Art and Ambassador Agenda for 1-6-14 through 1-10-14

Grade K- Snowplow Paintings

Grade 1- Paper Sculptures

Grade 2- Birch Trees Watercolor

Grade 3- Woven Jute Basket

Grade 4- Olympic Theme- Russian Architecture (Onion Top Buildings)

Grade 5- Olympic Theme- Greek Vases with Self-Portraits

Grade 6- Op Art 2 (Optical Illusion)

Grade 7- Picasso Style Self-Portraits

Grade 8- Sewing Unit Pillows Continued. 8th grade students have 2 Altered Book entries due upon our return from break. they will have art on Tuesday, January 7th. The entries are as follows: a 2 page entry about Christmas and a 2 page entry about Winter. They should know the specifics of the assignment.

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting on Wednesday, January 8th, in the art room, at 7:40. Ambassadors are celebrating our last lesson and preparing for our new lesson.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun filled Christmas vacation!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agenda for 12-9 though 12-13-13

Sorry I haven't posted since before Thanksgiving! I totally forgot to post a new agenda on Tuesday before we left.  Everyone had a great week in art. Even the PreSchoolers had art this week. They made red and white bead necklaces. This gave good practice for fine motor skills and creating a pattern.

Grade K- Gingerbread Man 

Grade 1- Nativity Landscapes

Grade 2- Christmas Star

Grade 3- Gingerbread Men Garland

Grade 4- Christmas Banner

Grade 5- Weaving

Grade 6- Op Art (Optical Illusion)

Grade 7- Picasso Style Self-Portraits

Grade 8- Sewing Unit Pillows Continued

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting on Monday, December 9th, in the art room, at 7:40. Ambassadors  are practicing and preparing for our next lesson on Empathy. A Family Connect from every student is due on 12-9-13.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agenda for Nov. 25- 26, 2013

This week, preschool came to art and made Feast shirts! They did a terrific job! Dyed T-shirts, painted and fringed to look a bit like a Native American Deerskin Shirt! It was a treat to have them in the art room! I send a special thank you to all our parent volunteers!

Next week:

Grade K- Christmas Trees

Grade 1- Elliot Only- Henri Matisse Style Collage

Grade 2- Hill Only- Tissue Paper Wreath

Grade 3- 3D Mountians

Grade 4- Hammans Only- Underwater Drawing

Grade 5- Weaving

Grade 6- No Art this week

Grade 7- Picasso Style Self-Portraits

Grade 8- No art this week

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting on Tuesday, November 26th, in the art room, at 7:40. Ambassadors  are celebrating a successful lesson and preparing for our next lesson. Please watch for your family connects the week after Thanksgiving.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agenda 11-18-13 through 11-22-13

The art room is in need of a few donations. We are running low on plastic containers with lids (butter, cottage cheese and baby food containers are the best). I am also looking for someone in construction that might have smaller wood scraps to donate. Please send in donations with your student. Thank you!

Grade K- Cornucopias and Stars

Grade 1-Pete the Cat and His White Shoes

Grade 2- Tissue Paper Wreath

Grade 3- 3D Mountians

Grade 4- Underwater Drawing

Grade 5- Touchdowns (a study of 3-D illusion) and Weaving

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures and Picasso Style Self-Portraits

Grade 8- Sewing Unit** Mini Pillow/Pincushions and Large Pillows

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting and teaching on Wednesday, November 20th, in the art room, at 7:40 and in classrooms at 9:30 ish. Ambassadors are teaching Lesson 2- Honesty.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agenda for November 11 through November 15, 2013

The art room is in need of a few donations. We are running low on plastic containers with lids (butter, cottage cheese and baby food containers are the best). I am also looking for someone in construction that might have smaller wood scraps to donate. Please send in donations with your student. Thank you!

Grade K- Cornucopias

Grade 1- Piet Mondrain Unit and Turkey Drawing

Grade 2- Brown Owls

Grade 3- Mayflower drawings and 3D Mountains

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures and Underwater Drawing

Grade 5- Touchdowns (a study of 3-D illusion)

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Sewing Unit** Mini Pillow/Pincushions and Large Pillows

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting on Wednesday,  November 13th, in the art room, at 7:40. Ambassadors are teaching on November 20th! Lesson 2- Honesty.

