Week of 12/05/22 - 2nd and 3rd grade

 2nd and 3rd grade returned this week - 2nd grade created Koinobori fish while 3rd graders worked on creating a relief sculpture on paper.

 Art teachers  in my district received a large donation of canvases and paint brushes that came in plastic containers. I saved those containers and had been looking for a way to reuse them. The Japanese inspired Koinobori fish was the perfect way to reuse the containers.

Koi means fish and Nobori means a flag - May 5th is celebrated as children's day in Japan when families make flags representing a carp out of fabric to  represent the children in the family. They are hung outside their homes and are colorful and vibrant.

After discussing as a class what we saw in Koinobori photos, I gave each student a plastic container that they covered with strips of paper. I pre- cut so they would fit around the container. Once done, students glued fabric along the base to represent the tail fin. They added scales using paint sticks - can I just say how much I love these? The colors are rich, bold and bright and the students love them as well!! After this students drew and cut large eyes and glued the on either side on the opening which was the mouth. Using black and white for the eyes provided a nice I hot glued a piece of yarn and that way students could take their works home the same day! I 

 

3rd grade students created a relief sculpture with paper inspired by the art of sculptor Halima Cassell. We looked at her sculptures and discussed what kind of balance we observed - symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial. I showed students 3 different kinds of folds after which they created more folds of the ones they liked, arranged them on the card stock paper and glued them to create symmetry. I love how unique each work is!