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PETE THE CAT

March Comes In Like A Lion.....

The 1st grade students  talked ablaut the saying " March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" We then created these lions. It was a two class session process. The first class session we did a directed drawing in pencil, and then I showed the students how to work from lightest paint color to darkest. The following week, when they were dry, they traced around the contours, with a black marker.

Happy Birthday Dr.Suess

March is Dr. Seuss's birthday, so I had the 2nd graders recreate their own fish in the style of Dr. Seuss's from the story "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" We completed this project in two class sessions. The first one, we sketched and painted the fish and then in the second period we traced the with black marker, animated them with lines, cut them out and glued them down.

                                                     

 
 

Why is the Blue Dog Blue?

The 3rd grade students read the story Why is the Blue Dog Blue and studied the prolific art of Georges Rodrigue. I teach in a mainly Hispanic community so my students made connections to the chupacabra from their culture. They then drew  their own Blue Dogs, and painted them with water colors. They had so much fun and were so excited to complete these!

 

 

 

 

 

The 1st graders studied different kinds of maps- world, U.S., State, and city. we identified  all the different kinds of lines that were used, vertical, horizontal,diagonal, even squiggly. The children then made their own "bird's eye" view maps.

 

 

 

City Skylines

 


This week the 2nd Graders are finishing up their city skylines.  Even though we live in a large city- some of them have never seen the skyline! We start at the very beginning - horizontal, vertical horizon line, contour.....