Love Birds part 2 and William Morris & Valentines

Love Birds part 2 came from a lesson I loved last year...but this year we added some new features!  This year my 4th graders created these fabulous heart warming pieces after our study on William Morris and one of my favorite children's books... http://www.storylineonline.net/somebody-loves-you-mr-hatch/  This year we used storylineonline for our book... We love how the famous people show us their love of reading!!  You can also still use the power point from last year (at the bottom of this post and adapt).

Barnes and Noble overview:

Overview

One wintry day, a postman delivers a mysterious package with a big pink bow to a lonely man named Mr. Hatch.

Somebody loves you the note says.

"Somebody loves me!" Mr. Hatch sings as he dusts his living room. "Somebody loves me!" Mr. Hatch whistles as he does his errands in town. "But who," Mr. Hatch wonders, "could that somebody be?"

After some time, Mr. Hatch discovers just who his secret admirer is and, in doing so, enjoys the biggest surprise of his life!

An anonymous valentine changes the life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into a laughing friend who helps and appreciates all his neighbors."

Love Poems...  we used the "I Like" poem again from You Read to Me, I Read to You book to understand the concept.  Then we discussed adjectives and how to really describe the things they loved so there sentences were 5 words or more and not short 1st grade sentences.

New this year...we use WALLPAPER inspired by W Morris to cut and paste our birds, wiggly eyes, feathers, painted border and the most popular GLITTER.

                                                 I set up a 'GLITTER NATION" stations where they came to glitter their heart outline.  I still really love these pieces and what a great gift for a valentine to make someone feel good just like Mr. Hatch.

"Love Birds" poems with Gail Gibbons & William Morris

Hearts. Paint brushes and Jim Dine

A Lot of Love

So in LOVE with these!  I usually do a Jim Dine study with my students, but this year I really added some new depth to my lesson.  I did this with my 5th graders.  We used this power point with my students to learn about Jim Dine as well as the Scholastic ART article (the link is attached in my power point here:  http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/huskeyj72501-2385012-jim-dine-oil-watercolors/ )

Angel Collages paint party

 

Little Angel Collages.  We used sheets of music for the background and then painted our abstract angels on the next layer.

                

The Spider & the Fly - Positive & Negative Space

This project turned out better than I thought!  My 5th graders did this and I LOVED it!  My lesson power point with videos, how to and the fabulous link to see a clip of the author/illustrator are all included!  Happy Webbing!  http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/huskeyj72501-2303973-spiders-positive-negative-space/

Positive & Negative Space with a little Musical Twist!

The photos do not do them justice...but these pieces turned out pretty cool. My 7th and 8th grade students had to pick a phrase from a song lyric and illustrate it using this positive and negative space concept.  

1.  We looked at this cool you tube clip using Michael Jackson's "Black & White" song to get us started.  We discussed positive and negative space and how this element of art was important in creating pieces.  http://youtu.be/OtRqHG_yP0s

  

 2.  My students used our previous color theory study and they had to select a color scheme based on what they had learned.  We glued strips of magazines down on their piece to create the negative space.

3.  They used razors to carve their designs out of poster board and mounted the final pieces on top.

This is Nate...he wanted his photo displayed...he was one of many that gave their fingers a little slice.  :)  Good thing they could handle it, ha.

Memorial Day & 6th Grade Art

     

 This was my 6th graders last day of art and we finished it with these pieces that really make a statement.  We watched the youtube clip below about the History of Memorial Day.  President Obama shares why it is a special day.  It is only about a 3 1/2 minute clip but it is a very cool clip.

The History of Memorial Day: by Studies Weekly   

 
Next they designed a patriotic red, white and blue background.  I told them they could be abstract or realistic and I had a variety of pieces designed.  They could use colored pencils, markers or crayons for their background piece.

  When they finished their backgrounds then we broke out the ARMY MEN.  I wanted them to have something they could really observe to help them with their drawings.  They used pencil to sketch out their army men on white paper.  3.  They cut out their pieces.  4.  They placed them on black paper to cut out a shadow that copied the army image they drew.

Last they arranged their pieces by deciding how their shadow would be placed and glued all the pieces together.  Very cool!

                 

http://youtu.be/gVqvEtxTuRg