Fifth Graders enjoyed their sculptural drip paintings modeled after the works of Holton Rower. This was a fun line study, where students could see the lines in motion. Once they finished this project they were asked to write a paragraph on the process or their opinion of the artwork. This is a new procedure I am currently asking 5th grade to do after each project. Soon 4th and 3rd will be asked to make their artist statements for their artwork as well. we read the book The Dot. A cute story about a little girl who discovers art through a simple series of dot paintings. The students were able to paint their own dot, or not-a-dot, with watercolors. This was a nice simple opportunity for students to use paints and learn the expectations for using watercolors. for parent volunteer spot Twitter door- have a laminated strip for every child and they get time to update status about something they learned, liked or happened during school that day! Gets them writing and ties in something they're probably already interested in! Students must highlight their name before putting it in the tray. Great way to make sure all papers have names! LOVE THIS!! I am so doing this because they always forget! Magnetic spice jar for Box Top saver. golden spatula award for good lunch room behavior Wrap 3 cereal boxes together. Great idea for storing paper Binder Clips: A perfect unexpected use Wonderful idea! beginning of the year each student is issued a dry erase marker, a black sock (used as an eraser), and a whiteboard. They store these items in a Name map: Things they love about their name or shows things about them. First we took our thumbprints. The clearest prints were not made with ink but with pencil! We colored a small piece of paper heavily with pencil lead, then rubbed our finger on it. Then we
Fifth Graders enjoyed their sculptural drip paintings modeled after the works of Holton Rower. This was a fun line study, where students could see the lines in motion. Once they finished this project they were asked to write a paragraph on the process or their opinion of the artwork. This is a new procedure I am currently asking 5th grade to do after each project. Soon 4th and 3rd will be asked to make their artist statements for their artwork as well. we read the book The Dot. A cute story about a little girl who discovers art through a simple series of dot paintings. The students were able to paint their own dot, or not-a-dot, with watercolors. This was a nice simple opportunity for students to use paints and learn the expectations for using watercolors. for parent volunteer spot Twitter door- have a laminated strip for every child and they get time to update status about something they learned, liked or happened during school that day! Gets them writing and ties in something they're probably already interested in! Students must highlight their name before putting it in the tray. Great way to make sure all papers have names! LOVE THIS!! I am so doing this because they always forget! Magnetic spice jar for Box Top saver. golden spatula award for good lunch room behavior Wrap 3 cereal boxes together. Great idea for storing paper Binder Clips: A perfect unexpected use Wonderful idea! beginning of the year each student is issued a dry erase marker, a black sock (used as an eraser), and a whiteboard. They store these items in a Name map: Things they love about their name or shows things about them. First we took our thumbprints. The clearest prints were not made with ink but with pencil! We colored a small piece of paper heavily with pencil lead, then rubbed our finger on it. Then we
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