I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

FIRST GRADE: Unicorn Directed Drawing

Let’s have some fun with Unicorns. You can use the drawing sheet to see the steps-BUT let’s design them them differently! Okay, they could be the cute, colorful, rainbow-y ones we are used to OR we could make them super funny- like a clown, or a pirate or a cowboy, a policeman, a doctor, a baby, or maybe a cow, or a singer or even a movie star- YOU decide!

Color it with whatever you have- crayons, markers, colored pencils, paint- you could add other paper, yarn, whatever you have on hand. Make it interesting and fun! Send me a photo: zecharj@dearbornschools.org Don’t forget to add your first and last name and the name of your teacher so I can give you credit!

SECOND GRADE: Moving Caterpillar!

So, let’s start with a rectangle of paper. It should be about 2 inches by 8 inches. Ask an adult to help you measure that out. You might want to have them help you cut a few rectangles to make a lot of caterpillars. Before you fold and cut them, put some designs on the top of the paper- lines, polka dots, squiggles, stripes of color, flowers, scales….. When you are happy with what you have designed you can go back and fold them. Make sure your designed side is on top. Match up the two short sides and fold. Open it up and fold the two short sides in to the middle fold you just made. Next fold the short outside edge into the middle. The fold that in half. You are going to round the two short edges to make it look like segments of the caterpillar. Do both of the short sides- don’t cut off too much. Unfold it and add eyes and a face to one end. Using your straw try blowing to make it move! Have fun. You can always go back and watch the video again to make sure you are doing it right!

Send me a picture of your caterpillar(s)- include your first and last name and the name of your teacher so I can give you credit!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As Always, do all of your school work, get outside and enjoy some fresh air, help out around the house and Be Kind!!!!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

ASD and YOUNG 5 and KINDERGARTEN!!!!

Watch the video of the book, The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds.

Let’s all make some dots!!! Use whatever you have at home- white paper, colored paper, paper plates, newspaper….use crayons, colored pencils, markers, paints…add yarn, tissue paper….anything! make a LOT of dots and share. Put all your dots together to create something- what will it be?????

paint, scratching and yarn

Designed in hot or cold colors

A cool design using lots of dots!

What did you come up with? Send me a t picture of what you created! zecharj@dearbornschools.org Include your first and last name and the name of your teacher so I can give you credit!

I hope you had fun making DOTS!!!! As always- do all of your school work, get outside for some fresh air, be helpful at home and Be Kind!!!!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

You can use any animal, here are some black line animal ideas…..you can copy these, use them as inspiration or totally draw your own!

When it comes time to add color- use what you have- markers, colored pencils, crayons, watercolor paint- your choice! Please take a picture and send it to my email so I can give you credit, remember: new 5th grade art assignments each Friday! zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As always, please do all of your school work, get outside for fresh air, be helpful at home and Be Kind!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

Greek and Roman cultures used pottery to commemorate events, they made special vases/vessels for ceremonies and celebrations. They were made out of clay and carried designs that reflected what the special occasion was, who the family was and they often had images that told the time period and region.

You can use white paper, or any paper BUT if you have a paper bag- that would work great. You would already have that brownish color for the background. Don’t worry if you don’t have Sharpies- any black marker, or a black crayon or colored pencil will be a great substitute. If you used a bag, you are all set with the background color. If you used paper you can color it.

So there are a few vase/vessel shapes you can look at for inspiration or to copy. I have included a pattern design example sheet for you to look at. You could use these in the top and bottom border, and/or in the frame you make for your picture.

For the picture- make it personal like the Greek and Romans would have. Show yourself doing something with your family, celebrating an event or a family portrait. Make it special to YOU! The design on these vessels was usually black, but you do it in color if you want to.

Please share this with me through my email and include your first and last name and the name of your teacher so I can give you credit. If you want to hold it in the picture I would get to see your smile and that would make ME happy!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As always- do all of your school work, get outside for fresh air every day, help out with things around your hose and Be Kind!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

Fun and color buildings inspired by James Rizzi!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Send me a photo of your art work, include you first and last name and the name of your teacher. Maybe you could hold your artwork in the picture so I can see you!!!!