Mrs. Chapel

Art and Ambassador Agenda for the week of November 4-8, 2013

The art room is in need of a few donations. We are running low on plastic containers with lids (butter, cottage cheese and baby food containers are the best). I am also looking for someone in construction that might have smaller wood scraps to donate. Please send in donations with your student. Thank you!

Grade K- Tactile Paper Chip Name designs

Grade 1- Modern artist Piet Mondrian unit.

Grade 2- Brown Owls

Grade 3- Mayflower drawings

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Touchdowns (a study of 3-D illusion)

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Sewing Unit** Mini Pillow/Pincushions

**8th graders still need to hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be meeting on Wednesday,  November 6th, in the art room, at 7:40.

Mrs. Chappelow

A

We had a great week in the art room! What fun projects and so many artists and art terms to learn about! 

Kindergarten classes are really improving in all their drawing, cutting and gluing. First grade is on their second artist for the year and second grade has worked with watercolors and learned what a silhouette is. Third grade has practiced printmaking twice and turned a print into a soft sculpture! Fourth graders are becoming experts in the art of paper mache' and fifth grade has learned a lot about the Day of the Dead. They created some wonderful reverse glass paintings of decorative skulls. Middle school is busy as well with sixth grade creating stained glass everything, connecting art and religion! Seventh grade has worked in animation and now with sculpture. Eighth graders have worked with copper, mosaic tiles, drawings, altered books and are now learning some basic sewing skills. This would be a help with future textile art projects (and if they ever need to repair clothing or hem something!).  

The art room is in need of a few donations. We are running low on plastic containers with lids (butter, cottage cheese and baby food containers are the best). I am also looking for someone in construction that might have smaller wood scraps to donate. Please send in donations with your student. Thank you!

Grade K-Paper Chip Name designs

Grade 1-Modern artist Piet Mondrian unit.

Grade 2-Cat on a Fence and Brown Owls

Grade 3-Positive and Negative Space/Halloween

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5-Touchdowns (a study of 3-D illusion)

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Sewing Unit** Mini Pillow/Pin cushions.  Homework- Altered books-Entry 3 (Halloween double page entry) is due November 4th!

**Some 8th graders still need supplies for their sewing unit. Supplies were due on Thursday, October 10th. They need to purchase the following items: 5/8 of a yard of cotton fabric (no stretch, satin, fur or fleece), a small spool of matching thread, and a 20-30 ounce bag of Polyfiberfill (stuffing). Only bring the fabric and thread to school for now. Hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors taught their first lesson on Wednesday. It was a great success! To celebrate our completion of the first lesson, we will have a celebration at our next Ambassador meeting. Ambassadors have the option to bring in a treat for the group. We have 34 Ambassadors. We will be meeting on Friday, November 1st (a change due to All Saint’s Day Mass), in the art room at 7:40.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassadors Agenda for October 21 through 25, 2013

We are ready to start the new quarter in the Art Room! I am looking forward to some new projects and some Holy Spirit classics as well! 

The art room is in need of a few donations. We are running low on plastic containers with lids (butter, cottage cheese and baby food containers are the best). I am also looking for someone in construction that might have smaller non treated wood scraps to donate (email me if you are interested). Please send in donations (not wood) with your student. Thank you!

Grade K- Jack O’ Lantern Paintings and Witch Faces

Grade 1-Final touches on Georgia O’Keeffe paintings and start learning about the modern artist Piet Mondrian.

Grade 2-Cat on a Fence continued

Grade 3-Indian Corn Soft Sculptures 

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Sewing Unit** Mini Pillow/Pincushions

**Some 8th graders still need supplies for their sewing unit. Supplies were due on Thursday, October 10th. They need to bring the following items: 5/8 of a yard of cotton fabric (no stretch, satin, fur or fleece), a small spool of matching thread, and a 20-30 ounce bag of Polyfiberfill (stuffing). Only bring the fabric and thread to school for now. Hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will be teaching their first lessons to their adopted classes on Wednesday, October 23rd. I am excited to see out Ambassadors in action!

Have a super Fall break and don't forget to dress out for Spirit Week on Monday!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art Agenda for the week of October 14-October 16, 2013

Grade K- Jack O’ Lantern Paintings

Grade 1-No Art this week

Grade 2-Cat on a Fence

Grade 3-Indian Corn Soft Sculptures

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Sewing Unit**

**Several 8th graders still need supplies for their sewing unit. Supplies were due on Thursday, October 10th. They need to purchase the following items: 5/8 of a yard of cotton fabric (no stretch, satin, fur or fleece), a small spool of matching thread, and a 20-30 ounce bag of Polyfiberfill (stuffing). Only bring the fabric and thread to school for now. Hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agenda for October 7th through October 11, 2013

Grade K- Scarecrows

Grade 1-Georgia O’Keeffe Unit

Grade 2- We have postponed our Birch Tree Paintings and are working on “Pass it On” collaborative projects

Grade 3- Leaf Printing and Soft Sculptures

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Mosaic Coasters and Sewing Unit**

**8th graders have a supply list needed for their sewing unit. Supplies are due on Thursday, October 10th. They need to purchase the following items: 5/8 of a yard of cotton fabric (no stretch, satin, fur or fleece), a small spool of matching thread, and a 20-30 ounce bag of Polyfiberfill (stuffing). Only bring the fabric and thread to school for now. Hold the polyfiberfill at home until needed due to a lack of storage space in the art room.  Thank You!!!

Ambassadors will not meet this week due to a time conflict with our guests from Honduras. Ambassadors will teach for the first time on Wednesday, October 16th. They do need to practice their lesson delivery at home.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Chappelow

Agenda for September 30, 2013 through October 4, 2013

Please follow the art room blog. There is a link on the Holy Spirit School Webpage. It is in the staff area next to my name, Mrs. Sherree Chappelow. It will give you the same agenda and will also include pictures of projects and students with their work!

Congratulations to the following Holy Spirit students that were in the top 30 of their grade level in the Children's Museum Guild's Haunted House Drawing Contest! Their art will be displayed at the Children's Museum in the haunted House area during the entire month of October!

1st grade- Anthony Smith and Logan Weinzierl

2nd grade- Rosie Duncan

4th grade- Luke Soultz, Makalyn Backus and Avrie Plunkitt

5th grade- Jessica Perez, Anjay Ganaishlal, and Olivia Smith

And a special congratulation is extended to Isabelle Smith, grade 4, who won 1st place in her grade level! Isabelle will receive 2 tickets to the Children's Museum Halloween Party including a pass to the haunted house, a costume contest, crafts, treats, and games. Winner prizes will be given out at the party....I wonder what she will get?

Grade K- Stained Glass leaves and Scarecrows

Grade 1-Georgia O’Keeffe Unit

Grade 2- Birch Tree Paintings

Grade 3- Leaf Printing

Grade 4- 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Free Form/Abstract Sculptures

Grade 8- Name Checkers, **Altered Book Assignment 2 (Due Fri., 10-4-13), Mosaic             Coasters

**8th graders have a homework assignment due in their Altered book on Friday, 10-4-13.

ALTERED BOOK ASSIGNMENT 2: USE YOUR LITTLE PERSON. 

GLUE THE PERSON INTO THE BOOK, ON THE 1ST OR 2ND PAGE. 

USE MARKERS, COLORED PENCILS, PAPER (SCRAP BOOK OR WRAPPING TYPE), OR CLOTH TO CLOTHE OR DECORATE YOUR PERSON. HE/SHE IS YOU!

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, October 2, 2013. All Ambassadors should bring their white binders and visuals or props for their lesson on 10-16. Wear your Ambassador t-shirt!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art And Ambassadors Agenda for 9-23 through 9-27

Please follow the art room blog. There is a link on the Holy Spirit School Webpage. It is in the staff area next to my name, Mrs. Sherree Chappelow. It will give you the same agenda and will also include pictures of projects and students with their work!

Grade K- Stained Glass leaves

Grade 1-Georgia O’Keeffe Unit

Grade 2- Paper Weaving

Grade 3- Koi Fish and Leaf Printing

Grade 4- Koi fish paintings and 3D Initial Sculptures

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Stained Glass Unit

Grade 7- Name Pennants

Grade 8- Name Checkers

8th graders had a homework assignment due in their Altered book on Thursday, 9-19-13.

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, September 25th. Ambassadors have a homework assignment due on 9-25 as well. All Ambassadors should bring their white binders. Wear your Ambassador t-shirt!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassadors Agenda for the week of September 16-20, 2013

Please follow the art room blog. There is a link on the Holy Spirit School Webpage. It is in the staff area next to my name, Mrs. Sherree Chappelow. It will give you the same agenda and will also include pictures of projects and students with their work!

Grade K- Stained Glass leaves

Grade 1-Georgia O’Keeffe Unit

Grade 2- Paper Weaving

Grade 3- Koi fish paintings

Grade 4- Koi fish paintings

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Pastel Owls

Grade 7- Name Pennants

Grade 8- Altered Books and Name Checkers

A few 8th graders still need to bring a hardbound book to art class for an altered book project. A thicker novel, text or cookbook will work well. Books are available at Goodwill for $1.99. Text books are very heavy but do work well. No church song books or Bibles please. All books will be permanently altered (ruined) and will no longer be usable for the original purpose. We will be cutting, glueing, painting, etc. in the book, much like a scrap book. 8th graders have a homework assignment due in the book on Thursday, 9-19-13.

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, September 18th. All Ambassadors should bring their white binders. Wear your new Ambassador t-shirt!

ART AND AMBASSADOR AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2013

Ten Reasons Why Art Is Good For Kids

by Mark Wagner © 2011

1) Art Teaches Problem Solving. Making art demonstrates that there can be multiple solutions to the same problem. Art expands our experience and encourages open-ended thinking that creates an environment of questions rather than answers.

2) Art Prepares Kids for the Future. Creative, open-minded people are highly desired in all career paths.
Art and creative education increases the future quality
of the local and global community. Being creative is a lifelong skill that can be used in everyday situations.

3) Art Generates a Love of Learning and Openness to New Ideas. Art develops a willingness to explore what has not existed before. Art teaches risk-taking and being open to possibilities. Art allows one to grow from making mistakes. Kids whose creativity is nurtured are curious and inspired to learn more.

4) Art is Big Business. At the core of the multi-billion dollar film and video game industry are artists creating images and stories. Every commercial product is designed by artists from chairs to cars, space stations to iPods. A Van Gogh painting sold for $83 million.

5) Art Develops the Whole Brain. Art strengthens focus and increases attention, develops hand-eye co-ordination, requires practice and strategic thinking, and involves interacting with the material world through different tools and art mediums.

6) Art Improves Performance. Art builds self-esteem, increases motivation and student attendance, improves grades and communications, nurtures teamwork, and strengthens our relationship to the environment.

7) Art Facilitates Emotional Intelligence. Art supports the expression of complex feelings that help kids feel better about themselves and helps them understand others by “seeing” what they have expressed and created. Art supports personal meaning in life, discovering joy in one’s own self, often being surprised, and then eliciting it in others.

8) Art Builds Community. Art reaches across racial stereotypes,   religious barriers, and socio-economic levels and prejudices. Seeing other cultures creative expression allows everyone to be more connected and less isolated. Art creates a sense of belonging: We can see how we are all related.

9) Art Awakens the Senses. Art opens the heart and mind to possibilities and fuels the imagination. Art is a process of learning to create ourselves and experience the world in new ways. Arts support the bigger picture view of life: beauty, symbols, spirituality, storytelling, and helps us step out of time allowing one to be present in the moment. Art keeps the magic alive.

10) Art is Eternal. Creativity and self-expression has always been essential to our humanity. Our earliest creative expressions were recorded in petroglyphs, cave paintings, and ancient sculptures. One of the first things kids do is play, draw, and use their imaginations.

Please follow the art room blog. There is a link on the Holy Spirit School Web page. It is in the staff area next to my name. It will give you the same agenda and will also include pictures of projects and students with their work!

Grade K- Apple color, shape, cutting and gluing practice. 

Grade 1- Clown Fish Drawings

Grade 2- Glue on Black Chalk Drawing and illustrating the “Homework Machine”

Grade 3- Koi fish drawings

Grade 4- Koi fish drawings

Grade 5- Day of the Dead Reverse Glass Paintings

Grade 6- Pastel Owls

Grade 7- Jumping Jacks Animation Drawings and making our own Sketch Books Students need a cereal box)

Grade 8- Altered Books and Name Checkers

All 8th graders need to bring a hardbound book to art class for an altered book project. A thicker novel, text or cookbook will work well. Books are available at Goodwill for $1.99. Text books are very heavy but do work well. No church song books or Bibles please. All books will be permanently altered (ruined) and will no longer be usable for the original purpose. We will be cutting, gluing, painting, etc. in the book, much like a scrap book. Books need to be in the art room by September 9th.

