Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Collage Studio Opener: Third Grade

 

Collage Third Grade

 

What is a collage?


Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials



B. Investigation

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

A collage is made by cutting up, arranging, and gluing down materials such as paper, string, fabric, and newspaper. 







"Coller is a French word, that means to glue something together, so it makes sense that a collage is when you glue materials to a flat surface.


In collage you can use many different materials to make something new!

interesting papers, torn or cut
newspapers/ any text
magazine pictures
sheet music
yarn
stickers/stamps
buttons
fabric
You can also draw on your collage!


Materials needed:
White Paper for background
Colored Construction Paper
 
Pencil
Scissors
Glue Stick
Crayons or Markers (optional)



Watch this video for our collage lesson




This week we will practice making our own collage.

You can make a collage of anything you want. 

 Click on the link below for your grade level skills.


Collage Studio Opener: 1st and 2nd grade

 

What is a collage?


Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials



B. Investigation

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

collage is made by cutting up, arranging, and gluing down materials such as paper, string, fabric, and newspaper. 



"Coller is a French word, that means to glue something together, so it makes sense that a collage is when you glue materials to a flat surface.




In collage you can use many different materials to make something new!

interesting papers, torn or cut
newspapers/ any text
magazine pictures
sheet music
yarn
stickers/stamps
buttons
fabric
You can also draw on your collage!



Materials needed:
White Paper for background
Colored Construction Paper
 
Pencil
Scissors
Glue Stick
Crayons or Markers (optional)


Watch this video for our collage lesson

second grade


first grade


This week we will practice making our own collage.

You can make a collage of anything you want. 

 Click on the link below for your grade level skills.


1st Grade Collage Skills

2nd Grade Collage Skills



Texture Lesson for Day 2 Second Grade

Monday, August 25, 2025

Drawing Studio Opener: Grades 1-3

 Let's Draw!

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials



B. Investigation

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.




This week we are experimenting with drawing materials.
We will show what we know using pencils, crayons and markers.
This practice will prepare us for our work in the drawing studio!

With a pencil...
You can create light and dark values.
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.

You can create light and dark values by changing how hard you press on your pencil.


Blending and Layering:
Making new colors in the drawing Studio
You can layer crayon by coloring one color over another lightly.




Video for 1st and 2nd Grade



Video for 3rd Grade



Can you see where the colors overlap in layers to create new colors?
Why do you think it is important to color lightly when layering?


Create your own drawing using the skills and tools we just learned about.


Ask yourself these questions:
1. How did you use your pencil? Did you press light or hard?
2. Did you layer crayons? Where? If you didn't, add one color on top of another to create layers.
3. Did you use the tip or the side of the markers?


Congratulations! You are now ready to use the drawing studio!

1. With a pencil you can create light and dark values.
2. You can layer colors with crayon.
3. You can use the tip and the sides of the marker.
4. Third grade Try to create a gradate with a crayon by changing pressure.


After you have finished this exercise, create your own drawing on another piece of paper using the skills and tools we just learned about.


Ask yourself these questions:
1. How did you use your pencil? Did you press light or hard?
2. Did you layer crayons? Where? If you didn't, add one color on top of another to create layers.
3. Did you use the tip or the side of the markers?


Congratulations! You are now ready to use the drawing studio!



Monday, August 18, 2025

Introduction to Art Class: Third Grade

Third Grade Intro. Lesson:



Welcome to art class! We are going to have an exciting year together in art, full of discovery and art making. We will draw, collage, paint. sculpt and sew. We are going to continue to learn what it means to be an artist and how to work

like an artist.


Each year we go over our class expectations. 

  1. Take care of people

2. Take care of stuff

     3. Behave like an artist 


How do we take care of people in the art room?

Share the colored pencils with your table mates. If someone is using a color you need say: "may I please use the blue pencil when you are

finished?" Then wait patiently.


How do we take care of stuff in the art room?

For example, when we are done with a marker, we should place the cap back on till it snaps so that the marker doesn't dry out.


How do we behave like an artist?

One way that I show I am an artist is I think about what I'm going to make before I begin. I envision my idea.


What is art?



.

Always start with an idea even though it may change along the way.

Turn and talk to your friend about two ideas that you have for your art today. Then they take a turn sharing.



Today we are going to get our Studio Practice Books. We use our studio practice books to learn skills and classroom routines

for choice art.


Supplies Needed:

Studio Practice books

Pencil and Eraser

Crayons


Pass out books/ Name and class code.


You will create a piece of art using drawing supplies. You can draw whatever you decide.


Open your book to the page at the beginning of the book that says: "Draw a picture."

