One night a few weeks ago, I was trawling through Twitter when I came across a tweet from the principal of Auroa School in Taranaki, @macca2...
We know Julius' was the site of the famous Mattachine Society
Materials: - Student Photographs - Pencil - Eraser - Fine Point Sharpie - Extra Fine Point Sharpie - White Drawing Paper
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert Einstein
Appeal to your students love of the selfie with this study of classic authors. Explore the life and text of classic authors with pictures and comments. They can even share on their favorite social network. Students will explore the background, tone, and diction of the author. The project also requir...
Today, I experimented with ultra violet light and learned about how bees see differently than humans. When humans see, the objects we're looking at absorb and reflect different colors of light from our rainbow. What we see is the reflected color. Our vision is limited to seeing red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet light. When we see white, it's all the colors being reflected by the object. When we see black, all the colors are being absorbed. There are types of light that go beyond what we can see with our eyes as humans. One is called ultraviolet light and it is just past violet on the light spectrum. Bees can see ultraviolet light. Here's an interesting video about how bees see: I decided to try to photograph what a bee might see. I followed the instructions from the Instructables website on how to build your own UV light filter for a digital camera. You take a blacklight bulb and break it. Tape a piece of the blacklight glass it to a bottlecap or ring that fits around the camera lens. I used the lid to a sea salt grinder and black duct tape. Here are the instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/Photography-in-the-Ultraviolet-spectrum/ Here are some of the results of my photography in the community garden across the street from my house. I found that the filter on the camera makes it necessary for a very long exposure. To help solve that issue, I used a tripod, but the wind was blowing the plants and the sun wasn't that bright, so it hard to take the UV photos. I'll try it again on a day when the conditions are better. If you want a closer view of the photos, just click on them to make them bigger.
This item is a great tool to help students learn about researching, biographies, taking notes, and writing a multi-paragraph paper.You'll find everything you need to put on a wax museum as well! Items include: *a student tracking sheet to help you keep track of historians, assignments, and due dates *note-taking and rough draft pages for 5 paragraphs (these paragraphs include an introduction, early life, contributions, later life, and conclusion *final copy paper that includes a place for students to create a portrait of their historian *editing checklist *peer feedback paper forms *a school and home note card for students to memorize scripts *grading rubric *invitations to send home to invite friends and family to your special event Happy Teaching!
At the end of Nevertheless Season Two, we commissioned another four female illustrators from South America, Africa, the Middle East and China to produce a new set of posters. They were originally…
Hi! I am linking up with Ashley over at Just Reed to share 10 pins about writing! Writing is my FAVORITE area to teach. You can incorporate it in everything you do. I love having kids create cute projects and write about them. Here are some of my favorite writing pins. 1. Fun With Firsties created this cute poster as a Writing Checklist. First grade is a big year for learning to write. Our students growth in writing is huge. It's very common to forget capitalizing letters and ending with an end mark. I will be adding this to my classroom. 2. I love this poster by Andrea Knight. Every year I have a kiddo or two that just can't seem to find anything to write about. Having this poster in each of my kids writing folders will hopefully help them come up with ideas. 3. Teach Love had this great book. I love using books to encourage my kids to write. It shows my students they are not alone in their writing journey. I use different books all the time when talking about illustrating our books. This is one of my favorites. 4. I love this idea from Emily over at I Love My Classroom. I used it when introducing how-to books. Kids who are visual learners benefit so much from seeing the step by step directions. 5. Nancy over at First Grade Wow shared this fun poster for us. I love it! 6. I love this idea!!! I will be using it next year. The link goes to a Flicker account...Lewis Elementary. 7. Christie over at Mrs. Gilchrist's Class shared this poster. Again, another great reminder as to what writers need to remember. 8. Heidi and Emily over at Second Story Window have a fabulous post. They give lots of monthly writing ideas for you to do with your kids. 9. Spiffy Steph has AMAZING organization ideas for a writer's notebook! You can check it out over at Apples Of Your Eye. There are so many ideas running through my mind right now! 10. You can find this poster over at Scholastic. It's always so much fun teaching kids new ways to say an overused word. I hope you got some great ideas! You can link up with Ashley too to share your fun writing pins. Sara
In this article, Singulart discusses the composition of Rembrandt's The Night Watch and explore the extensive restoration process that has recently begun.
