Week of 12/02/2024 - 2nd and 3rd grades

 This week 2nd grade students returned for a lesson of printmaking. I gave each student 5.5" X 4.25" piece of cardboard and a small piece of foam with a sticky back. Each student drew 4-5 organic or geometric shapes on the foam. I reminded them to make sure their shapes weren't too close together, too small or too big. We cut the shapes, arranged them on the cardboard in different ways. When satisfied with their arrangement, each student cut and removed the adhesive backing on each piece and stuck the shapes on their cardboard.

 

Students then created line patterns on a piece of 8.5"X 11" white card stock with black Sharpie markers. I had created one vertical and one horizontal line to divide the paper into 4 rectangles for each student with pencil. Students created different line patterns inside each.

Students worked in pairs to roll a brayer into the printmaking ink, on their foam pieces and press the cardboard to create a print inside each rectangle on their white cardstock.

 

3rd graders returned to complete their weaving work. We added more paper strips (weft) and glued the ends. Students drew their 2 motifs on the 2 colors of their paper weaving to complete their works.