Students in grades 4 AND 7 need to bring an empty cereal box to school for an art project. 4th grade is starting this project on 9-5-13.

Students in grade 5 need to bring in a fist size rock and $1.00 in an envelope marked with their name. This is for 2 different projects.

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, September 11th. 8th grade Ambassadors should bring their white binders

Mrs. Chapel

Art and Ambassador Agenda September 3-6, 2013

We are off to a great start in the art room. Please follow the art room blog. There is a link on the Holy Spirit School Webpage. It is in the staff area next to my name. It will give you the same agenda and will also include pictures of projects and students with their work!

If you notice any small plastic stencils among your child’s belongings, several are missing from the art room. They are about 2 1/2 inches square.

Grade K- Hand Dinosaurs 

Grade 1- Children's Museum Drawing Contest- Time Warp: 50 Years of Fear

Grade 2- Children's Museum Drawing Contest- Time Warp: 50 Years of Fear and Glue on Black Chalk Drawing

Grade 3- Can Cans..Commercial Art Drawings

Grades 4-5- Children's Museum Drawing Contest- Time Warp: 50 Years of Fear

Grade 6- Pastel Owls

Grade 7- Jumping Jacks Animation Drawings and Sketch Books

Grade 8- Copper Tooling And Altered Books

All 8th graders need to bring a hardbound book to art class for an altered book project. A thicker novel, text or cookbook will work well. Books are available at Goodwill for $1.99. Text books are very heavy but do work well. No church song books or Bibles please. All books will be permanently altered (ruined) and will no longer be usable for the original purpose. We will be cutting, glueing, painting, etc. in the book, much like a scrap book. Books need to be in the art room by September 3rd.

Students in grades 4 and 7 need to bring an empty cereal box to school for an art project.

Students in grade 5 need to bring in a fist size rock and $1.00 in an envelope marked with their name. This is for 2 different projects.

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, September 4th. 8th grade Ambassadors should bring their white binders.

Mrs. Chappelow

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR ART AND AMBASSADORS-AUGUST 26TH THROUGH 29TH

Another great week in the art room! The students are doing well with our art room procedures. Kindergarten students had a good first week, coming to art 2 times! I have a lot of new names to learn but I will try to get them all soon!

Here are some special supplies or items needed by some class grades.

All students in grades 4 and 7 need to bring an empty cereal box to art on or before Thursday, September 12th.

All 8th grade students need a hard cover book to use for altered books in the art room on or before Monday, September 9th.

Kindergarten- Squiggle Squaggles and Hand Dragons. Mrs Catton's class will only have art once this week.

1st Grade- Finishing Self Portraits and Starting Haunted House contest drawings.

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades Children's Museum Guild's Haunted House Drawing Contest entries.

6th Grade- Owls

7th Grade- Jumping Jack Animation projects

8th Grade- Copper Tooling

Ambassadors will meet Wednesday at 7:40 before Mass. 8th grade Ambassadors that still have binders, bring them with you.

Have a super weekend!

Mrs. Chappelow

Ambassador Agenda Change

Schedule change: Due to Student Council field trip, our first Ambassador meeting will be moved to next Wednesday, August 28th.

K-8 Weekly Art and Ambasadors Agenda for the week of 8-19 through 8-23

We are off to a great start in the art room. 

In the upcoming week, we will continue with procedures in all grade levels. I am working through them slowly to avoid information overload. Please note that like the rest of Holy Spirit, the art room is a bully free zone. I try to keep a close eye on all activities in my classroom but if there is ever a situation that your child makes you aware of, please feel free to contact me or Mrs. Amy Moran.

Grade K- Squiggle Squaggle drawings

Grade 1- Self Portraits

Grade 2- Blue Dog Drawings in the style of artist George Rodrigue

Grades 3-4-5- Children's Museum Drawing Contest- Time Warp: 50 Years of Fear

Grade 6- Kandinsky Style Circles in oil pastels and water colors

Grade 7- Jumping Jacks Animation Drawings

Grade 8- Copper Tooling 

All 8th graders need to bring a hardbound book to art class for an altered book project. A thicker novel, text or cookbook will work well. Books are available at Goodwill for $1.99. Text books are very heavy but do work well. No church song books or Bibles please. All books will be permanently altered (ruined) and will no longer be usable for the original purpose. We will be cutting, glueing, painting, etc. in the book, much like a scrap book. Books need to be in the art room by 9 a.m. on Monday, August 26th.

