Students watched the video about the first element of art (line). After reviewing the vocabulary of lines on the board, students were assessed orally to test their performance of recognizing the vocabulary of each line. The vocabulary of lines includes: Wavy, straight, curved, zigzag, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, spiral, parallel, jagged, dashed, dotted, looping, thin, thick and short.
At the end, students painted the front part of their sombraros using water color paint.
This week,students learned about the different kind of patterns. They gave examples of patterns using lines, colors, letters and shapes. Then, they painted the pot showing their patterns with lines and colors.
The fourth graders worked this week on using shapes and lines to draw owls.
They had to show symmetry and use patterns while tracing and painting.
This week,the students reviewed the vocabulary of lines. Then, we played a game in which the students had to guess a specific shape.
At the end, students copied the vocabulary of lines from the board(this time without the illustration). They had to draw the matching line next to each vocabulary).
This week, Students reviewed the vocabulary previously learned(still life-overlap- cacti).Then,they were asked to trace the cacti before painting.
They learned how to use water color to paint the cacti.
This week, we reviewed the vocabulary of shapes. Then, the students used clay to make all the shapes learned. When finished, they have to count how many sides each shape has. Also,they had to point to the ones that have curved lines instead of straight ones. The students are becoming better with rolling clay and creating their coils to make shapes.
The first graders are going to add more pumpkins to their still life. Then, they will trace the curved and straight lines of the overlapping pumpkins using light and dark orange crayons(dark for the outline-light for the details inside the pumpkin). Also, they are going to trace the stems using a dark green crayon for the outline and light one for the details.
The fifth graders read more facts about the Day of the Dead and what is the purpose of making a sugar skull.
Then, they continued painting their design showing symmetry and creating patterns.
We reviewed the vocabulary of lines. Also, we reviewed the vocabulary of shapes learned the previous week. We learned five new shapes such as triangle, diamond, heart, star, and crescent. The students were counting the sides for each shape. They noticed that some of the shapes has straight sides and others has curved ones. At the end, they were able to create those shapes using oil clay by rolling snake shape coil for each one. Students had to recognize the shapes they created for this week.
This year, Miller school has two groups enrolled in the art club. This week, I started with group one. Next week, group two will start on October 28, 2015.
This week, students in group one worked on decorating sugar skulls cookies as as an extension project for the Day of the Dead unit that they are studying. The kids enjoyed adding royal Icing to the sugar skulls. Many students asked for the recipe so they can do this activity at home with their parents.