Kindergarten learned to use scissors and reviewed their shapes by cutting out Pizza Toppings: Rectangles for Cheese, Circles for Pepperoni, Squares for Peppers, Ovals for Olives, and Triangles for Onions. Below I included a video of some trick pizza dough tossing because we talked about how we turn the dough into a circle. We watched about 1 minute. It's amazing what you can do with a ball of dough! 1st Grade read the story Go Away Big Green Monster or Glad Monster, Sad Monster to see what different types of monsters we could make. We talked about how different monsters have different SHAPES. Each student selected one solid color for the geometric head- oval, circle, rectangle, square, triangle, etc. and then they shared their scrap paper for more color variety for the rest of their monster. 3rd Grade is using their knowledge of pattern making by weaving a basket using 2 colors in a continuous pattern. They are also using the over/under technique to weave the yarn around the slits in the styrofoam cups.
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Art Club artists were greeted with a choice of snack and drink. Artists had previously picked out the color of their T-shirt for decoration. On Thursday we used stencils and fabric spray paint, iron-on letters, and fabric squeeze paint to customize the shirts. Below is an example of the progress made. Artists can wear their shirts any time especially for ART CLUB meetings! Next meeting is Thursday, October 16th. I can't wait!!!
Just a reminder that Art Club is this Thursday from 2:15-3:15! We will be making our shirts using different fabric techniques. There will be a snack and drink provided. I'm so excited to start our Art Club!! Artists can be picked up in the back of the school.
1st grade finished their "Dream Vacation" using various lines we discussed in class. Lines tell stories, lines become shapes, lines turn into pictures. You can click on the gallery below to enlarge the images so you can see the details. We will be working on shapes next! 2nd grade Using the various lines we discussed in class students had to show these different lines within the hair for their" Bad Hair Day." These drawings could be as silly, or as real as they wanted them to be. I thought these were great examples of how different one idea could look. Great job everyone! 3rd grade discussed what it means to make a pattern. A pattern can be anything that repeats. Some students kept the idea of pattern going by using color pattern inside their lines. Students then had to create a habitat for their" Line Lions", you'll see lion cubs and Kings and Queens of the Jungle.
Thought I'd give a shout out to the Library because the Book Fair is COMING!!! September 10-17th. There will be a lot of How to Draw books, comics, and graphic novels! See you there!
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Mrs. Diggs
Art teacher at Millersville Elementary in Goodlettsville, Tennessee This is my 2nd year here and 10th year teaching art. I have two children and finished my Masters in Art Education at University of Florida. Archives
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