Ambassadors will meet from 7:40-8:25 Wednesday, August 21st. This will be our first meeting.

Mrs. Chappelow

First Day of Art

We are off to a great start here in the art room. I have seen both 4th grades, Mrs. Elliot's 1st grade and Miss Hill's 2nd grade.

4th grade is starting to think about the Indianapolis Children's Museum's Haunted House Drawing Contest. 2013 is the 50th birthday of the haunted house. This year the theme is "Time Warp: 50 Years of Fear". Students are to draw and color their original idea of a scary picture from any of the decades for the last 50 years. I know it seems early to think about Halloween but entries are due at the museum by September 11th! We are discussing the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and the 00's and what easily represents each decade. Your input would be appreciated!

First grade learned an art magic trick......press hard with crayon and color over with markers and the marker does not stick to the crayon....wax resist. This works especially well with white crayon and darker markers. (Just like coloring Easter Eggs!)

Second grade is learning about the artist George Rodrigue and his Blue Dog series. We worked on a Blue Dog drawing that we will color in the next class. Blue Dog is especially fun since he goes lots of places and does lots of things in George Rodrigue's paintings.

In our classroom, Blue Dog reminds us to clean our tables and the floor under our area! He is such a good dog!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 5-6-13 to 5-10-13

 KINDERGARTEN- PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

1^ST GRADE- TISSUE PAPER BUTTERFLIES.

2^ND GRADE- “WHO ART IN HEAVEN” DRAWINGS AND CATERPILLARS.

3^RD GRADE- MICHELANGELO DRAWINGS AND INFORMATION

4^TH GRADE- SHARPIE NAME DESIGNS

5^TH GRADE- 3-D MARBLE WATER COLOR PAINTINGS.

6^TH GRADE-  ART TUESDAY  STAINED GLASS JARS AND SHOES

7^TH GRADE- ART MONDAY AND FRIDAY PICASSO PAINTINGS AND COPPER TOOLED LINE DESIGNS

8^TH GRADE- ART THURSDAY.  OTTOMAN TOUCH UPS.  8^TH GRADERS ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 4 PAGES DUE ON 5-14 IN THEIR ALTERED BOOKS. ALL PAGES SHOULD BE SCRAPBOOK STYLE WASHINGTON D.C.  ENTRIES.

AMBASSADORS- MEET WEDNESDAY. LESSON 2 ON HONESTY. TEACHING LESSON ON THE 15^TH!

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 4-29-13 to 5-3-13

 Wow! I can’t believe it is already May! We have had a fun and productive year in the Art room! Please stop by and take a look at the wonderful art that will be on display for the annual fund dinner. Art will be displayed on May 8th and 9^th in the main hall. You can also see the wonderful storage ottomans that were painted by the 8^th graders. The ottomans will be available for purchase in a silent auction at the dinner! We have 12 ottomans, each with a unique design. They are all hand painted by our students!

KINDERGARTEN- PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

1^ST GRADE- WINDSWEPT FLOWER PAINTINGS.

2^ND GRADE- “WHO ART IN HEAVEN” DRAWINGS

3^RD GRADE- MICHELANGELO DRAWINGS AND INFORMATION

4^TH GRADE- GOD’S EYES AND SHARPIE NAME DESIGNS

5^TH GRADE- MARBLES

6^TH GRADE- NO ART DUE TO ISTEP

7^TH GRADE- 7 GENERAL MUSIC ART TUESDAY, 7 BAND AND CHOIR ART WEDNESDAY. PICASSO STYLE SELF-PORTRAITS AND COPPER TOOLED DESIGN PROJECT

8^TH GRADE- 8 GENERAL MUSIC ART MONDAY, 8 BAND AND CHOIR ART THURSDAY. OTTOMAN DESIGNS

AMBASSADORS- WILL NOT MEET THIS WEEK DUE TO MAY DAY MASS.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 4-22-13 to 4-26-13

KINDERGARTEN- A STUDY OF AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ERIC CARLE.  

