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The art work at Rockford Road will be on display until the end of November. Congratulations to those of you who volunteered to participate.
Activities Grade K-8:
Kdg. - Today they began a ’still life’ of a bowl of fruit. Last week they learned how to fringe feathers for a wild turkey
Gr. 1 - I read the book, OX CART MAN and then they illustrated a favorite part. Today they made a turkey with colored sand a feathers. We discussed again what a texture is. They took texture rubs of leaves a few weeks ago.
Gr. 2 - They are coloring on muslin with a barn that I will iron on, plus iron the crayon. It’s a wonderful project to talk about what it’s like to live on a farm as I did!
Gr. 3 -They began a rose window using radial symmetry. After they complete it we’ll watch Hunchback of Notre Dame (with the rose window in it).
Gr. 4 - They are finishing illuminated letters. It was exciting for them to talk about seeing them when they went to the Vatican exhibit. They will begin a form of stained glass window using acetate.
Gr.5- They are working on a sphere Christmas ornament. This is modeled after the geodesic dome of Buckminster Fuller who designed the dome in Montreal. PLEASE SAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR ME.
Gr. 6 - They painted their athletic figure today which is a wire base, covered with foil and then plaster wrapped. They are turning out really cool. This is the culminating project after drawing a body that is in proportion.
Gr. 7- They finished a relief sculpture of their face out of pla-do. They are displayed in the showcase. This was the culminating project ofter drawing a realistic self-portrait and an abstract cubism portrait.
Gr. 8- They have worked on an abstract hard-edge style painting using primary, secondary, warm, cool, neutral and complementary colors. They also took their test on Mon. Next we are drawing a still life and then using pastels discussing value.
Rockford Road Library is hosting an art show for grades 6-12. I gave grades 6-8 the opportunity to participate with their art work from previous classes. Five 6th and 7th graders brought work in. It will be displayed in October and they will receive some type of art medium prize. Thank you for participating!
As you can see grades are now posted in each grade including behavior. Last week I gave the breakdown for behavior points.
The project points for grades 6-8 are: A+ 20, A 19, A- 18.5 ,
B+ 18, B 17.5, B- 17, C+ 16, C 15, C- 14, D+ 13, D 12, D- 11, F 10.
Grades K-5 receive, U, S and O as grades for other Specials.
Grading for grades 6-8 will be weighted in Art this year.
Behavior= 10%
Tests= 25%
Class Projects 65%
The behavior points reflect how many warnings they receive. Perfect beh. = 10 pts.
One warning = 7.5 pts (C). Two warnings= 7 pts. (C-) If I punch their card= 5 pts. (F)
In regards to tests, they will always be given a study guide. Please encourage them to study. It is 25% of the grade.
As far as the other grades, if your child gets a C or U, that means he/she is getting 1-3 warnings. I give those if they’re talking while I’m presenting the lesson and not settling down to do their work.
Activities:
Kdg.- finished primary colors and now tracing a leaf and using Payons in warm colors.
Gr. 1-finished a mountain picture using different types of line. Today traced leaves and will be using Payons in warm and cool colors.
Gr. 2-learning about artist Gustav Klimt, who used pattern in his paintings. They cut out a baby head in a skin tone and are designing a quilt in patterns around the baby.
Gr. 3-finished toothpick picture using line and shape. (In showcase now.) They are beginning a painting of sunflowers and learning about Van Gogh’s Sunflower painting.
Gr.4-finished a leaf stencil collage using warm or cool colors using pastels. They will begin a corn/bean mosaic.
Gr. 5-finished a name design modeling after artist Bridget Riley, Op art style. They will begin a pastel etching using pattern.
Gr.6-finished a fall landscape with oil crayons using warm colors. They are learning to draw the body’s proportion and will begin sports figures.
Gr. 7-is learning face proportion and are beginning their self-portrait.
Gr.8- learned about Gustav Klimt also, and designed a CD with permanent markers. They will begin a hard-edge painting learning about artist Peter Max.
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I am enjoying being back and teaching art to your children again. This is my fourth year here. I will be seeing all classes for the full year which is exciting.
The first week is covering all the rules and expectations. Next week we will begin projects. Besides their project they will be learning about a few Spanish artists. Each month I will cover an area of the world.
Please email if you have any questions or concerns. I am only here on Monday and Wednesday. So I might not get right back to you.
Have a great year.
Mrs.Merth
Grade 7 has been given a study guide today. They will be tested on this information next Mon. May 12.
Minneapolis Art Institute is displaying many still lifes of flowers along with a real potof flowers from Bachmanns along side of it. This is the beginning of May and is free.
Looking forward to the Art Festival evening, May 6, 6:00-7:30. Each child will have one or two projects displayed. This is a fun for the children to show off their work. Hope to see you there!
Kdg.- finished a ‘quilt’ after we read Tar Beach by Faith Ringle. Now we are making a collage with tissue on a butterfly, after reading The Hungry Caterpillar.
Gr. 3 - finishing a watercolor painting of the school/church. They will begin a still life using wallpaper and pastels.
Gr. 4 - finishing a pastel of a flower. They learned about Georgia O’Keefe. Next a print using styrofoam. They will learn about Japanese prints.
Gr. 5- they finished a stone mosaic and will begin a fresco on plaster. They learned a bit about the Middle Ages and will learn more about the Renaissance painters.
Gr. 6-they learned about one point perspective drawing a Dream Room. Next project will be burlap weaving.
Gr. 7-they are designing a cityscape using one point perspective.
Gr. 8- they are finishing a cityscape using two point perspective. They will begin copper tooling.
Kindergarten will be starting this week. We will be doing an activity with primary colors.
Gr. 1- We finished an activity learning the primary colors. They learned about the artist Piet Mondrian who used primary colors. This work will be displayed for the Art Festival evening.
Gr. 3 - They finished foam printing with markers. They learned about Japanese prints. They will weave with green paper for St. Patrick’s Day.
Gr. 4. They are finishing up yarn weaving. They are looking fantastic.
Gr.5 - They finished their stitchery and is displayed in the hall. They are working on a symmetrical drawing using half of a magazine picture.
Gr. 6 The Greek amphora’s are finished at last. Excellent work. They also had a test on vocabulary and information about Greek pottery. They were given a study guide.They are displayed in the showcase. Next they are learning about linear perspective and planning their ‘dream room’.
Gr. 7- They are finishing up their weaving project. They will have a test on March 10. They were given a study guide.
Gr.8- They finished wood sculpture, had a test on sculpture terms which they were given a study guide. Also they had an open book test on the artist Giacometti. Their sculptures are in the showcase.We are currently working on scratchboards.
Activities for each grade level are:
Gr. 1- we used the computer lab to find primary and secondary colors. We finished a color wheel mixing the primaries to make secondaries. Next we will draw animals in the primary colors and learn about artist Piet Mondrian.
Gr. 3 - we finished a winter landscape in ripped paper in black and white. We are beginning a print using styrofoam and marker. We looked at Japanese prints and learned about the artist Hokusai.
Gr. 4- they are busy weaving making up their own pattern in 2 or 3 colors.
Gr. 5 - they are learning stitchery. They drew the object on burlap and are learning various stitches.
Gr. 6- they are still working on their Greek pot.
Gr. 7 - they are weaving also. They are weaving a design in the middle and learning how to interlock.
Gr. 8 -they are beginning wood sculpture. They are learning about famous sculptures such as Michelangelo, Rodin and Giacometti.
All grades made masks for the Mardi Gras using feathers, beads and the many donations from parents.
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