Category: 3rd grade

3rd grade- Appalachian Basket Weaving

The third grade is learning about Appalachian art forms.  Appalachian folk art is a traditional art form, which means it’s usually passed down through families.  We will learn to weave yarn on a loom.

Watch the following two videos (one has a link). What similarities are there between West African and Appalachian basket weaving?

Video for Appalachian Egg Baskets

Day 1:

  • Write your name & class on the back (the side you put food).
  • Cut on the lines to make little slits. Do not cut into the middle. Keep your plate looking like a smile, do not flip it around to look like a rainbow.
  • Your teacher will pass out some yarn.
  • Tape a string to the LEFTHAND corner on the back.
  • Begin weaving, over, under, over, under. When you reach the end of your plate, weave in the other direction.
  • At the end of class, wrap your extra yarn like you see below in step 1.
Basket Weaving Steps

Day 2 & 3:

Two student examples: look at how much weaving they did!

Special Request: Buckets, pails, and tubs

The fifth grade is preparing to do paper mache masks and we need some help!  Please donate any clean buckets, pails, or tubs that you may have at home.  Anything that will hold a glue mixture will work.  An extra special “thank you” if you can donate the matching lid!

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Something like this would be splendid!

 

2nd-5th Opt Art Drawings

Opt Art, or Optical Art, is a style of art that creates an illusion to trick your eyes.  Opt Art can be on paper, painted on a wall, or even a street.  Street artists all over the world create Opt Art, or 3-D Street Art, that people can interact with.

Edgar Muller made a large 3-D Street Artwork called: The Crevasse.  What would you do if you saw a giant canyon like this on the street?  Would you play in it, be afraid to go near it, or pose in a funny way?

Here’s another 3-D Street Artwork that visitors can be a part of.  Look at how much fun people have pretending to be in the library!

4th & 5th graders: Julio Jimenez tells how he got started creating Optical Street Art.  He started by drawing on paper, just like you!  

  • Where does Julio get his inspiration?
  • Does his drawing look the same from ALL angles?  
  • What materials (or media) is he using?

How can you do that?  Here’s how!

Now, it’s your turn… (photos below)

  1. Place your hand on the paper, spread out your fingers.
  2. Lightly trace your hand and wrist in pencil.
  3. With a marker, start by drawing a straight line across the bottom of your page that “bumps” over your wrist.
  4. Leave a little space and repeat your line that “bumps” over your wrist. Repeat this step as you go over your each finger.  Fill your page, not just your hand.
  5. Color in your lines with markers: a pattern, a rainbow, anything!
  6. If you complete your artwork: WITH PERMISSION, you may get a drawing/ reading book and paper. 

hand examples
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“Celebrating Art” Art Contests

Southside students, would you like to participate in an art contest?  Entries are due near the start of school, so don’t forget!

Click the image to go to www.celebratingart.com

Why Enter???
Win Prizes
Receive Recognition

Each student may enter one art piece for each contest.
Must enter online. Do not mail art as it will not be entered in the contest or returned.

Contest deadlines:
December 10, 2014, extended February 5, 2015, April 9, 2015, August 22, 2015 ***This is the upcoming school year, but art can be turned in any time before August 22nd. If you’d like me to upload your work, please turn it in before Monday, August 17th.

Prizes: Ten winners in each grade division K-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 for each contest and their art teachers will share over $5000 in prizes. Winners will also receive a free copy of the art book which includes their work. Other entries of merit will be invited to be published in our full color art book. Teachers who have 5 or more students published will receive a free copy of the book that features their students. Types of art: Any art that can have a still digital image. Paintings, computer graphics, sculptures, drawings, etc. Take a picture of your art. This is not a photography contest.

Best Art Tips:  Make sure the art is yours and original- not traced or copied.  If your artwork is on paper, it should be unlined paper.  Lined notebook paper doesn’t photograph as well as solid-colored papers.

3rd grade- Jeri Redcorn Pottery

The third grade will learn about Jeri Redcorn and her functional pottery.  Jeri is a Caddo Native American who uses traditional techniques to create her pottery.  The first grade studies the Caddo, too.

Here is Jeri Redcorn’s site, she even had artwork at the White House! (click photo link) How do you think this pottery is used?  What textures, colors, and shapes do you see?

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From the National Museum of the American Indian: How Jeri Redcorn became a potter, how she helps other people create pottery, and how she feels about her artwork.

Student examples, from above:

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HowtoPinchPot

BEST ART TIPS:

  • Save some clay to make handles or lids.
  • Do NOT put the lid on the pot to dry.  It will get stuck!

Clay Rules

Art to Remember- Ordering!

From: the PTA

To: PreK-5th grade families

 Art to Remember order forms will be sent home on Wednesday, April 8th and must be turned in on Wednesday, April 15th.  **5th grade families: if your student is going on the DC trip, please have your orders turned in before leaving Simmons on Monday, April 13th. 

This fundraiser offers great, one-of-a-kind items AND supports our school.  Below is information that will be included with your order form.

What is Art to Remember?

What did my student create?

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2nd-5th gr. mARTch Madness- CHAMPION!

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We have a CHAMPION!  Congratulations to the 4th grade!  They have won the mARTch Madness bracket!  Their artist, Stephen Wiltshire, has earned more votes than any other artist we studied.

Winner

 

As an award they will get to paint Thunder white.  Why white?  To prepare him for the annual Spirit Week KPREP kickoff! (Of course, this is not Thunder!)

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2nd-5th gr. mARTch Madness: Championship Match!

This March, the art room is celebrating a different kind of March Madness.  Second through fifth grade classes participated in mARTch Madness during art classes.  It’s down to 5th grade’s Picasso and 4th grade’s Wiltshire!  WHO WILL BE OUR CHAMPION?

The 4th and 5th grade classes will learn a little about each artist and artwork and then…vote!  Who will be voted off the bracket next?  To learn more about the artists, check out this post. 

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2nd-5th gr. mARTch Madness: Final Four

This March, the art room is celebrating a different kind of March Madness.  Second through fifth grade classes will participate in mARTch Madness during art classes.  Who did your grade vote to represent you in the Final Four?

In class, you’ll learn a little about each artist and artwork and then…vote!  Who will be voted off the bracket next?  To learn more about the artists, check out this post. 

FINAL FOUR

2nd- 5th grades: mARTch Madness- Elite 8

This March, the art room is celebrating a different kind of March Madness.  Second through fifth grade classes will participate in mARTch Madness during art classes.  Check out which two artists your grade will vote on.  In class, you’ll learn a little about each artist and artwork and then…vote!

  • Do you recognize these artists or artworks?  
  • Will your favorite artist conquer all the others?  
  • We love Monet, but will Picasso win it all? Does Wiltshire stand a chance?   

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Cue the theme music!