole website. And you know what? It's beautiful. Her class gave me the confidence to try, so I'm going to try construction paper myself, sometime soon.

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  WEIRD LADYBUG
by Melissa T.
FLAMING DRAGON
by Gabriela C.
EL DIABLO
MEXICANO
by Gisel C.
2 IN 1
by Carlos F.
ROLLER COASTER WOMAN
by Liliana L.
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  FLIGHTLESS
by Samantha P.
THE RAT & THE TIGER
by Alberto B.

BLUE & ORANGE
DRAGONS
by Dioncio R.
THE ROBOTS
by Jacqueline M.
PINK & COLORFUL FISH
by Crystal R.
  Escher-style penguin tessellation mayan face tessellates germs tessellate comicbook exclamations tesselate
  FIERY DRAGONS
by Sam O.
EVIL VAMPIRES
by Karina M.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STRAIGHT FACE
by Flavio H.
SILLY GERMS
by Daisy C.
POW! OMG!
EXPLOSION
by Saffron K.
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