After hanging so many Silly Cities throughout the school, I just had to show you more examples of how they came out. I have done this lesson with 1st grade every year since I started teaching (five years ago) because it is a simple way to introduce Line and Shape through a draw-along, and I just love the results. They are unique, fun, and the kids are so proud of their work- as am I! Enjoy! FYI- I found these awesome frames at Lakeshore Learning!
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I’m a little late in getting this thing up and running, but excited nonetheless! It is my first year at Riverside Primary, and so far I couldn’t be happier! Over the past 6 weeks we have been having fun and working hard in the art room. I’ll give you a quick rundown on what we’ve been up to. The first week of school was spent introducing myself and, of course, covering rules and procedures, which are important… BUT I made sure we got into the art-making (fun part), too! We started with reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, and the kids made a Dot-inspired drawing. The great thing about this book is that everybody is successful, and it is great in teaching young kids to identify as artists. Kindergarten has been introduced to Line and Shape, which we will continue to work on over the course of the year. They finished cute little house drawings that have so much personality. I happily hung them all over the school in preparation for Open House. 1st grade has just finished their Silly Cityscape drawings. We talked about Line, Shape, and Color as Elements of Art. This ended up being a 3-week project because I let them trace their pencil lines with Sharpie markers! It’s amazing how quiet a class of 25 first graders will be when you give them these special markers! Before coloring them in we talked about craftsmanship and how to fill in neatly with crayons- they turned out beautiful! Lastly, I wanted to share something new that I tried for the first time this week… Art Centers! I have known that centers are popular in the classroom, especially for younger grades, but I had never thought to use this strategy in the art room. It probably didn’t occur to me because my last art room was barely big enough to fit our tables, and didn’t have a sink, along with many other challenges. Anyway, my art centers have been a big hit this week.
Center activities included wooden building blocks, foam shapes, a magnetic shapes board, Play-doh, and free draw. They were all super fun and engaging, which allowed me to work with a small group at the "Project Center" on Apple Printing! Yay Art Centers! |
Mrs. Carter
I teach art to grades K-1 at Riverside Primary in Mableton, Georgia. Archives
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