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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Another art lesson!
The second art lesson was about the color wheel. The artist talked about primary and complementary colors. Then she had the students draw a turtle using shapes. I have been trying to teach the students this when they draw a person! Hopefully hearing it from a true artist then may be it will stick! When they drew the turtle, they started out with an oval then added a circle for the head and a triangle for the tail. They made a half circle for each of the legs. To make the shell, she had them split the oval into six sections by drawing three lines. In each section, she had them color with water color crayons. Red went on top then green below, yellow on top then purple below, orange on top then blue below. Next they took water with a paint brush and painted on top of the crayons. They turned into watercolor paint! The students thought that this was magic! They got really excited and I did too! I need to purchase those crayons for my classroom!
Help from an artist!
My Kindergartner's have had the opportunity to have two lessons from an artist! Yea! Her name is Super Artisit and the students loved her! The first time she explained what her job is and that with art there is no wrong answer. I never thought about art this way. I feel that after she said this to the class, the pressure was lifted from the students. I feel that they took there time and really wanted to do a great job for the artist. I know it took some of the pressure off of me when I need to give drawing lessons! She also talked about giving compliments to others on their art work. I have heard a few compliments from students about other students work. This is a teacher's dream! I hope it lasts!
The artist read the book ish by Peter A. Reynolds. She had the students draw a squiggly line and the person next to them needed to turn it into something else. Then they said what it was with the "ish" added to the end of the word. It let the students use their imagination and create what they think it looks like. After they drew details to make the line into an object or picture, then they could color it.
This is the book description from Amazon.com:
The artist read the book ish by Peter A. Reynolds. She had the students draw a squiggly line and the person next to them needed to turn it into something else. Then they said what it was with the "ish" added to the end of the word. It let the students use their imagination and create what they think it looks like. After they drew details to make the line into an object or picture, then they could color it.
This is the book description from Amazon.com:
A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book THE DOT.
Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.
Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.
Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.
Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Mid-AR Summary
Data Collection:
-Class books: I have my students create a page to add to a class book on a specific topic. The sentence is started for them and then they need to write one or more words to finish it. Also, they need to draw a picture too. Last year, I had my class write the word first, then draw/color picture. Some students really had a hard time with coming up with an idea. This year I have them draw the picture first then add words to their sentence. I feel like the students are wanting to draw and are coming up with ideas right away to start to draw. I will be using these books to follow the students growth with their drawing skills and writing skills.
-Drawing & Writing Books: I have only had my students draw in these books once so far. The students love having their own drawing book! They went where they wanted to work in the classroom and drew for about 15-20 minutes which is a long time for Kindergartner's to stay on one topic! They were able to draw what they wanted but needed to add details and if they were drawing people, they could not use a stick figure. I did have quite a few still draw with stick figures so I learned that we need more lessons on drawing people. I had a student describe their drawing to me and he was able to tell me about his story using pictures and I was able to tell what he had drawn to go along with his story.
-Teacher Observations: Drawing-I have seen improvement on the students coloring ability with using realistic colors to color real objects and taking time to add details to their pictures. I have also seen their excitement when I talk about drawing as well. Storytelling-many students want to have the chance to share a story during storytelling time or during our read aloud time too. They are telling stories with a beginning, middle and end too! Some still need reminders or for others to ask questions to clarify but we are working on it!
I do need to make more time for the students to draw in their Drawing & Writing books. Hopefully I will be able to incoporate holiday projects into their books.
-Class books: I have my students create a page to add to a class book on a specific topic. The sentence is started for them and then they need to write one or more words to finish it. Also, they need to draw a picture too. Last year, I had my class write the word first, then draw/color picture. Some students really had a hard time with coming up with an idea. This year I have them draw the picture first then add words to their sentence. I feel like the students are wanting to draw and are coming up with ideas right away to start to draw. I will be using these books to follow the students growth with their drawing skills and writing skills.
-Drawing & Writing Books: I have only had my students draw in these books once so far. The students love having their own drawing book! They went where they wanted to work in the classroom and drew for about 15-20 minutes which is a long time for Kindergartner's to stay on one topic! They were able to draw what they wanted but needed to add details and if they were drawing people, they could not use a stick figure. I did have quite a few still draw with stick figures so I learned that we need more lessons on drawing people. I had a student describe their drawing to me and he was able to tell me about his story using pictures and I was able to tell what he had drawn to go along with his story.
-Teacher Observations: Drawing-I have seen improvement on the students coloring ability with using realistic colors to color real objects and taking time to add details to their pictures. I have also seen their excitement when I talk about drawing as well. Storytelling-many students want to have the chance to share a story during storytelling time or during our read aloud time too. They are telling stories with a beginning, middle and end too! Some still need reminders or for others to ask questions to clarify but we are working on it!
I do need to make more time for the students to draw in their Drawing & Writing books. Hopefully I will be able to incoporate holiday projects into their books.
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