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The first week of art was awesome! Check out these lessons!
TK: Shape Monsters
Text connection: Go Away Big Green Monster by: Ed Emberley
Element of art: Shape
Media and Materials: Shape stickers, construction paper, glue, and googly eyes.
Kindergarten and Mrs. Gersten’s class:
Element of art: Line
Media and Materials: Construction paper, black marker, and crayons.
4th Grade: Notan Art
Cultural connection: Japanese Notan Art
Elements of art: Line and shape
Principles of Design: Balance, unity, and contrast
Media and Materials: 3×3 colored squares, construction paper, scissors, and glue.
3rd Grade and Ms. Foley’s class: Abstract Expressive Art (Session 1)
Artist Study: Edvard Munch
Art Movement: Expressionism
Element of art: Shape
Students drew 5 different shapes to express 5 different feelings. They added lines and color to add details to their shape.
Media and Materials: planning sheet, white cardstock, black Sharpie marker, and Mr. Sketch markers.
5th Grade and Mrs. Simmons’ class: Word Art using lines (session 1)
Elements of art: lines, value, and space (positive and negative space)
Media and Materials: watercolor paper, blue painters tape, watercolor pencils, washable markers, black construction paper, water, a paintbrush, and metallic Sharpies.
Materials and Media: colored square papers, oil pastels, sponges, white tempera paint, pink tempera paint, white construction paper, and pink construction paper.
5th grade and Mrs. Simmons’ class:
Japanese Pagoda and Sumi-e ink painting
Cultural Study: Japanese art (Pagoda and Sumi-e ink painting)
Vocabulary: Pagoda, bonsai tree, torii (Japanese gate), Sume-i ink painting, value, India ink, background, and middleground, foreground.
Materials and Media: India ink, red placemat paper, white construction paper, water, glue, and a fine tip paint brush.
6th Grade:
The Bento boxes are complete! We will be working on Model Magic Clay on the last day of the quarter.
Be on the lookout for the Art and Music Newsletter. It will be distributed to you during your parent/teacher conferences or before the quarter ends. In the newsletter, you will read about all the wonderful art lessons and music your child has learned in the 3rd quarter.