Week of 10/03/2022 - UTK, K and 1st grade self portraits

I finally got to see the students from UTK, K and 1st grade this week! The UTK students bring back lovely memories from when I taught preschool to the 4 year olds!!

 The common theme this week was self portraits and it was exciting to see how I could differentiate it for the 3 levels.

UTK students created self portraits inspired by the style of Todd Parr. We read his book "Be Who You Are" which talks about being unique and accepting yourself for who you are. His illustrations are characterized by flat, bold colors. I had traced a pencil circle on each canvas for students to use as a starting point. Students created a pencil drawing of how they wanted their hair and features, outlined them with a Sharpie and used crayons to color them. I had the chance to do some music and movement with the students at the end of class :)

Kinders created a self portrait inspired by Lego people. We looked at Lego figures and compared them to see how they are different from us. I had yellow rectangles cut from construction paper. Students cut the corners to make them rounded and added features after I showed them several examples of Lego heads with different expressions. We then added colorful hair, body and a frame using black Sharpie marker. Students added color using crayons to complete their work.

1st grade students created their self portraits after looking at the book "I like myself" by Karen Beaumont. Their works were created using a black Sharpie marker on white construction which they cut and glued on a color card stock. They added a frame using colorful strips and drew a scene to complete their works.