National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Second Grade has been exploring the Art Element of Color. This week's focus is NEUTRAL (shades and tints of brown or black). Students made Brown Bag Tree Art to grasp this week's color but also to learn about form. Applying media, technique, and process is the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Standard 1: Media. National Art Education Association (NAEA)
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A shared post from Goshen Center School Principal, Angela Rossbach: This past week, I saw several examples of real world applications to learning for Goshen Center school students. One example comes from sixth grade. State Representative Jay Case invited all sixth grade students to create a poster about what it means to be from Goshen, CT. Mrs. Laurie Sweet guided students through this process. The posters were judged by representatives from the GCS staff. I am pleased to announce that the winner, Sage Jerrykitz and the runner-up, Linnea Budge, will have their artwork on display at the State Capitol during the month of November. Representative Case visited the students today and presented a certificate to both winners. Afterward, Representative Case was invited to visit the other sixth grade class for an impromptu explanation of his role at the State level as well as his work with the town of Goshen and First Selectman Bill Duquette. The students presented Representative Case with a packet of letters written by the 5th and 6th grade students after they had studied the Constitution. In the letters, students expressed their opinion about the second amendment. Representative Case explained what happens to letters that he receives from his constituents. First he reads each letter, and then he files them by topic. Before he votes on any topic, he pulls the letters from his file and carefully reads each letter before deciding how he will vote. I was impressed with the thoughtful discussion and questions posed by the sixth graders as they learned more about their local and state government. WOW! I am a big fan of architecture. Amy Kennedy shared with me 13 Amazing Staircases. What is your favorite staircase? http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2013/10/18/13-staircases-worth-the-climb-photos.html# artwork.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/10/06/arts/design/20131006_VANGOGH.html?smid=tw-share#1 I am an avid fan of Vincent van Gogh's work. Van Gogh's ability to capture authentic and vivid colors in his work is a testament to his exploration as a painter. Check out the New York Times article about Van Gogh making copies of his own Last Friday, Instrumental and Art focused on team building for the Fifth Grade Class. Part of the class started with Mr. Loomis, Instrumental Teacher, and made some incredibly loud music by banging with drum sticks on garbage cans. Meanwhile, the rest of the class made a collaborative Zentangle, drawing one stroke at a time with thin and thick Sharpies on a gigantic strip of orange paper. Then the groups swapped places, so everyone participated in both Enrichment activities. The Zentangle process is quite the opposite of banging on drums. The intent of creating Zentangles is to draw patterns and lines in spaces within shapes called "tangles" in a meditative sort of way such as listening to music without talking. The line and pattern on the page becomes the dialogue. Today in Warren, students created individual Zentangles, making their mark. Students loved this relaxing activity. |
AuthorI am an art teacher and for Region 6 Elementary Schools: Warren, Morris, and Goshen, CT. I also teach a sixth grade class at the Wamogo Middle School Art Without Borders. Archives
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