ART for 1170

Students begin this lesson by learning about simple shapes and how simple shapes combined can create pictures. They use cardboard geometric shapes to trace their body form and then use oil pastels to add the color to their costumes. This looks just like her princess costume

It seems like we don't make enough time for 3D building. This is a small class of eight students I see with para support. I was worried about "eating" our artwork before we had time to build a structure but there was just a bit of tasting and then lots of engagement. I provided plates of small marshmallows  and gumdrops (3 bags gumdrops/2 bags marshmallows) and a box of toothpicks. Students were encouraged to build up, over and under. This lesson would be effective for K-5 although the older students would probably require LOTS of materials.

I finally have finished my master's research paper. It has been a very long haul, but worth it. I wanted to share a project that we started last week with the Basic Plus class.  The students created painted paper in red and green, added some shiny glitter too.  This week we cut the papers into leaf and petal shapes and glued them down on festive red paper. I found some pretty cream beads to add to the center of the flowers. Love how these turned out!