Eric Carle Sea Creatures

Hello again! 
This is part two of the "Under the Sea" theme for Literacy/Arts night! Grade three created their own textured paper with stations. We used watercolors to create warm color paper, cool, neutral, paper textured with saran wrap, salt and tape! We then looked at Eric Carle's artwork - they got a kick out the the dragons and his mixed-up chameleon! They chose their own sea creatures after we compiled a big list. The students loved the idea of having a communal paper bin, we used what we needed for our collages, and traded it as we needed! I think they really enjoyed this project! Here are some results - they did a fabulous job!

Love the results!! Thank you for visiting and please stop by again!

Monochromatic Fish

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One of my schools is hosting a Literacy/Arts night! The theme is "Under the sea" and I was asked to have my kids create something with that theme in mind. This post will be dedicated to the fourth graders and their monochromatic fish! We only had two weeks to complete the lesson, and the kids rocked it in two sessions!

The next post will be for the third grade lesson! Eric Carle sea creatures! Thank you for visiting!

Chair time!

The "reading chair" I use when I read to the K and first graders was so old and just falling apart, so during vacation I went to the local thrift store and found a sturdy replacement! Before and after pics are below.  The kids LOVE the new chair, so it made me think, maybe I can make this a project of some sort? Maybe a whole-class project? Maybe they could be auctioned off at our annual Art show? Hmmm...

Made my day

This is just a quick pic of the best shirt ever! I love it when the kids plan their outfits for Art day!

Cross-curriculum connections!!

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Too much snow calls for a spring lesson! The school garden was in full bloom (ahhh, spring), so the first graders and I went outside to work on our observational skills, and draw some interesting plants. I then copied the originals, and they did something wonderful - the students created an artistic version with me, and a scientific version in their classrooms! We presented them to the whole school - they were very proud to display their hard work! Here are some examples: