We read the story, "Corduroy" by Don Freeman. They loved the fuzzy bear on his adventure to find his missing button and a home. We used corrugated paper to cut out a triangle and rectangles in order to make Corduroy's overalls. We glued them down and traced an oval for Corduroy's head. Students added the rest of the details on their own. They colored Corduroy with crayons, and added a background for him. We also went to town with the yarn again, since they are now experts at adding this for texture. Students had a class period where they were finishing coloring and then were able to get a Corduroy coloring sheet I made. I went around to each group, let them pick out a button and show me were they would like it glued. I used my cordless glue gun to attach the button. Students put their hands in their laps while I did this and I told them when it was okay to touch. They were great listeners!
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Fourth grade students discussed the art of Salvador Dali and surrealism. They drew their own animal with extended legs in the foreground, and then added middle and background to the drawing. Students were encouraged to place their animal in an unexpected setting, just as Dali's Elephants in the desert. The animals were traced with sharpie and colored with markers/water. The background was outlined with colored markers and chalk pastel. There was an extremely high success rate with the objectives and the students really enjoyed the project.
Second grade listened to the story, "If the Dinosaurs Came Back" and discussed space, line and shape. They created their own scene with a dinosaur, and using space (overlapping). I also showed students how to make elements pop up off the scene to help create overlap and space.
First grade had a great time with their clay. They formed the air dry clay into a sphere and then stepped on it to make their texture. Next, they formed clay beads that they would be able to add to the necklace. Students painted their medallions and beads and then strung all together. They were very excited to wear their medallions home.
I read "The Mitten" by Jan Brett to Kindergarten. Students learned all about texture while making observations of the illustrations. Kindergarten then made their own mitten. I gave them a tracer for their mitten and then pulled out crayons and texture plates. The excitement was deafening! When is kindergarten ever not excited and enthusiastic?! They colored patterns, lines, shapes on their mittens and the next week we cut out the mittens and added pieces of yarn for texture. I have to say, the intensity with which the students worked was amazing. This was the quietest my kinders have ever been while they worked. They loved adding the yarn!
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Mrs. Kendell
I was a graphic designer for many years, and then decided to make the leap into art education. I taught elementary art for 8 years. Archives
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