During the summer, I’m going to dig back to some of my old lesson plans that I had posted on artsonia.com to show to you. Maybe I will revisit these again during the upcoming school year. T…
Asian art is a subject we explore each year in second grade - this year we started with one of the world's most beautiful and amazing creatures - the tiger! Several types of tigers live in Asia and many artists from this region show the beauty of the animal in their art. Here are some of the examples we viewed, and an illustration of the symmetrical nature of the tiger's face. The symmetry lends itself well to a special type of monoprint, or single print, called symmetry printing - the artist paints on half the paper, and folds the other half over and rubs the top to transfer the paint, creating a mirror image. Because the tempera dries quickly on the construction paper, we used a quick rhythm of painting just a few strokes and then printing - “paint a little, print a little.” The students followed me in a guided drawing of half the tiger face, as seen above, and then we began painting the white areas. The next session we added orange and black - some asked to paint the eyes green if we had time. I love the way each tiger has a unique face and expression!
This classroom collaborative poster is a great STEAM activity featuring "Famous Faces" to inspire achievement from your students.
DAY 1 - DRAWING THE PORTRAIT: I am not an artist working on improving my artistic skills (see what I did there... I replaced that ne...
This project is actually from the beginning of the year, but we just now finished it at the end, right before night of the arts! It was definitely a learning experience, and evolved from my first vision of what the project was going to look like. I wanted to do something like I did in my freshman Art I class, with Mrs. Elliott in high school (about 21 years ago!). In Mrs. Elliott's class, we did a collage with magazine clippings, of things that represented us, and we colored the background with markers or colored pencils. Here's how we create ours! Materials: Markers Magazines Glue sticks Crayola Twistables 9x12' paper for the portrait 12x 13" paper for the background First thing I learned was, start with smaller paper! The teacher I student taught for, reminded me to do this with my older kids, and it's finally sunk in. Instead of a 12x18 piece of paper, we trimmed it down so there's less to color! Day 1: We started our collage. (When I do this project again, I'll do the portrait first!) I told them I wanted them to assemble their name with large letters they find in the magazines. Then, I wanted them to cut out images and other words that represent them. Day 2: We did half of our face. A different spin on the traditional self portrait I do with them each year. This time, we don't have to get both sides exactly even! That's really frustrating for them at this age, btw, is trying to get both sides to match exactly. Even though, I tell them it doesn't have to! I got the awesome idea from The Lost Sock, by Tabitha Morgan. She has a great tutorial on how to draw it! Day 3: Glue face to collage, and color! We used markers for the background of the collage and colored pencils for the face. This might take some people 4 art times to finish! (I see them once a week for 45 minutes) Here are some of my finished examples that they chose to be displayed for our annual Spring art show.
I am officially on Spring Break!!!!!!! YAY! We had Student-Led Conferences tonight, and now I can RELAX (as much as I can relax a week before report cards go home). I took lots of pictures tonight to give you an idea of what Student-Led Conferences look like in my classroom (minus photos of families). Prepare […]
*repost* Here are some 'while working' shots that I grabbed because I love these! They are so fun. I got this idea from another teacher in my district last year where I taught. She said it was a huge hit among her 5th graders. Well, I decided to try it with 3rd and it worked. 1. Start with a LARGE sheet of paper...18x24 is what we used 2. Have students trace hands facing outward, towards the top of the paper. A friend may help. 3. Put papers on the ground, and have students trace their feet facing outward slightly towards the bottom of the paper. **they LOVE this part!** 4. Have students draw an oval/circle for the head slightly above the hands (in the middle)...add details to the face, hair, etc...to make it look like them 5. Then, add a neck, show them how to attach the arms to the hands, and the pants to the feet. The arms and legs get larger as they get closer to the tracings of hands and feet. Draw details, details, details! 6. Discuss how they are 'flying back in space' and WHERE ARE THEY?! I have students drawing outer space, under the ocean, in a lightening storm, in tornadoes, etc.... 7. Outline in sharpies 8. Paint with watercolors (we added crayon detail for small things as a wax-resist)
We used http://www.picnik.com/ to edit the photos. Then painted the portraits on poster sized paper. They added details with sharpie markers. They were big, bold, colorful, and turned out awesome! Some groups did an Andy Warhol style portrait!
Mrs. Kearly's class Mrs. Mrs. Savoie's 5th grade class How to Begin... Divide paper into 6 by folding... Draw face lightly to below proportions... Write name creatively on side... Outline details with black or colored markers... Color in with crayons... Original Idea Pinned on Pinterest from artprokectsforkids.org
*repost* Here are some 'while working' shots that I grabbed because I love these! They are so fun. I got this idea from another teacher in...
