This past summer was great for me as I got married and changed my name to Mrs. Moffitt, it was fun to share my wedding photos with students and share a little bit about myself.
But, enough about me....let's get down to business. This year has already been such a whirlwind and I am already behind on blogging. I hope to give you more updates this year about what is happening every couple of weeks in the art room.
Lets rewind to August!
Kindergarten started off the year by creating Shape Robots! First we reviewed our basic shapes and how to color neatly inside the lines of shapes. We practiced coloring in a robot coloring sheet. Then we read the book, Clink, which profiles the story of an old unwanted robot...who finds an owner at the end.
Kinders stamped shapes using black and metallic paint and card board pieces, they added details with q-tips, when the paint dried, students colored inside the lines that they created. What a successful project, I'm so proud of my new art students
First graders began the year with a study of space and shape. They are so smart and talented! We learned about positive and negative space and how to create that using paint. Students were inspired to make their mark after we read the wonderful book The Dot by Peter Reynolds. This year we are really igniting a passion for reading in the art room by reading lots of books as we begin lessons. If you haven't read books by Peter Reynolds I highly recommend them.
The second and third graders started the year of studying
the Abstract style of Spanish painter, Joan Miro’, they used his work as
inspiration. Second and third grade students really enjoyed the freedom of
designing Abstract shapes and lines. They used very dark lines, and very bright
colors using paint in the background and colored pencils inside the shapes. The
results were very striking!
Fourth and Fifth graders began the year creating Artist
Trading Cards or ATCs. ATCs are small works of art created on playing cards. They
each created 3 cards, 2 of their choice, and one in the Abstract style of
Spanish painter Joan Miro’. When students had created 3 cards, they traded one
card with someone in their class, without knowing whose card they were getting.
ATCs are traded all over the world. There are several websites that allow
people to trade their ATCs. Students really seemed to enjoy the choice allotted
within this project. Many student chose to use collage and drawing on their ATCs.
This is a great collaborative project.
Until the next project!
