MES Flower Art

Lots of floral art for spring time at MES this week. 2nd grade was asked to draw the most realistic and detailed flower they could from observing fake flowers on their desk. We then made graphs showing what color choices we liked best from the drawings in the room. These kids did a great job with the math activity, and it was a fun way to get them to use math practically and look at everyone's art. 

1st grade discussed the parts of a plant and what their jobs are, then drew their own flower after working together to label the parts on a handout.

3rd grade was show Van Gogh's Sunflowers then asked to draw a real or imaginary flower in a vase. Love the contrast, I wish we could have used black paper for all of these. 

Kindergarten looked at Georgia O'Keefe's flower paintings and tried to draw the biggest flower possible.

MES Origami

I was so intimidated to teach this, but also thankful because I have a lot of origami planned for summer camp and this was great practice! Students worked to complete origami cat & dog heads, stars, hopping frogs, and kites. Some of them got really creative in their designs. A few classroom teachers also did origami in their classrooms this week, incorporating angles and fractions, which we also discussed in the art room. So happy to have cooperative and enthusiastic coworkers. :)

You can view the PPT I used here. Not a lot of direction, but the images for the projects are posted. 

4th Grade: Sonia Delaunay

this lesson is based on French non-objective artist Sonia Delaunay and focuses on the difference between non-objective and abstract art and brings in math using a ruler and compass.

First, we sketch it all out in pencil together. then they use colored pencils and watercolors to fill in their shapes.

i have a few who are almost done! here are some more in progress works...

 

 

in progress...

next week is the last week for 4th grade to work on their Sonia Delaunay non-objective pieces. these have been great so far, hope they turn out just as nice!

Color Wheel Clocks

and starting next week...color wheel clocks in 1st grade! i wanted to do a basic color theory project but make it more than just "make a color wheel". so i looked at their yearly scope and sequence and found that later they will start learning time! and it seemed perfect that they both had 12 sections.

the first week, we will make the clocks on paper plates with card stock hands and a brad to hold it together. we will also fill in the primary colors, red, blue and yellow.

the 2nd week, we will cover the secondary colors and what the 12,3,6,and 9 mean.

week 3, we will fill in the last tertiary colors and talk about the other numbers and counting by 5s. 

i don't expect every student to be able to tell time perfectly by the end of this, but at least they will have a good head start for when they start later. and they can take these to use in their math class! more interaction, less work for those poor overworked classroom teachers. also, here's a fun video i found to practice with. 

warning: song will get stuck in your head.