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8/25/2015 0 Comments First Days of School 2015
Student curators, goal statements and an elephant parade are just a few ways we've started off to a great year in art class! Each class began the year using my new Curator Board. The bulletin board in my classroom has been transformed into a gallery wall, with several empty frames. Throughout the year students will be curating their own work, the work of their peers and the work of famous artists.
4th Grade: Fourth grade students are currently learning about art from India. We've practiced drawing elephants from a distance and close-up. Students drew an elephant from the side and a frontal view. We looked at images of elephants in India, and noticed the bright decorations used for celebrations. We watched the following video from the Elephant Festival in Jaipur: Students will create two elephant paintings. The first is a close-up elephant portrait, and the second is a landscape painting featuring a side-view of an elephant. Students will decorate both elephants with designs inspired by elephants from India! Here are my teaching examples for each project:
Students have started drawing their elephant portraits and I am thrilled with how great they look so far!    
5th Grade: Fifth grade students started the year off learning about artist, Kehinde Wiley. Wiley creates contemporary portraits inspired by the poses in traditional Baroque paintings. Students will select their own Baroque pose for an altered photograph project and create a unique overlapping pattern inspired by Wiley. We watched the following Kehinde Wiley interview to learn more about the artist: I asked students to write a goal statement regarding what they hoped to learn, produce, or achieve by the end of this project. The goal statements were written on the student's unit newsletter which will go home to parents shortly.
Each class watched the following video to learn more about the history of rose windows: Each student has been sketching ideas for their rose window-inspired artwork on paper. The final project will be done on a round piece of cardboard. They are creating some really amazing designs! Here are examples of what students have accomplished so far!
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3/15/2015 0 Comments Imagery & The ArtsSixth grade students recently completed a unit studying The Harlem Renaissance. We applied the concept of imagery in relation to music and poetry. Students listened to music by Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, and Jelly Roll Morton and described what visual imagery they imagined while listening. Students illustrated poems using imagery by Langston Hughes, Clarissa Scott Delaney, Claude McKay, and Gwendolyn Bennett. We took this knowledge one step further and created an original project incorporating the arts: visual art, literature and music. After learning about visual artists of The Harlem Renaissance: Jacob Lawrence, Lois Mailou Jones and Romare Bearden, students discovered that artists are often inspired by their own environment, history, and personal interests. Students were asked to create a list of interests to help determine the subject matter of their project. From their list of interests, students were to create an original story or poem. Once students completed the writing, they were to use the descriptive words of imagery to produce a 12x18" artwork. Each student was encouraged to use the art media of their choice: watercolor, tempera, oil pastel, chalk pastel, marker, crayon, colored pencil, collage, or a combination. Once the artwork was completed, students were asked to select a song to accompany their story and artwork. As students presented their work, we took time to listen to segments of their selected music. Below are a few examples of the students' work.
 After 18 years of age, and 12 years of school, imagine me long gone. Imagine me halfway across the continent in the famous city of Hollywood. Imagine me one the screen of the movie theaters. Imagine me on the billboards of every town. Imagine yourself buying to my very own worldwide tour. Imagine me sweeping the nation Imagine me in an amazing Broadway show. Imagine all of the people that never thought I could do it, sitting at home drowning in their own rage. Just imagine. I will be famous. I could be a house hold name. You just watch! Song Accompaniment: “Hall of Fame” – The Script
 There once was a cat who lived in a forest. One day, the cat-catchers found him and took him away. Oh, but this cat is a clever cat and he escaped onto a boat that was going to Africa. He got trapped where all the zoo animals were and became friends with a cheetah. When they got off the boat, the cheetah and the cat were supposed to go to the zoo, but they escaped. “Where are we going?” the cat asked. “Away from here” said the cheetah. The cheetah and the cat found a jungle. Even though the cat had never been in a jungle, he liked it. To this day, the cheetah and the cat rule the jungles of Africa. Song Accompaniment: “Yellow Flicker Beat” – Lorde  The fire breathing beast has awakened. He raises his wings and roars to warn the village he is coming for them. He arrives and burns down the village and finds a man that stuck a sword in his foot, so he throws him across the beach. To make sure he would not get up he ripped open his chest and ate his heart. So he could live he gave the man a magic heart. Song Accompaniment: “Scream” – Avenged Sevenfold
