Week of 3/13/2022 - Art night flyer and Mural design

 This week 4ths worked on Google slides to create a digital flyer for our upcoming art night - Celebration of art! They took 3 photos of items in my classroom that they found interesting. They incorporated those photos into their work, experimented with different fonts, sizes and placement to come up with a design for the flyer. It was so great to see the variety of works each of the 4 4th grade classes produced!

Below are photos of students in action and some flyer examples :-

5th grade students started creating artwork in preparation for the mural they will be painting end of May. Each of the 5 5th grade classes were given 1 flower from our campus to create a drawing on Sketchpad incorporating tints and shades. After spring break, we will put 2-3 flowers from each class and come up with a positive quote to go along with our design. Here are some examples of student works!

 

Week of 3/6/2022 - Kolam with 4th and 5th grade

 4ths and 5ths started work on their Kolam plates this week! Most students remembered this lesson from last year and were excited to get started! 

I gave students a white board and marker and had them switch spots at the end of this lesson to write something positive about their peer's artwork. This is in preparation to have students critique each other's work using the TAG method - Tell something positive, Ask a question and Give a suggestion. It was heart warming to see their faces light up as they read the comments given to them. When I asked students how it felt when they read these comments one student enthusiastically replied "Ms.R, this makes me feel empowered about my art"!

 Here are some examples! 

 

Week of 2/27/2022 - Weaving with 2nd grade and clay with 3rds

I started on my Donors Choose project with 2nd grade this week - Bicycle wreaths + yarn

I demonstrated how to tie a knot and how to go over and under to weave. At first students had some trouble, 15 minutes later they were obsessed!!!  Students worked in pairs, figured out how to make weaving work and tied ribbons to complete their work. These will go up on our school fence over the next week or two.

 

3rd grade worked on clay tiles inspired by artist Ron Hitchins. We had looked at his work as an inspiration for our beginning of the year collaborative art project back in September. Students had worked on creating a paper tile each and now they got to work with clay! Focus on combining organic and geometric shapes, adding lines and creating textures using the additive and subtractive process.