Kindergarten- Texture Turtles

I love to read childrens books to inspire a lesson. In this lesson I read Dr. Seuss's Miles and Miles of Reptiles and Yertle the Turtle. We drew our turtles and then glued different donated fabrics to our turtles shells. Some even tried to create patterns! The kids loved them and I think they are adorable.

I used to be against glitter and google eyes but once I saw how truly happy it makes the kids I have to use it.. :) I think the little things that make them happy are starting to rub off on me too.... 

3rd Grade Alphabet Art

At our school we are trying to enforce character concepts. Our character concept words are Gratitude, Empathy, Cooperation, Forgiveness, Respect and Patience. In this lesson we chose a character concept word that mean the most to us or one we want to improve upon. Our positive space is the word and our negative space was filled with oil pastel. Students picked either a warm color scheme or cool color scheme.

Fifth Grade- Banyan Trees

In this lesson we learned about Indian Banyan Trees. This tree has a huge trunk and roots that grow down in to the ground. We used paint to createt the positive space (the trunk, roots and branches) and used pastels to color the negative space. We talked about different color schemes too! 

4th Grade- Klimt Quilts

In this lesson students studied the artist Gustav Klimt particularly his painting Baby. In this lesson students drew the quilt out of organic (free form) shapes and made patterns inside the quilt using examples of geometric shapes. Materials the students used were makers and water colors. I hope you enjoy all the bright colors and patterns!

Shape Monsters

In this lesson we identified six basic shapes: oval, circle, triangle, rectangle, square and diamond. Then we did step by step directions to complete our monsters. Each student was able to pick which one of 6 basic shapes they used for each part of the monster. Students either chose the primary or secondary colors to color in their monster. A cute way for students to remember the primary colors is to sing it to the Farmer in the Dell. Red, blue and yellow, red, blue and yellow. The primary colors are red, blue and yellow. I used same strategy with the secondary colors too. They still are singing it :)

Second Grade- Tar Beach

In this lesson we read Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold. When we finished reading we turned off the lights and imaged we were flying in Tar Beach. When the lights came back on it was time to get to work. Students used tissue paper and card stock to create their buildings. The back ground was crayon rubbings. We talked about how the characters appear to be flat. Glitter was added as a final touch because after all Cassie Lightfoot was flying among the starts.

Second Grade- Shape Mobiles

In this lesson we studied artist Alexander Calder mobiles. We discussed 2d vs 3d and organic vs geometric shapes. We used foam to create and our shapes and pipe cleaners to create our mobiles.