Second Grade Ponds

Second graders read the book, "In the Small, Small Pond" and learned about habitats for frogs.  Using cool color pastels, they created a pond scene appropriate for a frog.  They then learned how to stamp print and added dragonflies and a frog peeking out from under the water. Well done!

Kindergarten Snowmen

Even though it is unseasonably warm outside, kindergartners made some stamp printed snowmen.  They learned how to make a print with paint and sponges.  During the following class, they added realistic tree branches for arms and other embellishments.  I think they turned out awesome!!

60's Art at the MOCA

Jan. 28 — April 8, 2012
ReFocus: Art of the 1960s
This exhibition delves into one of the seminal and radical periods of contemporary art. The arts—literature, visual art, dance, and theater—went through a fascinating period of growth and change during the 1960s. Join MOCA as it explores major movements of the decade: Pop Art, Op Art, Performance Art, Minimalism, Color Field Painting, Action Painting and Post-Painterly Abstraction. Experience master works by artists that defined a generation: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Luchadors!!

Dougie

Punto del Perro

Rabia de la Roca

Estrella de la Ram

Llama Encendida

Bloques del Rectangulo

Rey del Fuego

Pista de la Sandia

El Smasher

El Tigre

As you can see, my upper grade students have been very busy!  These are just a few of the Lucha Libre masks - more will be framed and hung in the hallway next week!  The students gave their characters names and I translated them into Spanish by with my translator app on my computer.  Can you guess their names in English?

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school!  All my classes are starting new projects this month.  Kindergartners are stamp printing snowmen and first graders are learning about tints and shades as they paint their dog pictures with what I call "Dr. Suess colors."   In second grade, students will be learning about pond habitat as they create their mixed-media pictures.  Third grades will be doing crayon resists of tropical birds, and fifth grades will be creating abstract texture pieces. 

There are so many students that I am responsible for and so little "free-time" - I apologize for the delay in getting your luchador pictures photographed and framed in the hallway.  I am working on them a little bit each day as I do the regular lesson preps.  They will be here soon for all to look at!