Exciting Things Happening

There have been many exciting things happening in my classrooms since my first blog post. Too many to post about. This blog post will be an overview of what has been happening. The following two photos are Kindergarten Landscapes.

They reinforce shape. The supplies needed for this activity are construction paper, in different sizes and colors, scissors, and glue sticks. The next image is a project that second grade made using markers. They worked with line and shape.

The following project was made by grade five.

For this project the students made three-dimensional letters. I have them use their initials. The next step is to decorate the letters with markers. Once they are finished with decorating their letters a background is created. The background covers the entire page. The background can be in crayon or colored pencil. As an art teacher I have found it is important to continue to make art. The last few months I was able to do that through a class I took. I found by doing this it made me a better teacher. I was more enthusiastic. I feel we sometimes lose that when all we do is teach and stop learning and creating. Below are some of the pieces I made in the class I took.

My goal is to continue to keep creating art. I hope yours is too if you are an art teacher. If you are not find something that makes you happy and do it.