One of the many highlights of the conference was meeting Cassie Stephens (my favorite art-bloggin' art teacher). To art teachers, she is a celebrity. If you don't know what I am talking about, you should definitely check out her blog. (And if you ever read this Cassie, thank you very much for letting me get a selfie even though I know you were in a rush!) Her session about how to have your students leave a legacy at school was very interesting and I have tons of ideas for new collaborative projects.
I had the pleasure of attending the NAEA conference this past Thursday and Friday with fellow Manhattan 114 art teacher, Mrs. Ambrosini. There were quite a lot of new ideas and information presented that we are excited to implement in our classes. It just takes a conference like that to jump start a whole lot of new project and unit ideas! I can't wait!
One of the many highlights of the conference was meeting Cassie Stephens (my favorite art-bloggin' art teacher). To art teachers, she is a celebrity. If you don't know what I am talking about, you should definitely check out her blog. (And if you ever read this Cassie, thank you very much for letting me get a selfie even though I know you were in a rush!) Her session about how to have your students leave a legacy at school was very interesting and I have tons of ideas for new collaborative projects.
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My third grade friends and I have been busy the past couple of weeks making fish out of clay! We watched this fellow's instructional video, and then got to work. Although I really liked his concept (and accent), we had to tweak our projects a bit. Instead of just joining pieces of clay together (and hoping for the best), we secured everything with the "score and slip" method. We also took more time to focus on how to make a variety of texture with different tools. My students all seemed very proud of their creations and can't wait for them to be fired in the kiln. I will post pictures of the finished, painted pieces. :)
I need to start bringing my camera to ACCESS class on Mondays (the only time I get the "art on a cart" experience to travel to other classrooms :)) These kids create such wonderful art and I need to get more documentation of that! This year we have done a lot of "arts-periments" where students use everyday objects to paint or print with. I wanted to share with you two that went very well. These shamrocks were printed with cut bell peppers! It was so simple! We then made shamrock sun-catchers with tissue paper and glue. Students took those home before I got to take a picture. My daughters made a couple, as well so I can post theirs. These spring flowers (please don't judge that I am already pulling out spring projects in early March....or even February 29th if I am completely honest...I am just over the winter blues!) were created by stamping with cut celery hearts. Students also used their thumbs to stamp leaves onto their stems.
The expression on his face says it all! Creating an abstract collage seemed simple enough, but then the students were required to created 3-D elements within it. Students were up for the challenge and began to curl paper, fold paper, stack shapes up with bits of cardboard, etc. This student took it to the next level when he decided to see how high he could create his collage (can I even call it that now or is it now considered a sculpture?!) This first grader told me he was "making a city". Love it. And check out that big-ole-bin of scraps. First graders were even finding left over wrapping paper in there from the 2nd grade Holiday Pop Art Collage.
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AuthorI am a K - 5th grade art teacher at Wilson Creek Elementary and Anna McDonald School in Manhattan, IL. I am also a mother of two little girls (who share my love of art)! Archives
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