5th Grade Jim Dine Hearts

5th Grade Jim Dine Hearts

       5th graders learned about American painter, Jim Dine. Students looked at a variety of Jim Dine's paintings of hearts, taking a close look at style, technique, and color blending and overlapping. Students chose their painting surface from cardboard, tag board, illustration board, or hard canvases. Students also used a wide variety of paintbrush sizes as well as alternative painting tools, such as silverware, wooden tools, toothbrushes, and sponges. For this lesson, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can overlap and blend a variety of colors, without creating any brown. 

- I can use a variety of paintbrush sizes and alternative tools to paint with. 

- I can create a painting that shows a clear difference between my two spaces... the heart, and the background.

2nd Grade Picasso Faces

2nd Grade Picasso Faces

     2nd graders studied the work of Pablo Picasso. Students mainly focused on his portrait paintings. Students created their own self-portrait collages using Picasso's style of showing the profile and the front view of the face at the same time. Students cut a variety of cubist shapes from colored construction paper, and rearranged them onto the face of their self-portrait. Students chose to use oil pastels to add details to their collage when they were finished. For this lesson, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can combine and overlap a variety of cut shapes to create an interesting composition. 

- I can create a self-portrait that shows both the profile and front view of my face.

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship with my cutting and gluing.

4th Grade Robot Unit

4th Grade Robot Unit

     4th graders completed a robot unit that involved drawing, coloring, stamp-making, texture relief rubbings, and printmaking. Students were tasked with designing and drawing their own robot. From there, stamps were built out of cardboard, tag board, and glue. Students used the stamps to create texture relief rubbings from, followed by ink to create prints from them. Students also learned about how printmakers label their prints. For this unit, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can combine a variety of lines and shapes to create a detailed and interesting robot.

- I can overlap and layer shapes to create a detailed stamp.

- I can use my stamp to create multiple prints of the same image. 

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship in my drawing, coloring, and printmaking.

3rd Grade Neutral Robots

3rd Grade Neutral Robots

     3rd graders invented their own robots. Students started by drawing robots using pencil first, then outlining with Sharpie markers. Students used white and black acrylic paint to mix a variety of neutral grays for painting in the robots. The focus of this project was to show as many values as possible within the robots. For this lesson, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can combine a variety of shapes and lines to create an interesting and detailed robot.

- I can create and show at least 5 different neutral values in my artwork.

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship with my drawing and painting. 

Kindergarten Winter Starry Nights

Kindergarten Winter Starry Nights

      Kindergartners learned about Vincent Van Gogh and took a close look at his painting of Starry Night. Kinders made their own version of Starry Night by using some of the same brush marks in the sky, as Vincent Van Gogh did in Starry Night. Students used black construction paper to cut out shapes for the land, trees, and houses. This was an introduction to silhouettes. For this lesson, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can create a variety of lines and markings with my paintbrush.

- I can use my scissors to cut out a variety of shapes.

2nd Grade Japanese Koi FIsh

2nd Grade Japanese Koi Fish

     2nd graders read the book The Great Wave, which ties in the Japanese tradition of the koi fish, which symbolizes perseverance, or never giving up. Students took a look at some Koinobori, which are sock kites of colorful koi fish. These are flown in Japan during the Japanese children's festival known as Tengo No Sekku. Students then created a mixed media art work of a Japanese koi fish. Students used pencil to draw, Crayola marker that was water painted, and a combination of oil and chalk pastels in the background. For this lesson students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can combine a variety of lines and shapes to create a realistic looking koi fish.

- I can identify and use a set of analogous colors.

- I can overlap and blend colors. 

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship in my work.

5th Grade 3-D Form Drawings

5th Grade 3-D Form Drawings

     5th graders create small sketch books that were filled with drawings of 3-D forms. Students worked on a variety of shading techniques in this mini lessons as well. For this lesson students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can draw 3-D forms using the correct angles (parallel lines) and perspective.

- I can demonstrate a variety of shading techniques.

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship in my drawing.

1st & 2nd Grade ME In Wintertime!

1st & 2nd Grade ME In Wintertime!

     1st and 2nd graders created drawings of themselves in wintertime. Students cut out and glued down pieces of felt to create hats and scarves. Students then drew themselves, followed by what they like to do in wintertime, including the surrounding environment. A combination of pencil, Sharpie marker, colored pencils, and crayons were used in the drawings. Glitter details were optional.  For this project, students worked on the following learning targets:

- I can combine a variety of shapes and lines to create a detailed drawing.

- I can show careful use of craftsmanship in my drawing.

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