3rd Grade - Silhouette Scratch Art

3rd Grade - There’s a Monster in My Closet!

We discussed the roles of authors and illustrators for books and movies. 

Many great characters started as words on a page.  

For this project, we took turns being authors and illustrators.  As an author, we wrote a very detailed description of our imagined monster.  As an illustrator, we turned someone else’s words into an image of that monster. 

Did you know that there are many authors who illustrate their own books?

2nd Grade - Warm and Cool Pattern Hands

We’ve created paintings using one geometric shape and one organic shape- our hand.  Just like the lines coming from the shape, the warm and cool colors make a pattern too. 

Warm colors are the ones that make us think about fire- red, orange, and yellow.  Cool colors- green, blue and purple- remind us of Christmas trees, ice water, and grape popsicles.  Can you see how they repeat, repeat, repeat?

2nd Grade - Chalk Pastel Creatures

We read and discussed “Where the Wild Things Are ” written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.  

There are patterns throughout the book that repeat, repeat, repeat.  Our Wild Things have patterns too. 

Our Wild Things are not gory or mean- they just want to have a good time.  They smile and dance.  Some even eat pizza!

1st Grade - Organic Shape Texture Rubbings

Texture is all around us- it is the way something feels.  It’s very important to know how something feels before we touch it. 

We drew 4-5 different kinds of lines that connect to make shapes and used texture-rubbing plates to create the illusion of texture.  Every time we crossed a line, we changed the color and the texture.

1st Grade - Texture Wild Things

We read and discussed the book “Where the Wild Things Are”, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.  

We used texture rubbing plates and crayons to create the illusion of texture on our original wild things.  Texture is the way something feels. 

Our Wild Things come in many shapes and sizes but they would never eat us up!  They just like to have fun. 

“Let the wild rumpus start!”

3rd Grade- Radial Symmetry Weavings

We learned about people from many cultures who use weavings for both functional and decorative purposes. Our weavings are functional for holding coins, or something solid, but not for eating out of.
The weavings we've created with yarn and a paper plate are symmetrical from the center and all the way around in a circle. This is called radial symmetry.

In radial weaving, artists weave in and out of spokes- not unlike the structure of spokes on a bicycle or car wheel. Wouldn't a bike look interesting with yarn weaved through it's spokes?