My newly decorated cabinets, thanks to a parent who donated a big bag of rolls of vinyl. I have no clue how to use a Cricut so I made all the patterns by hand and just cut them out myself (the old fashion way...). The word: paper was done on the Cricut by my daughter. She also did a couple of words for me to stick on my other cabinets. Thank you Stephanie!
I'm planning on starting off the first week of school teaching about lines.
My 3rd to 5th graders are going to do 3D line sculptures.
Above is my example. We will explore the meaning of sculpture and talk about how it is viewed from all 4 sides.
Students will get to pick one twisteez wire, one button, one bead, one
pipe cleaner and one thin wire. And they will get a piece of packing
foam to do their design on. They may cut the twisteez wire and swap pieces with their neighbors.
Our Reading Specialist gave me this book
The Straight Line Wonder by Mem Fox at the end of last year and it is adorable. It's about 3 straight lines that are friends and how one of the straight lines wants to express himself and try out other types of lines. You can click on the title to find it on Amazon, it's a little expensive so maybe you can find someone who has a copy to lend you.
After reading the book I plan to hand out black strips of paper (18x1") and show the students how to use it to make different lines. Then they can staple one end down to white paper (18x3"), give their line a hat and do some lines to represent movement. I'm planning this for k-2nd. I think it will be something quick and easy to do on the first day of art.
First week back I assign students to seats (it helps me to remember their names). We go over rules and we chat a bit about our summer. I love to gush at students and tell them how tall they got over the summer and how great they look. Soooo I'm kind of looking forward to tomorrow....... but I'm pretty sure all us teachers could use another week or two to gear up for the NEW YEAR!
Thanks for Reading! And have a great year!
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