As always, do you school work, get some fresh air every day, be helpful to your family and in the house and Be Kind!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

FIRST GRADE: Paper Owls

You can use any kind of paper you have- newspaper, wrapping paper, colored paper, white paper……we need to start by cutting out a LARGE oval to make the body. At one end of the oval cut a low dip to show the ears of the owl. Now out of the rest of your paper cut two smaller ovals which will be the wings. You can leave them the way they are or cut a straight edge on one side of each. Cut two circles that will be the eyes, one smallish triangle for the beak and we are ready to add color! The example was painted with watercolors but you can use anything- chalk, marker, crayon, colored pencils….. Have fun and be creative with your color- YOU can make it any color(s) that you want! Add detail on the wing and chest area to make it look like feathers, and add an eyeball to each circle. Glue this all together and you have your OWL! You could make lots of them in different sizes and turn them into a picture if you want to! Don’t forget to send me a picture. Maybe you could hold it so I could see your smile, too!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

SECOND GRADE: Tube Critters

You will need some toilet paper tubes, or paper towel tubes or you can make your own cylinder by cutting a rectangle, rolling the long sides into a tube and gluing or taping it shut.

Next: decide what to make. You can make any kind of animal by cutting and adding features. You can color right onto the cardboard tubes, you might want to color the tubes you make first before rolling them into shape as they won’t be as strong as the toilet paper tubes. Have fun, create a zoo, make dinosaurs, or a forest, or make up your own animals. The sky is the limit!!!!

Looks life tons of fun!!!! You can make lots and then create a puppet show for your family!

Make sure you send me a photo- I would love to see you holding your creations so I can see your smiles!!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As always, do all of your school work, get outside for fresh air- even for just a few minutes, help out your family at home and Be Kind!!!!

I am posting each grade once per week. You have a week to do your art work and submit it to me through email. Please include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!!!

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

ASD/Y5:

It was a BEAUTIFUL weekend so let’s celebrate the sunshine. You will need a circle- could be a paper plate or a circle of any paper you have on hand. You will need colored paper- mostly yellow- BUT if you don’t have colored paper you can make it yourself by coloring paper yellow, orange, red if you want! You want to cut your colored paper into squares to glue into the circle to make the center of the sun. You could do red in the center, outlined by orange and then outlined by yellow, or you could do just one color if you prefer. Also cut some rectangular strips that you can bend in half to glue on the edges of your circle to make the rays. Again, these can be different colors or all one- your choice. If you have yarn or string you can add a piece of it to hang up your sun. For even more fun- add a face- you can draw right on the center of the sun or cut out and glue on some eyes, a nose and a mouth- maybe sunglasses?

Kindergarten:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/560346378637882082/

Watch the video on making a paper plate snail. You will need a paper plate- or a paper circle will work. You will also need colored paper to cut into squares for decorations on it’s back and to make a head and neck. If you don’t have colored paper you can just color a white piece with crayons or markers and cut those up. Glue your snail together and display it. Use colors that are your favorites to make it fun for you!

Please submit your art work to my email so that I can give you credit. You have a week to do this!!

My email is: zecharj@dearbornschools.org

When you submit your art work include your first and last name and the name of your teacher!! Thanks.

As always- remember to do your school work, get outside for some sunshine and fresh air, be helpful at home and Be Kind!!!

Hi, everyone…I made a daily schedule of when I will be posting art assignments. I know you have a lot on your plate so I thought this might help! The students have a whole week to do their assignment, it is due by the next time I post for the grade- which means 7 days. Please let me know what they did or send a photo through dojo or my email (include the teacher name so I know which class):

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

Let’s learn a bit about an artist love and he draws and paints things we ALL love!

Wayne Thiebaud:

1. Born November 15, 1920, Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
2. He is American painter and printmaker who is well-known for his colorful paintings depicting commonplace “production line” objects and items on display: pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs. He also painted landscapes and figures.
3. Thiebaud uses thick paint and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.
   1. “You take a lemon meringue pie. It’s quite a beautiful thing…It’s more than just a subject, it’s also a kind of relationship to the paint itself. You really feel like you’re sort of making the meringue and…working with the pie.” Wayne Thiebaud.
4. One summer during his high school years he apprenticed at Walt Disney Studios drawing “in-betweens” of Goofy, Pinocchio, and Jiminy Cricket at a rate of $14 a week.
5. Thiebaud studied Commercial Art in school.
6. He tried cartooning and commercial art, but eventually his passion for painting and art history led him back to school to study art education and studio art. In 1951, Thiebaud began a dual career as an art teacher and an artist in Sacramento, California.
7. Wayne Thiebaud is often incorrectly associated with American Pop Art because of his many images of “everyday” and mass culture objects. However, his artwork executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly pre-dates the works of the classic pop artists, suggesting that Thiebaud may have had an influence on the movement because of his images and use of color.