This project is actually from the beginning of the year, but we just now finished it at the end, right before night of the arts! It was definitely a learning experience, and evolved from my first vision of what the project was going to look like. I wanted to do something like I did in my freshman Art I class, with Mrs. Elliott in high school (about 21 years ago!). In Mrs. Elliott's class, we did a collage with magazine clippings, of things that represented us, and we colored the background with markers or colored pencils. Here's how we create ours! Materials: Markers Magazines Glue sticks Crayola Twistables 9x12' paper for the portrait 12x 13" paper for the background First thing I learned was, start with smaller paper! The teacher I student taught for, reminded me to do this with my older kids, and it's finally sunk in. Instead of a 12x18 piece of paper, we trimmed it down so there's less to color! Day 1: We started our collage. (When I do this project again, I'll do the portrait first!) I told them I wanted them to assemble their name with large letters they find in the magazines. Then, I wanted them to cut out images and other words that represent them. Day 2: We did half of our face. A different spin on the traditional self portrait I do with them each year. This time, we don't have to get both sides exactly even! That's really frustrating for them at this age, btw, is trying to get both sides to match exactly. Even though, I tell them it doesn't have to! I got the awesome idea from The Lost Sock, by Tabitha Morgan. She has a great tutorial on how to draw it! Day 3: Glue face to collage, and color! We used markers for the background of the collage and colored pencils for the face. This might take some people 4 art times to finish! (I see them once a week for 45 minutes) Here are some of my finished examples that they chose to be displayed for our annual Spring art show.
A blog about sharing elementary art lessons. With a twist of fun on the side.
Fourth graders made these neat Heather Galler self-portraits. We learned about Etsy, a website were artists can sell their artwork and keep a better percentage of the profits than selling some of the same art in an art gallery. Buying art on Etsy is a great way to support artists directly. Here is Heather Galler's popular Etsy page! We talked about the characteristics and subject matter that Galler uses. Here is some of her art: In order to create our own Galler style self-portraits, we first traced the outlines of our facial features onto a photograph with colored pencil. We talked about more realistic ways to draw facial features. Next, we sharpied the outlines onto a plastic transparency. Finally, students were encouraged to color their artwork in the style of Galler including many colors and shapes. Students used a color scheme of warm colors and cool colors. In order to create contrast, students planned were to put groups of warm or cool colors. Enjoy! Goals: I can... - Explain what Etsy is - Tell about Heather Galler's artwork - Create a self-portrait in the style of Heather Galler - Explain what a self-portrait is
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I am really excited about the final products my 2nd graders are completing this week - we are making self-portraits using a combo of coloring (Crayola twistables) and painting (Crayola pan watercolor) and lots of personal imagery. We looked at some of Frida Kahlo's art and discussed the way she and many other artists share their life experiences in their art, often using symbols. Earlier in the year we filled out an Art Starters idea sheet to refer to when we wanted to personalize our work - it is a list of topics that tell about our favorite things, ideas, and experiences, and we used many of these things to illustrate the negative space of our self-portraits. As we begin uploading these to Artsonia, we are learning more about writing an artist statement using prompt questions and reflecting on what we learned.
First grade artists looked at quite a variety of portraits and noticed the differences between portraits and self-portraits. We compar...
An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
Here's a lesson we recently completed in 3rd grade. First, I took a picture of each student and printed it in black and white. I also cu...
This is officially my favorite project to do at the end of the year with 6th grade. They turn out amazing, and they all end up with a piece that they really enjoyed making and can be proud of. For more info on the breakdown check out my original post on the project. The only changes were no planning sheet, incorporating their name, and adding sharpies to the material possibilities....
Middle School artists began the year by looking at the art Guiseppe Arcimboldo, a Renaissance painter who created portraits made up of other objects (such as fruit, vegetables and birds). The students took this concept and made it their own by filling their own silhouette with images of things that tell something about themselves. Students used pencil, ink and watercolors to complete their works.
More Photos To Come :) What a successful EVENT! Our First art show here a Danz was a success! We had 6 local artists come and demonstrate their skills in painting, photography, pinata making and sewing! We had author Katy McKy here who was signing her books. We also had 3 different dance/music performances! It was definitely a huge hit with students and families!
Barn on Crooke's Lake by Wolf Kahn (2010) Every inhabitant of a developed country lives in a world of too many things and...
