Category Archives: 4th Grade Lessons

Falling For Foreshortening


My 4th graders really enjoyed this lesson. After tracing their hands and feet, they drew and colored themselves as astronauts. Then they painted the background black and used oil and chalk pastels for stars, planets, UFO’s, etc.

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My student after drawing foreshortened image and coloring, he is now painting the background black, then will use chalk pastels for stars, planets, UFO’s, etc.

How “The Grinch” Stole Christmas!

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Hallway Painting I did with a quote from the movie.
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My Classroom Door
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Cindy Lou looking for Santa
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“Grinch Party” Who Hash which was just popcorn with green food coloring, my students loved it.
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Grinch Punch!
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Grinch Pills!
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Table set up, the bowl is from The Dollar store, I just drew The Grinch with a Sharpie and painted in the eyes.
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Sign which leads my students to The Grinch, they have to follow the footsteps around the school, which leads to my Classroom
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My students working on their Grinches!
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My Grinchy Students Working!
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Me & one of my students, he is doing his Grinch Face.
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Merry GrinchMas!!!
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My “Whoville” creation!!
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WANTED Sign! Displayed in hallway, on your way to “Whoville”!!

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Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWq3XMSPYBA

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Dia De Los Muerto  Alter- This is usually my presentation table, however to give my students the full experience I set it up as an alter to honor our loved ones.

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This is my informational table, consisting of fun worksheets, crossword puzzles, and coloring sugar skulls print outs.  (This is usually my game table where students come to play “Art Bingo” or “Art Dice” -shown on the table)IMG_4013 (1) IMG_4019

Here we have “Pan de los Muertos” which is the traditional bread of the dead that is made for the Alter, we frosted ours and decorated them with sugar skulls. Mmm mmm good!

 

No Bully Zone

Here my students learned the history and process of screen printing and designed and made their own T-shirts for our Anti Bully Campaign.  They loved the process and enjoyed making T-shirts for the entire school.  My students ROCK!

No Bully Zone!
No Bully Zone!

“SELFIE” Time

Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board

Goals:

  • Students will know the Art history of a self-portrait.
  • Students will understand the difference between a self-portrait and a “Selfie”.
  • Students will learn techniques using multi media.

Objective:

  • Students will draw themselves in an IPhone template as if they had taken the picture.
  • Students will choose the angle of their “Selfie” in the phone.
  • Students will color and personalize their “Selfie” and their phone.