Think about what you want to draw. Close your eyes and try to picture what you want it to look like. Envision your idea. When you have your idea, draw the most important. parts first, then add supporting details, an interesting background. When you are ready, you may begin. Take your time drawing in pencil. Draw large enough so you fill the page and if you have time, you can color it in. 



Clean-up expectations:

I will always play the clean-up anthem at clean-up time.

Clean-up is silent.

Everyone should finish cleaning up their studio space before the end of the song.

Today, during clean-up, you will be responsible for putting your supplies in the bin neatly, and putting your book in the box on the supply table.


Reflection:

After the drawings are completed, have students share their art with a friend before turning in book.


Remind students to raise their hands and wait to be called on.


Thank individual students for being respectful and raising their hands.



Line Up Time.

Practice line-up expectations:

Quiet

Feet on tape

Facing forward



VA: Cr, Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Introduction to Art Class: Grades 1-2

 First and Second Grade Intro. Lesson:

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

A. Play & Ideation

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials




Welcome to ART class! We are going to have an exciting year together in art, full of discovery and art making. We will draw, collage, paint sculpt and stitch and sew. We are going to continue to learn what it means to be an artist and how to work

like an artist.


Each year we go over our class expectations. 

  1. Take care of people

2. Take care of stuff

     3. Behave like an artist 


How do we take care of people in the art room?

Share the colored pencils with your table mates. If someone is using a color you need say: "may I please use the blue pencil when you are

finished?" Then wait patiently.


How do we take care of stuff in the art room?

For example, when we are done with a marker, we should place the cap back on till it snaps, so that the marker doesn't dry out.


How do we behave like an artist?


One way that I show I am an artist is I think about what I'm going to make before I begin. I make a mental picture. I envision my idea.




 I always start with an idea even though it may change along the way.



Today we are going to get our Studio Practice Books. We use our studio practice books to learn skills and classroom routines

for choice art.


Pass out books/ Name and class code.

Supplies Needed:

Studio Practice books

Pencil and Eraser

Crayons


You will create a piece of art using drawing supplies. You can draw whatever you decide.


Open your book to the page at the beginning of the book that says: "Draw a picture."

Think about what you want to draw. Close your eyes and try to picture what you want it to look like. Envision your idea. When you are ready, you may begin. Take your time drawing in pencil. Draw large enough so you fill the page and you can color it in. 

Let's begin our art, and before we leave we will talk about some of the

ways we behaved like an artist. 



Clean-up expectations:

I will always play the clean-up anthem at clean-up time.

Clean-up is silent.

Everyone should finish cleaning up their studio space before the end of the song.

Today, during clean-up, you will be responsible for putting your supplies in the bin neatly, and putting your book in the box on the supply table.


Reflection:

After the drawings are completed, discuss the ways they behaved like an artist during class:

Include thinking of an idea, working quietly, sharing and taking care of supplies.


Remind students to raise their hands and wait to be called on.


In school, we are respectful by raising our hands when we have something to share.

Thank individual students for being respectful and raising their hands.


If extra time, especially in first grade: 



Line Up Time.

Practice line-up expectations:

Quiet

Feet on tape

Facing forward



VA: Cr, Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Illuminated Letters Second and Third grade sub plan

 Long ago books were copied by hand.  Meaning, a person would re-write the book, slowly and carefully.  Besides writing all the words, they would also add drawings.

They would work hard, using calligraphy, to make the pages look like art. 



Usually at the beginning of each page, the scribe, would start with a huge letter.

They would sometimes add drawings inside and around the letter.




How long do you think it would take to make a book like this?

Would you enjoy reading a book like this?

Do you think lots of people had books? Or just a few?  Who would those people be?

Illustrated Letter Demo. Video



Can you create a fancy letter?
What letter would you choose?

What images or pictures could you add? Why?










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Monday, February 10, 2025

Fibers Intro First Grade

 Running Stitch-  a small even stitch run in and out in cloth.

This week we will be visiting the Fiber Arts studio. 


First Grade Skills

- Thread a yarn needle
- Tie a knot
- Sew a running stitch in burlap


First Grade Fibers Video




Mandala Second Grade

  Mandalas are symmetrical, geometric designs that are said to represent the universe. 




The word Mandala means the “whole world”  or “circle”
Which makes sense because our world is a circle!


People from all over the world make their own versions of mandalas.
Buddhist monks making a sand mandala

W. Australia

Celtic Mandala

Hopi Mandala

Video: Sand Mandala





Mandalas can be made with many materials
Crocheted Mandala


Painted dot Mandala


Natural materials--stones, flowers, seashells

Drawing Materials


You can make a mandala. 
The first thing you need is a CIRCLE!



Mandala Video