1^ST GRADE- FORSYTHIAS AND WINDSWEPT FLOWER PAINTINGS.

2^ND GRADE- PAINTING JESUS PORTRAITS.

3^RD GRADE- MICHELANGELO STYLE BIBLE DRAWINGS.

4^TH GRADE- GOD’S EYES.

5^TH GRADE- CLAY VASES

6^TH GRADE- ART THURSDAY. STAINED GLASS STYLE JARS.

7^TH GRADE- ART TUESDAY. PICASSO STYLE SELF-PORTRAITS.

8^TH GRADE- NO ART DUE TO D.C. TRIP.

 

AMBASSADORS- 7^TH GRADE ONLY. MEET ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MASS.

 

Mrs. Chappelow

11 REASONS ARTS EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT

 

1. Students who study art are 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and 3 times more likely to be awarded for school attendance.
2. Arts and music education programs are mandatory in countries that rank consistently among the highest for math and science test scores, like Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands.
3. The No Child Left Behind Act clearly mandates The Arts (music, art, foreign language, etc.) as a core academic subject.
4. One study group showed that third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students who were taught a foreign language every day in school outperformed the students who were not exposed to a foreign language on their Basic Skills Test.
5. While nearly all schools in America are required to offer coursework in languages, the amount of instruction provided for those subjects does not come close to that of math, science, and english courses.
6. Federal funding for the arts and humanities rolls in around $250 million a year, while the National Science Foundation is funded around the $5 billion mark.
7. Researchers find that sustained learning in music and theatre correlates strongly with higher achievement in both math and reading.
8. In a study of a high-poverty schools in Chicago, the schools that were participating in the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) made huge strides in closing the gap between high- and low-income students’ academic achievement.
9. Multiple studies have concluded that curricular and extracurricular art studies and activities help keep high-risk dropout students stay in school.
10. New brain research shows that not only does music improve skills in math and reading, but it promotes creativity, social development, personality adjustment, and self-worth.
11. Research suggests that studying a second language is essential to the learning process, creative inquiry, and critical thinking. Foreign language studies have proven to increase problem-solving skills and overall cognitive development.

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 4-8-13 to 4-12-13

KINDERGARTEN- DINOSAUR DRAWINGS.  

1^ST GRADE- DRAWING VEHICLES.

2^ND GRADE- DRAWING AND PAINTING JESUS PORTRAITS.

3^RD GRADE- JUTE BASKET WEAVING AND MICHELANGELO STYLE BIBLE DRAWINGS.

4^TH GRADE- UNDERWATER SEASCAPES USING WAX RESIST.

5^TH GRADE- PAINTED ROCKS.

6^TH GRADE-ART MONDAY AND FRIDAY. SUPER DOODLES.

7^TH GRADE-ART THURSDAY. PICASSO STYLE SELF-PORTRAITS.

8^TH GRADE-ART TUESDAY. GROUP PROJECTS FOR ANNUAL FUND DINNER.

AMBASSADORS- MEET ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MASS. WE WILL HAVE A CARING LESSON WRAP UP. WE WILL HAVE TREAT TIME IF ANYONE WANTS TO PICH IN A TREAT.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 3-25-13 to 3-29-13

KINDERGARTEN- MOSAIC CROSSES AND LAMB AND LION MASKS

1^ST GRADE- IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB AND DRAWING VEHICLES

2^ND GRADE- JESUS PORTRAITS

3^RD GRADE- BASKET WEAVING

4^TH GRADE- GOD’S EYES

5^TH GRADE- TOUCH DOWNS AND ROCKS

6^TH GRADE- ART TUESDAY. SUPER DOODLES

7^TH GRADE- ART MONDAY AND FRIDAY. PICASSO STYLE SELF-PORTRAITS

8^TH GRADE-ART THURSDAY. MICROSCOPE DRAWINGS DUE. GROUP PROJECTS FOR ANNUAL FUND DINNER

AMBASSADORS- MEET ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MASS. AMBASSADORS TEACH ADOPTED CLASSROOMS.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for 3-11-13 to 3-14-13

KINDERGARTEN- MOSAIC CROSSES.  KINDERGARTEN CLASSES WILL HAVE ART ONCE THIS WEEK.

