This past week you received your childs square one art order forms and free customized stickers. This year all orders will be placed online and shipped directly to you. Order as soon as possible to receive your products before the holiday. The ORDER DEADLINE is November 22.
PK: SPIDER WEAVER
Pre-Kindergarten students enjoyed learning about Africa and listening to
The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth by Margaret Musgrove. Then students created their own spider web drawings complete with spiders. Our artistic focus was on lines, patterns, and shapes while developing the fine motor skills of drawing, cutting , and gluing.
KINDERGARTEN: TRANSFORMATION
Our Kindergarteners are mid-lesson discovering how artists can transform one thing into something else. Lines become shapes, colors change, and shapes become objects. It’s an exciting time.
1ST GRADE: WARM COOL FALL LEAVES
First Graders were inspired by how leaves change color in the fall. Students used contour lines to draw and glue fences to separate spaces. Then they explored soft pastels and color blending utilizing warm and cold color families.
2ND GRADE: SECONDARY SLOTHS
Our lesson started with learning some fun facts about sloths and exploring colors. We reviewed primary colors and practiced mixing to make secondary colors. During this lesson students: painted textures, sponge painted, drew lines, transformed shapes, cut, assembled and glued. Our key vocabulary words included: primary, secondary, texture, collage, 2-Dimensional, and 3-Dimensional.
3RD GRADE: ARMADILLO RAY
This lesson started off listening to Armadillo Ray by John Beifuss. In the story, Ray goes on a journey trying to understand the phases of the moon and he visits many different desert animals who each have a different explanation. Students loved the story line and the beautiful illustrations. This inspired our students to draw their own armadillo in a desert landscape. During this step students learned about the layers of a landscape including: foreground, middle ground and background. They practiced creating correct size relationships observing that things far away are much smaller than those that are close to the viewer. But their favorite part was all the layers of painting. First background painting “fast and furious sloppy copy.” Then what we called the “tidy topcoat” which required a new layer of paint and scratching a texture or pattern into it. Some hidden gems in the lesson were: time management, team work (clean up), and perseverance.
4TH & 5TH GRADE: ABSTRACT ART Mini-Lesson
The PTC blessed our students with a snowball target and it was our 4th and 5th graders' privilege to paint it. During this project students learned about abstract art and a popular technique called pour painting. They each were able to try it out doing their own mini-pour. It was fun to use an experimental process and explore color contrast. When the paint dries we will remove the tape and put the finishing touches on. The snowball target will be installed on the playground in the next few weeks. I love hearing all the excited chatter surrounding this target and the art created on it.
I am looking for a few more ART ROOM VOLUNTEERS. Please shoot me an email and let's get connected. kkingsl@hpseagle.net
These kiddos are amazing! I love being a part of their creative journey.
Blessings,
Mrs. Kingsley
