1st and 2nd graders' Magic Carpets

1st and 2nd graders practiced drawing wavy, zig-zag and broken lines while dreaming up places they would fly on their magic carpets. They also learned out of double knot and earned beads whenever they got it right! Many students did not want to go far on their magic carpets. Six Flags, Chuckie Cheese, and the movies were all popular destinations.

Carpet by Stephen
I love Aaliyah's shapes and colors!
Artwork by Martell
Artwork by Timaris
Artwork by Monday
Artwork by Jaye
Artwork by Angelo
Artwork by Paris
Artwork by Deshaun. I love the shapes he created!
Asjah did excellent job coloring in.
Kenye gave her carpet lots of dots
Tranique used very bold colors as usual!

Busy Busy Bees!!

I have not posted any artwork in a while. This is what I have been busy doing.
ART CLUB!! Thanks to my art club helpers who came Mon-Thurs (sometimes even Fridays, they couldn't get enough art club ;-)) to help out with the art room and work on their art projects.
Art Star Celebrities taking pictures on the Red Carpet at Fernwood's HipHop Award Ceremony. I blurred faces because some students have not turned in photo permission forms.
Mosaic Part One: Gluing all the pieces down, and getting hands dirty with Liquid Nails. For future reference, wear gloves while using liquid nails. But if you are like me and get liquid nails stuck on your hands, use nail polish remover to get it off. I discovered that after a couple days of dirty looking hands.

Mosaic Part Two: Grouting! Very fun to feel the mushhhhy grout. But if you are concerned about your carpet, you might want to lay down a blanket! Whoops.

Our Snowy Day

After experiencing our own very snowy day (Chicago's Blizzard of 2011!), the Kindergardeners- 2nd graders made artwork inspired by Ezra Jack Keat's "The Snowy Day". I supplied them with the cut-out of Peter in 3 different poses. They painted the snow and used snowflake stamps.

Artwork by Bianca
Artwork by Heaven
Artwork by Asjah
Artwork by Stephen

Congradulations to First Quarter Art Stars :-)

Everyone has amazed me with your creativity but some students have showed extra effort in following the rules and trying their best on their artwork. So, thank you to all the students who earned being Art Star for the First Marking Period.

The First Quarter Art Stars are as follows:
Room 101: Tiana, Room 402: Aaliyah, Room 403: Stephen, Room 202: Kanye, Room207: Mia, Room 201: Marquis, Room 206: Timothy, Room 208: Jermaine, Room 106: Demarlo, Room108: Akilah, Room302: Gregory, Room301: Janeia, Room307: Heaven, Room 306: Demesha, Room 308: Dominique

I want to give a special thanks to Janeia who earned the #1 Art Star for the 1st Quarter. As you have probably noticed, she has worked above and beyond on all her art projects. She has also had perfect attendance to Art Club! Below is the color wheel she did in preparation for her Madame Matisse and her radial name design.