1^ST GRADE- IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB.  MISS CHANDLER- ART ON MONDAY. MRS.  AHONEN- NO ART THIS WEEK.

2^ND GRADE- MISS HILL- POP UP CHICKS, ART ONCE THIS WEEK.  MRS. PORTER- NO ART THIS WEEK

3^RD GRADE- PUPPETS AND BASKET WEAVING.

4^TH GRADE- SCISSOR OVERLAP. MRS. EASTMAN ART ONCE THIS WEEK.

5^TH GRADE- TOUCH DOWNS AND ROCKS. MRS. MC MAHON ART ONCE THIS WEEK

6^TH GRADE-  ART TUESDAY. SUPER DOODLES.

7^TH GRADE- ART MONDAY. PICASSO STYLE SELF-PORTRAITS.

8^TH GRADE-ART WEDNESDAY. INCOMPLETE MICROSCOPE DRAWINGS WILL GO HOME AS HOMEWORK. START GROUP PROJECT FOR ANNUAL FUND DINNER SILENT AUCTION.

AMBASSADORS- MEET ON THURSDAY BEFORE MASS. LESSON 2 ON CARING.

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for the week of 3-4 to 3-8

KINDERGARTEN- MOSAIC CROSSES

1^ST GRADE- IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB

2^ND GRADE- ABORIGINE HAND PRINTS WITH DOTS PAINTING AND  SCRAP CREATIONS

3^RD GRADE- PUPPETS

4^TH GRADE- PARROTS

5^TH GRADE- MAY CALENDAR CONTEST DESIGNS AND TOUCHDOWNS

6^TH GRADE- OAXACAN STYLED WOODEN ANIMAL SCULPTURES FINISHED IF WE HAVE ART ON FRIDAY

7^TH GRADE- PAINTED SELF PORTRAIT IN THE CUBIST STYLE OF PABLO PICASSO IF WE HAVE ART ON THURSDAY

8^TH GRADE-NO ART DUE TO ISTEP

AMBASSADORS- WILL NOT MEET THIS WEEK DUE TO ISTEP AND MASS

Mrs. Chappelow

Art and Ambassador Agendas for the week of 2/25-3/1

KINDERGARTEN- LEPRECHAUNS

1^ST GRADE- SHAMROCKS

2^ND GRADE- ABORIGINE HAND PRINTS WITH DOTS PAINTINGS

3^RD GRADE- PUPPETS

4^TH GRADE- PARROTS

5^TH GRADE- MAY CALENDAR CONTEST DESIGNS

6^TH GRADE- THURSDAY, 2-28. OAXACAN STYLED WOODEN ANIMAL SCULPTURES CONTINUED

7^TH GRADE- TUESDAY 2-26. PAINTED SELF PORTRAIT IN THE STYLE OF PABLO PICASSO. THE LIST OF STUDENTS WITH MISSING ART PROJECTS IS LONG! I HAVE OVER 25 MISSING 7^TH GRADE PROJECTS. PLEASE LOOK FOR EMAILS AS MISSING WORK WILL PROHIBIT STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN REWARD ACTIVITIES.

8^TH GRADE- MONDAY, 2-25 AND FRIDAY 3-1. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DRAWINGS.  ALL 8^TH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE AN ESSAY (3-5 PARAGRAPHS) DUE ON MONDAY 2-25. THE LIST OF STUDENTS WITH MISSING ART PROJECTS IS LONG! I HAVE OVER 14 MISSING 8^TH GRADE PROJECTS. PLEASE LOOK FOR EMAILS AS MISSING WORK WILL PROHIBIT STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN REWARD ACTIVITIES.

AMBASSADORS- AMBASSADORS WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY, 2-27, BEFORE MASS. AMBASSADORS HAVE HOMEWORK DUE ON THE 27^TH OF FEBRUARY. I ALSO STILL HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT TURNED IN THE PARAGRAPH THAT LETS THE COACHES KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN BEING AN AMBASSADOR. THE LIST OF STUDENTS WITH MISSING AMBASSADOR PARAGRAPHS IS LONG! I HAVE 13 MISSING. STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT TURNED IN THEIR PARAGRAPHS ARE ON PROBATION AND WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, 2-27. MISSING WORK WILL PROHIBIT STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN REWARD ACTIVITIES.

Mrs. Chappelow