This All About Me Pennant Project is PERFECT for the first week of school and Back to School Night! Great activity for the first day of school—perfect way to keep them busy! A great way to keep kids busy while you assess students at the beginning of the year! Also great for early finishers. This resource needs NO PREP, it's just PRINT & GO! It is perfect to decorate your classroom in those first few weeks. It is a complete Bulletin Board that includes writing and art! Included: *All About Me fact page Narrative Writing Prompts: *All About My Family writing/drawing *What I want to learn about this year writing/drawing *When I Grow up writing/drawing *My Favorite Birthday Memory writing/drawing *The Best Gift I Ever Received writing/drawing *All About My Summer writing/drawing Six options for a self-portrait that include borders to color or fill in for a bulletin board that POPS with color! Art: 3 keep-them-busy art pages *Flowery *Animals *Toys You can print as much or as little as you want to fit your classroom needs. PLUS EDITABLE template pages for you to add your own writing prompts! ¡Este proyecto de todo sobre mí es perfecto para la primera semana de clases y la noche de regreso a clases! ¡Una excelente manera de mantener a los niños ocupados mientras evalúa a los estudiantes al comienzo del año! También es ideal para los estudiantes que terminan muy rápido. Este recurso NO necesita PREPARACIÓN, ¡es solo IMPRIMIR Y IR! Es perfecto para decorar tu salón de clases en esas primeras semanas. ¡Es un tablero de anuncios completo que incluye escritura y arte! Incluido: * Página informativa Todo sobre mí Instrucciones de escritura narrativa: * Todo sobre mi familia escribiendo / dibujando * Lo que quiero aprender sobre este año escribiendo / dibujando * Cuando sea grande escribiendo / dibujando * Mi escritura / dibujo de memoria de cumpleaños favorito * El mejor regalo que he recibido escribiendo / dibujando * Todo sobre mi escritura / dibujo de verano ¡Seis opciones para un autorretrato que incluye bordes para colorear o rellenar para un tablón de anuncios que destaca con color! Arte: 3 páginas de arte para mantenerlos ocupados *Florido * Animales * Juguetes Puedes imprimir tanto o tan poco como desees para satisfacer las necesidades de tu clase. MÁS ¡Páginas de plantilla EDITABLES para que pueda agregar sus propios mensajes de escritura!
The theme for this sketchbook assignment was Pop Art. Students needed to fill the page using bright colors as well as draw an object or...
I am really excited about the final products my 2nd graders are completing this week - we are making self-portraits using a combo of coloring (Crayola twistables) and painting (Crayola pan watercolor) and lots of personal imagery. We looked at some of Frida Kahlo's art and discussed the way she and many other artists share their life experiences in their art, often using symbols. Earlier in the year we filled out an Art Starters idea sheet to refer to when we wanted to personalize our work - it is a list of topics that tell about our favorite things, ideas, and experiences, and we used many of these things to illustrate the negative space of our self-portraits. As we begin uploading these to Artsonia, we are learning more about writing an artist statement using prompt questions and reflecting on what we learned.
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Simplicity says a lot.This bulletin board with clean looking lines and basic shapes has a "movie" theme. The students are the "cast" and the teacher is the "director", of course! Put students' photos or their self portraits in each "filmstrip square" and their names on each star. Words for BB title provided in Playbill font. Filmstrip border and 10 stars are in this package too. Also included are door graphics. 3 choices: director's "slate"; combination director's chair and megaphone;or combination director, chair, and slate. Student desk nameplates. 3 choices: red/yellow popcorn box; purple/yellow popcorn box; "Admit One" movie tickets. (2 sizes) You can use the 8.5" x 11" graphics "as is" or as templates to enlarge. Wouldn't your classroom look inviting with these decorations? A suggestion for "Back To School Night": Put popcorn containers with real popcorn in them and place them on the students' desks.The parents can eat treats while visiting the classroom. Also a great thing to do for the first day of school. Other bulletin boards from Margo that you might like to see: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Welcome-Crew-Bulletin-Board-1347456 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Triple-Purpose-Bulletin-Board-Thanksgiving-Columbus-Student-Work-Display-973786 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tooth-Count-Bulletin-Board-1992933 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/More-Than-4-Reindeer-Ready-Bulletin-Boards-Kit-2220173 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bulletin-Board-Door-Decor-Set-with-AirplaneFlight-Theme-2031318
