Legos!

The 1st grade requested to draw Lego figures before we go on Thanksgiving break. So first I started with a little lesson on how to draw a Lego block in perspective. They handled it wonderfully. Then they had the option to play the "Roll a Mini Figure" game. They roll a die and depending on the number rolled a body part is giving to add to the blank figure.

Art Contest Winner!!!!

Congratulations to Ciara in 4th grade for winning a Holiday Art Contest! 

You should be very proud, I know I am.  :)

The Legend of the Wild Goose

After the 3rd grade came back from their field trip to Plymouth Planation I started this project about a Native American Folk tale. The Legend of the Wild Goose is a Mikmaq tale explaining why we see the geese flying in the v form in the fall. 

This was a lesson of patience for some. Each feather is cut from colored paper and layered just like on real birds. The overlapping is what helps keep the cold air and water from getting to the skin. I have the finished birds in the hallway board.

Fraction Quilt

This actually is still in the works in 5th grade,  but I still wanted to share a part of it. The project is to take a square piece of colored tissue paper, fold into eighths then cut sections to make a design on a white square. When this is done it will be attached to a large piece of plexiglass. It should be like a stain glass quilt.

Moving Collage People

My glamorous 4th grade!!!

These fun figures are movable collage people made by forth grade.

Teaser

This is just a taste of something in the works. It was made with a donated paint color sample book.

Happy Bear

We started to think about hibernation and the approaching winter in art class with the 1st grade. I read them the book "Bear Snore On". It's a cute story and a nice way to get primed to draw a happy bear. The students followed my steps, added color and some added their own details. 

Birch Tree Bark Canoes

I've done this with the 3rd grade in the past but I feel the 2nd grade is totally ready to handle it, plus it's so much fun. I brought in a piece of a birch tree branch that feel down in my back yard to show and talk about how the Native Americans would use the bark to make their canoes waterproof. The bark is interesting to look at too. Using recycled paper towel tubes the students made their own birch canoes and people to put inside. The whole scene was completed the next week with a 3D pattern teepee. Some of the students got ambitious and made water and campfires.