Weaving

Students will use prepositions and story to learn about weaving.  They will be using problem solving skills as they weave safely.

Read this story:Grandmother's Dreamcatcher

Guest Teacher

I am so happy that Miss Grant will be joining us for the next 6 weeks as she completes her student teaching.  She has graciously created and provided to us some instructional videos for our upcoming projects.  The second graders are beginning the first stages of creating their Animal Habitats Mural.

Students will draw animals through observation.  Envisioning the shapes that make up the body of an animal, students will create several animals.  Here is Miss Grant's first instructional video and the photograph she is using as reference.

In the next video Miss Grant gives us a demonstration using the oil pastels to add color to our animals.

Animal Habitats

Students will first learn how to draw animals through observation, envisioning the simple shapes that make up the body of the animal.  Here are some examples of the steps taken to create this bear and bird.

 

When students have finished creating and painting their animals, they will classify them all by the habitat in which they live.  After we have decided on the habitats needed to house our animals, each group of students will, after sketching out their ideas, create a different habitat, in paint, on butcher paper.  Our animals will be added and all our habitats will be pieced together to create one huge mural!

Planting a Rainbow

Students will create their own Spring Garden using line, shape, and the colors of the rainbow.

Start by listening to the following stories.

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Now get ready to plant your own garden of color.

Let's look at some different kinds of plants.
Sort these plants into tops and bottoms.
Now sort the plants into the colors of the rainbow.
Which plants will you put in your garden?
Will they all be flowers or all vegetables or a little of both?
Remember you need:
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE

Start by drawing your horizon line.

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Right in the Middle!

Now put in your 6 plants!

I chose 

RASPBERRIES

PINEAPPLE

ONION

PEAS

BLUEBERRIES

SWEET POTATOES

Now for color...

Make sure you color heavy enough to hide all the white!

Now it's time to paint the sky and dirt!

The Cat in the Hat

Students will use line and shape to draw The Cat in the Hat for Dr. Seuss' Birthday.

Listen to the book in this video!

Start with the video below!

Have Fun!!

Start with the ear

But keep it down low

'Cause the top is where

the Cat's hat should go.

Next comes his forehead,

his nose, and his chin.

Don't forget to add

his big goofy grin.

Next, his eyes and his nose,

and long whiskers too.

Down to his bow tie,

Looking oh so new.

Now for his hat,

standing really tall.

Then add some stripes,

that's it, that's all!

Emotional Characters

Students will be creating their own characters, each one showing a different emotion through the lines in their face and their color.

These videos will help you look at what the lines of the face do when they show different emotions.  Pay close attention to the eyes, eyebrows, mouth, and even nose.

What can you do when you recognize these emotions on the faces of friends?

What emotion are these kids experiencing?  What tells you that?

"I AM..." Poems

We will be using lines and our writing skills to create this fun and whimsical poem telling a bit about you.

 Let's check out the process here.  Start by drawing 5 wavy lines.  If you start with the middle one then do 2 on top and 2 on bottom, it will look great!

Now write "I AM" in the top space.  Go from the top line all the way to the bottom line with all capital letters.  Now write your name at the bottom.  Write in all capital letters top to bottom.

Now what words talk about you?  Let's brainstorm some ideas.  We need adjectives!  Finish the sentence, I am...  Maybe it's something you do.  If you dance, how can you add that to I am...?  Or maybe it's how you are.  If you a good friend to everybody, or you always tell the truth, how can you finish the I am...statement?

Now we get to add color.  Watch this short video to check out how we will be adding color to our piece.

Romero Britto Portraits

There is a video at the end of this post to help you get started!

Our objectives or goals for this lesson are:

*I will create a self portrait in the style of Romero Britto focusing on bold black lines and vibrant or colorful patterns. 

*I will illustrate how I hope to grow, what I hope to learn or what makes me happy in my portrait. 

First we create 4 idea sketches.  Some are closer up (just my face) and others are further away (my whole body). I have thought about the background as well. Take only 3-4 minutes per idea sketch. Once I have 4 ideas, I will choose one to enlarge or make bigger for my final piece. 

I chose the one in the bottom right corner to make enlarge. I made sure that all of my shapes were nic and big to give me lots of opportunity to add in my colorful patterns and still be able to trace all my pencil lines in black. 

I wanted to break up my background of water so I added some wavy lines so that I could put in more than one pattern to make it more interesting. 

Then I started to add color. I started with me and the fish putting a different pattern in each shape I found. I even changed my pattern a little in my seaweed as I crossed my wavy line. 

Then I finished coloring it in. Changing my patterns for each shape between the wavy lines. I like this but I think I could make my colors a little more solid to make it look more vibrant. I think I could make me stand out more if I chose a different color for my suit. I also think my bold black lines could be darker and maybe a little thicker. 

I like how solid the colors are on this other Romero Britto inspired piece I did. The bold black lines stand out better and it is much more colorful.

I can't wait to see what you create!!

Here is the video, giving you instructions,