Penguins!! Are you Tacky?

Students will listen to the story Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

then create their own penguin following directions and using paper, scissors, and glue responsibly.    Will yours look like everybody else?

Weaving a Community

Winter Skating

Students will use chalk pastels to create a wintry ice skating scene with some familiar elements from their own life.

The inspiration piece:                                                                         My Piece:

Here's a time lapse video.

Winter Mystery Artist

Here is our Mystery Artist for second term at Roosevelt.  Enter to win an Artist Prize Package in the Art Studio.

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

Jasper Johns Inspired ABCs and 123s

Kindergartners will use their ABCs and 123s to create an abstract piece inspired by Jasper Johns.

Here is work by Jasper:

 Here is Jasper!

In these videos, you can learn to sign your ABCs with American Sign Language.

Here is the tutorial:

Here is the whole song:

Water Cycle Comics

Students will use Water Cycle Vocabulary to create Comic Book Characters.
Students will create a comic using basic shapes and line. 
Students will use story elements to tell their water cycle story.

Here are the vocabulary characters we will create:
Water Cycle
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Accumulation
Collection
Surface Water
Water Vapor
Sun
Snow
Sleet
Hail
Rain
Steps:
1.  Create and name your four to five characters.
2.  Create your setting.
3.  What is the problem in the story?
4.  What is the purpose or goal of each character?  Are they good or bad?
5.  What is the solution in the story?