For the feathers all of our students discussed the various types of lines we see everyday, how those lines work together to make shapes and how shapes work together to build patterns. Once we had a firm foundation on these concepts we moved on to decorating our feathers with lines, shapes and patterns. Each one is unique...just like our children! Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Otey: This week our kindergarteners will be creating Line Lions. We will explore the different kinds of lines, work on fine motor skills, create a directed draw lion and sing songs! Update to come! I do not visit them in the classroom normally but Mrs. Otey and Mrs. Davis are teaching this lesson. Way to go ladies! Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Wright : This week our first graders will be learning all about Wassily Kandinsky and his use of the circle! We will be creating bouquets of Kandinsky flowers. Mrs. Hepner: This week we will be working on emotion monsters. Patterned after the monsters contained in The Colour Monster - by Anna Llenas. Students will watch a read-aloud of the book online and then we will create colorful monsters and talk about how colors can represent emotions and how art can express those emotions too. Mrs. Savage and Mrs. Long: Our third graders have been working on a project that ties math in with art. Our array cities allow us to explore shapes, measuring, colors and reinforce the visual tool of using arrays in multiplication. Thus far they are coming along beautifully. Stay tuned for finished projects coming this week! Mrs. Glasco and Mrs. Quimby: Fourth grade has also been working on a project that integrates math with art. We have been creating quilt squares. Quilts are a traditional form of folk art that uses bright colors to often tell stories. We discussed using the ruler to measure accurately, diving squares into halves and fourths and lastly quilt square design. The kids were super creative! Now we are taking this lesson one step further and integrating social studies. We discussed the Underground Railroad and how it was used to help slaves escape to freedom. They used 'Freedom Quilts' to help other slaves know the way to freedom. After this discussion we looked at various coded messages used in 'Freedom Quilts' and we started making our own. Stay tuned for finished products! Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Nall: This week we are turning our focus to art history and basic sketching techniques. We are learning about Georgia O'Keefe and her lovely flower paintings. We discussed colors, gradation, how the petals overlap and the disc (center of the flower is shaped). My young artists also learned some different techniques that help them draw a more round circle. These sketches are going great! I can't wait for them to add color next week!
I encourage you to discuss what your student is learning in art. My hope is that they are eager to share our projects and what they are learning! Some of my classes have had more art than others due to a change in our specials schedule. In the future I will see each one of my classes one time a week for forty-five minutes per session. If you are interested in volunteering during your student's art time please send a note to [email protected].
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