Last Monday, the third graders worked diligently to finish their cultural symbols, and most students were able to move on to their silhouettes. I talked to them about how these were originally created using light and shadow, but students skipped a few steps and traced each other's heads to get an approximate shape. These turned out great!
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Last week the third graders took their list of cultural aspects and turned them into symbols. Students final project will be a silhouette of them thinking about their culture. They began their project by illustrating a thought bubble, and then used colored pencils and sharpies to illustrate their ideas. Students were eager to share out their hard work at the end of class.
Last week the third graders were very busy. On the first page of their newly sewn sketchbooks, they answered the question "what is culture?" Sharing their responses, we talked about just some of the aspects that are unique to every culture, like their food, clothing, religion, values language and so on. Thank you so much parents for helping them complete their worksheet. They used those answers to help them brainstorm ideas for their culture. These ideas will then turn into symbols and placed into their artwork. I can't wait to see their final projects!
Last week, I read the story "The Colors of Us" by Karen Katz to the third graders. This book reinforces the beauty in variety of skin color. We then reviewed primary and secondary colors and I showed students that they can create skin tones using the right combination of primary colors, and white and black (tints and shades). Today was a day to practice experimenting with colors, so they traced their hands as a simple place to start and worked vigorously to mix and match their own shade. Remember- these hands were made from red, yellow, blue, black and white!
Art class is cancelled today, however parents, please look for a letter from in on Wednesday in your child's homework folder. During our next art class, we will begin to discuss what culture means, and I'm sending home a letter/worksheet so you can talk with your child about their cultural heritage and traditions. Thank you! |
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