Do Now: What part of Thanksgiving are you most looking forward to?
"Getting dressed."
"Eating a big big turkey"
"I love Thanksgiving when we eat the turkey."
"My favorite thing to so is [make] pumpkin pie."
"I'm excited about going to my Uncle's house."
"[What] I am most excited about [for] Thanksgiving is giving cards."
"The most exciting part is when I eat the turkey."
"What I am excited about is going to my grandma's house because the party is there."
"My favorite part of Thanksgiving is when my mom lets me put the stuffing in the Thanksgiving turkey."
"My favorite thing about Thanksgiving is getting in a group."
"I like the food and the joy."
First, we read "Friends" by Eric Carle. We looked at Carle's illustrations, making observations about his art.
Today, we worked with the painted paper that the 1st and 2nd grade made last class. We let it dry over the weekend, then cut it into rectangles to distribute to each student.
Using the paper they had painted, the 1st and 2nd grade created beautiful, Eric Carle - inspired collages!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Eric Carle: Day 2
Do Now: Draw an underwater scene that you might see while you were scuba diving.
Today the 4th graders had a special guest, so for this week 1st and 2nd grade had art on Monday and Tuesday, and 3rd and 4th grade will have art on Wednesday and Thursday.
First, we read "From Head to Toe", an interactive book by Eric Carle. Listen to the book below.
Our 2nd Eric Carle project is 2 parts. Today, we worked on part 1. First, we watched a short slideshow from Eric Carle's website about how he makes the paper for his collages. You can take a look at the slideshow here.
Carle paints his own paper, so we did too! Today, students painted paper in vibrant colors. We'll let the designs dry and collage with them next week!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Eric Carle
Do Now: If you could have anything grow on trees, what would you choose?
"The tree has jolly ranchers, ice cream, Kit Kats, gummy bears, gummy worms, and hershey kisses."
"I put bows on the tree. Bows are pretty."
"A flan tree. Because I love flan."
"It would be [a] notebook [tree] because I like to draw and write."
"I am growing hearts out of my tree."
Today the 1st and 2nd grade began to study a new author/illustrator: Eric Carle.
After reading the story, we talked about Eric Carle's artistic style. The students observed that Eric Carle uses collage, rather than painting or drawing.
For our project students got to experiment with collage, using colorful printed paper to make images of caterpillars, butterflies, flowers, and food!
