The "Other" Collaborative Winter Project: K - 2nd

My large cityscape winter board turned out AWESOME!!  However..something I did not count on was our class sizes this year.  We have an average of 20-25 students per class.  This is larger than years past...which means more pieces were created per class.  Soooooo...I ran out of room!!!  I realized this by day 3 classes...so I came up with a different plan for day 5 students.  2nd grade created the sky and snowy land.  Kindergarten created the pine trees.  1st grade created the houses!  This is on the runner bars outside my classroom.  I'm really happy with how they turned out...and it was good to work on cutting/gluing more with K/1!!!!  

Winter Mural Parts :K-4th

Every year... on these two odd days before Thanksgiving Break...I do a winter mural with my students. I don't want two days worth of students to be a week ahead of everyone else...so this is a fun solution to that issue.  Each grade level creates the "parts" that go into the finished mural. 

• Kindergarten created the collage pine trees..and used construction paper crayons to add "snow".
• 1st grade created the collage cardinals and used red & black Sharpies to add the details. 

• 2nd grade did fabric weaving last week...so I had them create paper weaving & add snow flakes using construction paper crayons.
• 3rd grade attempted shading winter branches with tempera paint (SOME did really well!) 

• 4th grade created winter trees in collage..and then shaded using tempera paint (once again..SOME did really well) 

CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT THE MURAL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE?!?!?  

Stay tuned!!!! 

Paper Mache Masks: 2nd Grade

I discussed themes & inspirations with the students before they began painting their paper mache masks(students created the paper mache the previous week).  I allowed them to select 4 colors (and told them they could create colors from the 4 the selected if they wanted to).  There is something fun/whimsical about the masks. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week's work.  

Practicum Students Rubric Bulletin Boards

 My practicum students from MTSU are required to create a bulletin board as part of their placement.  I had shared with them that I was wanting to make very graphic..easy to follow rubrics for my wall so students could do self assessment.  Here are the results.

Over all this was a beautiful display.  The only thing I would have changed was having consistant colors for the YES! Kind of.. & Needs More Time(YES! all blue..etc)

This was created for 2nd grade, but I feel could be used through 4th grade.  

There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

I found a wonderful Dr. Seuss book called THERE'S A WOCKET IN MY POCKET!  Each creature's name is associated with and object or place...they just change the first letter or couple letters of the object or place.  So I had my students brainstorm some ideas after I read them the book(had to be different from the book).  We then created these acrylic paintings.  I LOVE THEM!!!!

MAYOR'S ART SHOW 2010

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade
 
3rd Grade

4th Grade

This is the work that will represent Tulip Grove Elementary for the Mayor's Art Show this year. I feel this is the most diverse work I've ever submitted! It will show off the amazing artists we have here at TGE, and all the fun projects we've been working on!

1st-3rd Group Landscape In Progress: PART 4 FINISHED!!!

1st-3rd Group Landscape In Progress PART 3

ART CAMP SESSION 1 - Sculpey Tribal Masks