 We were between the borders of Kentucky and Tennessee. We were at the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Our campsite was right next to a creed, and on the other side was the start of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. The creed was pure with lots of rocks. As we looked across the creek, there was huge elevation going higher and higher. Then all of a sudden there right in front of us was about 6-10 Turkeys. These Turkeys were not regular Turkeys; the top of their head was almost 2-4 feet tall. But then they went back across the river to the Smokey Mountain National Park. We had a campfire that night that was strong, bold, and bright with our dog Milo by our sides. We decided to go to bed, and in the morning on the Nation Park side of the creek, was a deer getting an early morning drink. Up on the Mountainside was the sun rising over the Mountains. The sky turned instantly from black to blue to begin our day. Song Accompaniment: “Animals” – Maroon 5  Once upon a time there was a frog in the mud on a lily pad. The other frogs were having fun, but the one frog, Hoppson was not having fun because he had no one to play with so one day a leech came and said hi and if he would play so Hoppson said yes and they played all day and 20 years later they were still friends, and they just float in the water. Song Accompaniment: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” – Randy Newman
 This was it. Emma was running down the field. There no one by her. She runs as fast as she can with the soccer ball by her feet. Suddenly, as a person on the opposite team tries to get it away from her, but she goes the opposite direction away from him. The she passes it to a teammate. The teammate did not grab it, and Emma’s in fear. Then someone else form her team stops it with her foot, and dribbles it to the goal. I look at the score board to see how much time is left, we were at a tie. The she passes it to Emma. Emma kicks the soccer ball with all her strength. The goalie jumps up, touches the ball, but it was too high to catch it. As the black and white ball goes over the goalies head, everyone is silent observing if it is about to go in. The ball touches the net, and Emma’s team cheers. Song Accompaniment: “We Are One (Ole Ola)” – Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez & Claudia Leitte  Once upon a time, there was a boy and he loved archery. The boy got a bow when he was little and was told he could shoot it, but the boy could not pull it back to hunt. So he got a 20 gauge and a hunting license permit. So when he went out hunting he shot a deer. He was little so he was really happy and so was his dad. So he climbed down the stand and started to gut it. The boy was allowed to move his dad’s truck to the closest clearing. When he got back from moving the truck, he helped his dad put the deer in the back of the truck. They then cut up the deer and ate it. Song Accompaniment: “Come with Me Now” - KONGOS  Once there was a wolf that lost his way in the woods. He found a giant rock and slept through the night. When he awoke, the woods were still. He could only hear the chirp of birds in the trees. Then all of a sudden, a pack of wolves jumped out of the woods. As they approached, he sang a song. Then all of the wolves sang along. The wolf found wolves of his own so he wouldn’t be alone ever again. Song Accompaniment: “Animals” – Maroon 5  Otis is my dog. He passed away when he was 13 years old. The vets told my parents he was supposed to be 7 or 8 when he died, but he was 13! That’s 91 in dog years! Otis was very lazy as he got older. I called him a couch potato. Whenever he was younger and we would take him on walks, he would always walk past other dogs that were in their yards, like he was a king. You could never stay mad at Otis. Once he ate all of my dad’s birthday cake, and my dad was about to explode, then Otis looks at my dad with his puppy eyes. Otis had always loved to sit in the sun. His black coat would absorb all the heat so when he would come inside he was a furnace. Otis was my best friend for the longest time. My friends would ignore me sometimes and I felt terrible. So I would take Otis on two mile long walks. I wish I had him here because I don’t get acknowledged as much as I would like. Otis was a great dog. When he died, it was the day before I started school. I was devastated. Otis will always be my best friend and no dog and no one will understand me like Otis did. Song Accompaniment: “How to Save a Life” – The Fray  Breathe in, breathe out Pull the bow out of your pouch Be still so the deer does not see you Pull back your bow so you can shoot Aim in your peep hole Look down at your sites Let go of the string Watch the arrow fly through the air Watch it hit the deer Watch the deer fall over Song Accompaniment: “Buck Fever” – The Bone Collector featuring Rhett Atkins & Dallas Davidson  There was a young girl who was not accepted for who she was. She loved piano, but couldn’t express from the emotional breakdowns for people judging her and making her believe she’s not good. She started to gain her confidence back, when she did, she started small in a restaurant. Then, later she auditioned for a high end college and she became big. She ended up playing piano all over, and got better and better and proved everyone wrong! Song Accompaniment: “All of Me” – John Legend  The mighty pack surrounds the tree
They prepare to hunt, you see. The magnificent beasts prepare to bite, into a deer on this very night. As they prepare to hunt right now, they actually start to howl. The alpha wolf begins the song, then all the wolves join along. The wolf pack howls at the moon. AAHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Song Accompaniment: “Centuries” – Fall Out Boy |
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