Category Archives: 4th Grade Lessons

Pop Art -Andy Warhol Prints

October 21, 20203rd Grade Lessons, 4th Grade Lessons, Bulletin Boards, Displays, In my Art ClassAmazing Art Teacher, Andy Warhol, Art, Art displays, Art Education, art for kids, Art Lessons, arted, arteducator, Displays, Elementary Art, IB PYP Art, iteachart, Kidsart, kidsartwork, Paint, Pop art, primary art teacher, self-portraitAmazingArtTeacher

My Grade 4’s created Andy Warhol inspired prints of themselves using transparency paper and neon acrylic paints. I took their selfies and printed them out. They then made a stencil of their portraits and used contrasting colors to paint the positive and negative space of their images. My Grade 3’s helped by painting the Jackson Pollock inspired background. We then incorporated the PYP Learner profile for our lobby display. ❤️🎨

Astronauts in Space

July 22, 20204th Grade Lessons, In my Art ClassAmazing Art Teacher, Art, art class, Art Education, art for kids, Art Lessons, arted, arteducator, astronaut, Elementary Art, IB PYP Art, In Miss. Perez Art Room, iteachart, kids, Kidsart, kidsartwork, primary art teacher, Space, teachartAmazingArtTeacher

Grade 4 learned how to draw an astronaut through a guided drawing tutorial from Art for Kids Hub YouTube channel. Students then developed skills in drawing and blending using chalk and oil pastels as they created an outer space background on construction paper. Once students finished their backgrounds we mounted their astronaut using card stock and mounting tape to give it a 3D effect. 🚀👩🏼‍🚀☄️💫

Wonder

January 14, 20204th Grade LessonsAmazing Art Teacher, art class, Art Education, art for kids, Art Lessons, arted, arteducator, Elementary Art, IB PYP Art, iteachart, Kidsart, kidsartwork, Name Art, primary art teacher, self-portrait, teachart, WonderAmazingArtTeacher

Grade 4 IB PYP “All About Me” unit. This Art project was inspired by RJ Palacio’s book “Wonder”. Students created self-portraits inspired by the illustration of the book cover. They then used a variety of adjectives to describe them. We saw clips of the movie, talked about bullying and how being different should be celebrated and not looked down upon. Groundbreaking for a culture where individuality isn’t really the norm.

All About Me

January 8, 20204th Grade Lessons, 5th Grade LessonsAmazing Art Teacher, amazingartteacher, Art, art class, Art Education, art for kids, art lesson, Art Lessons, arted, arteducation, arteducator, artlesson, drawing, Elementary Art, IB PYP Art, iteachart, Kidsart, kidsartwork, Name Art, primary art teacher, self-portrait, teachartAmazingArtTeacher

This was an IB PYP Unit. My students took their time and learned so many elements and principles of art in this transdisciplinary unit. I’m obsessed 😍 Grade 4 & 5

Indian Corn 🌽 Grade 4

November 24, 20194th Grade Lessons, In my Art ClassAmazing Art Teacher, Art, art class, Art Education, art for kids, Art Lessons, arted, arteducator, autumn art project, blending, Indian Corn, iteachart, Kidsart, kidsartwork, primaryartteacher, shadingAmazingArtTeacher

Developing Drawing, Blending, Shading, and design skills.

I am…

November 13, 20194th Grade Lessons, 5th Grade LessonsAmazing Art Teacher, Art Education, arted, arteducator, iteachart, Kidsart, kidsartwork, Name Art, primary art teacher, teachartAmazingArtTeacher

Students used adjectives to describe them and created an eye catching art piece using words, design, color, and lines.

These are so cool! Students developed skills in blending and shading with color pencils.

Yayoi Kusama

November 12, 20194th Grade Lessons, 5th Grade Lessons, Displays, Muralsamazingartteacher, arted, artlesson, iteachart, Kidsart, Kusama, pumpkins, YayoiKusamaAmazingArtTeacher

Sculpted and paper mache Pumpkins made by students.

We used Q-tips and I glued puff balls on one end to give the students a variety in dot sizes.

Students used White Oil pastels for their background.

Students placing their pumpkins on their backgrounds.

Me Painting the background for my students Kusama Display

Just an Amazing Art Teacher getting her Kusama on!

African Kente Cloths

April 2, 20182nd Grade Lessons, 4th Grade Lessons, MuralsAfrica, african Kente cloth, Art, Business, Cultural, Elementary Art, Paper weavingAmazingArtTeacher

Paper weaving lesson 2nd and fourth grade did different versions of African Kente Cloths✊🏽

Paper weaving

African Kente Cloth Designs

Kente Cloths

Designing Kente Cloths

African Kente Cloths

Final touch African Kente Cloths

Making African Kente Cloths

African Kente Cloths

Kente Cloths

Native American Art

October 3, 20171st Grade Lessons, 4th Grade Lessons, Art Exhibitions, Bulletin BoardsAmazing Art Teacher, Art, art for kids, Art History, Art Lessons, Background, Dream Catchers, Foreground, Lines, Middle Ground, Native American Art, Paint, painting, Tee Pee, watercolorsAmazingArtTeacher

Tee Pee’s & Dream Catchers School Display

Dream Catchers display for Art Exhibition in School Lobby

After discussing the history of Native Americans and their art, totem poles, tee-pees, dream catchers and watching a quick introduction video, we began our projects.

1st Grade Tee-Pee Project: Involved lines, shapes, foreground, middle ground, and background. They first used crayons to draw different lines on manila paper. Then they painted white paper using brown for foreground, red for middle ground, and blue for background. Next they drew a triangle on the back of their lined paper and cut it out. Then glued their triangle to their painting with the lines facing up. Then I gave them two Popsicle sticks to glue to the top of their Tee-pees.

4th Grade Dream Catchers: We used paper plates. I gave them reference sheets of native american symbols and we went over what they meant. They designed the rim of the plates with native american symbols and designs. Then they cut out the center of the plate and I had them use watercolors to paint the front and back of plate. Next I used a whole puncher to make holes around the inside of the plate and gave them weaving instructions and yarn. Once they were done weaving we added feathers and a loop of yarn to the top for hanging.

Name that Alien

September 28, 20173rd Grade Lessons, 4th Grade LessonsAliens, Amazing Art Teacher, Art, art for kids, Art Lessons, Name ArtAmazingArtTeacher

Symmetrical Name Monsters

FullSizeRender (5) — Name that Alien Bulletin Board

FullSizeRender (30) — Stars being added with chalk pastels to symmetry name alien

PROCESS:

Students write their name in block or bubble style letters, making sure that all of the letters are attached to one another and to the fold.
Cut out the name around the perimeter of the letters. (Do not cut out each letter individually and do not cut out on the fold where the letter meets the fold) The students will then open up their name and it should be connected and symmetrical. Each student will glue his name onto a piece of colored or black construction. The name needs to be open.
With a marker, oil pastels, or crayons students can draw eyes, arms, legs, or tails on the creature they have created with their symmetrical names.

I also tried this having students write their name in black oil pastels on the fold, then fold their paper so their name is on the inside of the paper and use a rubbing technique. (I just use small plastic glue spatulas I have in my class, but the back end of a drawing pencil will work as well.) I then have students open up their paper and magically their name will appear on the other side. Wowza’s Symmetry!! I then tell them to look at their names vertical and can they picture it becoming a monster or an alien. They all start to laugh at this point, because they start to see a nose, mouth,eyes,etc. They then create their monsters/aliens, cut them out and glue onto black paper. Lastly they design an outer-space background.

I LOVE doing this lesson the first week of school as an introductory so I can learn their names.