Use a plastic cup to draw the lollipops. Draw the front first by tracing the cup completely. Then slide the cup slightly to the right and draw the “side” of the lollipop.

Lay a popsicle stick or ruler under the lollipop to draw the stick (draw a curved line at the bottom of the stick.

Add a half circle shape as a holder for them and make it look three dimensional, like the lollipops, by adding a back edge.

Now add interesting patterns to each sucker and color! Make them colorful, interesting and tasty looking. Don’t forget to add a surface, like a table, for them so sit on and color that and the background.

I think this will be fun and I look forward to the images you send. Add color with whatever you have at home- marker, crayon, colored pencil, paint, oil crayon…… Please send me a picture of what you make so I can give you credit! When you send it through my email please add your teacher name so I know which class to grade you in.

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As always, make sure you are doing all of your schoolwork, get outside for fresh air- they are predicting a beautiful weekend, be helpful at home and Be Kind!

Kindergarten Enrollment Procedures

April 30, 2020 by Sandra Merrow

2020/2021 Kindergarten Enrollment Procedures

Kindergarten:  Your child should be five years old on or before September 1, 2020

Young Five Kindergarten:  Your child will be five years old between 

September 2– December 1, 2020.

     *Kindergarten Waiver Request:  Parents need to complete a kindergarten waiver if their child will turn five between September 2 – December 1 2020 and the parent/guardian wants to enroll the child in young fives/kindergarten program.

     *The State of Michigan mandates that all children must be 5 years of age or older no later than December 1 in order to be eligible for enrollment.

Due to Govenor Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive order, our K-12 Enrollment process has been modified.

Pre-Enrollment:

     Complete the online pre-enrollment by visiting: 

     https://dearbornschools.org/services/enroll   This step does not hold a spot for enrollment until your documentation is received and validated by the Student Services Office.

Once you have completed the online pre-enrollment, email the required documents to dept-studentservices@dearbornschools.org.  You can scan or take a picture of the documents and then email them.

     *If you have technology limitations or feel more comfortable submitting hard copies, please email student services:                                                                      

dept-studentservices@dearbornschools.org  OR call 313-827-3068. 

Once all required documents have been received, your child will be enrolled.  Student Services will call or email you a confirmation when the enrollment is complete.

Please continue to check our blog for updates regarding Kindergarten and Young Fives Kindergarten Round Up and further information regarding the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year.

If you have further questions regarding registration, please contact the school secretary, Ms. Debbie, at sitarsd@dearbornschools.org or the Principal, Mr. Martin at martinj@dearbornschools.org

Hi, everyone…I made a daily schedule of when I will be posting art assignments. I know you have a lot on your plate so I thought this might help! The students have a whole week to do their assignment, it is due by the next time I post for the grade- which means 7 days. Please let me know what they did or send a photo through dojo or my email (tell me your teachers name!) :

zecharj@dearbornschools.org

Mondays: ASD/Young 5 AND Kindergarten

Tuesdays: First and Second Grades

Wednesdays: Third Grade

Thursdays: Fourth Grade

Fridays: Fifth Grade

Today we are going to work with Typography and Landscapes! First of all, here is the technical definition of Typography:

Visual art form

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing, and letter-spacing, and adjusting the space between pairs of letters.

You might be thinking, hmmmm….what can we do with that? We are going to sketch a landscape, or cityscape, or waterscape- your choice, examples will follow. Inside each element of your scape you will fill in the shape with words related to it- like color, function, memories you might have about it… but first things first- we need to draw something to fill in. I am going to include some ideas but you are welcome to use them as starting blocks and create your own!!!

Once you have your scape down, the fun starts. Using a color- pencil, marker, crayon- that would be the same color as the element of your drawing, and instead of just coloring it in- fill the element in with words related to it.

Some examples: for grass- green, cool, have to mow; for a building- tall, windows!, elevator: for water- swim, cool, blue, fish?

Here are some examples:

Who knew you could make art out of words! Have fun and please share with me on your class dojo or through my email: zecharj@dearbornschools.org

As always, make sure you are doing all of your schoolwork, it is supposed to be a nice day (?) so get outside for awhile, be helpful around the house and Be Kind!