Wednesday, September 3, 2014

September 1-5, 2014

Welcome Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  September:
1        No School
3        3rd Grade Curriculum night
4        4th/5th Grade Curriculum night

 Art Adventures
 Art Adventure dates and permission slips will be coming out in the near future.  We will begin Art Adventures starting in October with 4th and 5th grade students.  Thank you for your patience as I make adjustments to my schedule this year.

Mystery Artist/Art Fun Board
This year I am taking on a new approach to the Mystery Artist Board.  Instead of having student be art detectives each month to discover the secret artist, I will be rotating activities on the art board.  For the month of September we are having a coloring contest to get ourselves warmed up.  The is a specific coloring page in the Art Room students may take to participate.  A top coloring picture will be selected at the end of the month for each grade level, (3rd-5th), and those students will select a prize from my prize box.

Weekly Activities in the Art Room:
Since Art meets once a week for each grade level, this week we have been busy learning the expectations and safety concerns of the Art room.  We are also creating folders, art duty cards, and a hand project.  The hand project is a project I began last year. This hand project is a durational art piece where I have students create a hand each year to be passes along until they are in 5th grade.  In 5th grade students will use their collected hands and create a design inspired project. Next week I will begin adding project activities to each grade level below to keep you update on what students are involved in for Art.

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade