tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80084987589253373662024-03-23T07:00:16.895-04:00Art with Mrs. NguyenFun and engaging art lessons and classroom management ideas by elementary art teacher Melinda Nguyen.Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-10510168224485051122021-01-03T11:22:00.001-05:002021-01-03T11:22:25.939-05:00Principles of Design Interactive Worksheets for Distance Learning<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsihgqr0ymSNHk0y2AXXHr0_pXkfsEqj5-o49XjXXCD-nO0Bwxm64i3NBPOomXYQBVitPIWVmLfIRSLQQ9Egbwy71fP9wLRI50pbSDJ_xqmf16hsb6QPNNtTAmeYbl5FKGKVJIcA6bITH9/s1956/PDinteractiveworksheetcover-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsihgqr0ymSNHk0y2AXXHr0_pXkfsEqj5-o49XjXXCD-nO0Bwxm64i3NBPOomXYQBVitPIWVmLfIRSLQQ9Egbwy71fP9wLRI50pbSDJ_xqmf16hsb6QPNNtTAmeYbl5FKGKVJIcA6bITH9/s16000/PDinteractiveworksheetcover-01.jpg" /></a></div>After releasing my <a href="https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2020/06/elements-of-art-interactive-worksheets.html">Elements of Art Interactive Worksheets</a> in the Summer of 2020, I got a lot of requests to make a similar package for the Principles of Design. So after a lot of work - here it is! :) <div><br /></div><div>Each "worksheet" is actually a Google Slide presentation which collectively (within 9 presentations) covers all 9 of the principles of design (emphasis, unity, movement, proportion, scale, balance, repetition, rhythm, and variety). Students are presented with both informational and interactive slides throughout the slideshow. So they learn about a specific concept, then are asked to complete interactive activities (drag and drop and written response) to show their understanding.
Once they've completed the "worksheet" they can either turn their work into you via Google Classroom, or if you aren't using that platform, they can "share" the document back to you via a Google Drive share link (only caveat is that they have to have access to Google Drive).
<i>There's complete details for both options included in the resource.</i> </div><div><br /></div><div>As mentioned, the elements are spread out into 14 presentations (detailed below). </div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Emphasis (4 activity slides / 12 total slides) </li><li>Unity (4 activity slides / 12 total slides) </li><li>Movement (4 activity slides / 14 total slides) </li><li>Proportion (3 activity slides / 11 total slides) </li><li>Scale (4 activity slides / 14 total slides) </li><li>Balance (4 activity slides / 14 total slides) </li><li>Repetition (5 activity slides / 12 total slides) </li><li>Rhythm (8 activity slides / 21 total slides) </li><li>Variety (4 activity slides / 13 total slides)</li></ol><div>Check out the video below to see a sample of some of the activities!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xTID7PyP1hA" width="320" youtube-src-id="xTID7PyP1hA"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>
You can now find this resource bundle in both my <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-education-resources/distance-learning">website shop</a> and my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Art-With-Mrs-Nguyen/Category/Distance-Learning-436746">Teachers Pay Teachers shop</a>!
If you purchase via TPT you will be prompted to allow TPT access to your Google Drive folder. When you give them permissions, they will automatically make a folder for you within your Google Drive with copies of all the documents. <div>If you'd rather not grant TPT access to your drive, you can purchase through my website shop. If you do it that way, you'll get a few PDF documents, one of which (TeacherDirections.pdf) contains a list of links to all of the presentations. When you click on one of the presentation links, it will prompt you to make a copy to your Google Drive. You'll need to do that in order to gain access to the resource. </div><div><br /></div><div><i> I HIGHLY recommend reading through ALL the directions BEFORE playing around within the slideshows.</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-education-resources/products/principles-of-design-interactive-worksheets-for-distance-learning-bundle" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVcK3ra1popunsmV8dbCuEyLVVrwGKKgiFosh7c3M_irucQZaYtx4cemdOBKmGv8squJci-NCMYn_1TJIFYhBIHnm5wy-eeJG0KfIWCi-DVodg4tnqqN3ugzHCwzFUuk2AEK3dTur4mj9/s320/PDinteractiveworksheetcover-01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To check this out in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Principles-of-Design-Interactive-Google-Slide-Worksheet-Bundle-Distance-Learning-6374484">click here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you'd like to save even more and gain access to my entire collection of Interactive Worksheets (both Elements and Principles), check out my bundled resource below! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-education-resources/products/elements-and-principles-interactive-worksheets-for-distance-learning-bundle-super-bundle" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidqp4b3HrZt-PTQtKjdxwKmQJeghQMZ81G8-yODD_Ih3-9aKRC_Q5pX6IdLU6dhX0zuuD-Aj_FeSmaQ5FYSQs9l-ei_NjiSadgq0UDcuPVSwEPMO2AZxCObv5DFMau-CiSm4wps3-5967/s320/totalbundleinteractiveworksheetcover-01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To check this out in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elements-and-Principles-Interactive-Worksheets-Art-Super-Bundle-6374560" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div></div>Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-16633439507645879662020-06-18T12:55:00.004-04:002020-06-18T13:08:53.972-04:00Elements of Art Interactive Worksheets for Distance Learning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwN-T-6EhancWUdZFlpj8NhUD-wJsZ7yRK6_yy7p2TRoZmJWDq-CyOlCyCtlR6pAMT3GGhy0HvLuNc-mphoMVZCyWaHh2JeUrJ22Ih5OjAe9Cr4VsxWtOu0TQbQkTZyTaEG07VUZCjPV0s/s8063/interactiveworksheets-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="8063" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwN-T-6EhancWUdZFlpj8NhUD-wJsZ7yRK6_yy7p2TRoZmJWDq-CyOlCyCtlR6pAMT3GGhy0HvLuNc-mphoMVZCyWaHh2JeUrJ22Ih5OjAe9Cr4VsxWtOu0TQbQkTZyTaEG07VUZCjPV0s/w1220-h529/interactiveworksheets-01.jpg" width="1220" /></a></div><div>Teaching art from a distance is no easy task.. but I think I might be able to help! For those of you amazing teachers using Google Classroom or Google Drive during these distance learning times, you may be interested in checking out my new Elements of Art Interactive Worksheet series! </div><div><br /></div><div>Each "worksheet" is actually a Google Slide presentation which collectively (within 14 presentations) covers all 7 of the elements of art. Students are presented with both informational and interactive slides throughout the slideshow. So they learn about a specific concept, then are asked to complete interactive activities (drag and drop and written response) to show their understanding.</div><div>Once they've completed the "worksheet" they can either turn their work into you via Google Classroom, or if you aren't using that platform, they can "share" the document back to you via a Google Drive share link (only caveat is that they have to have access to Google Drive). <br /><i>There's complete details for both options included in the resource.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>As mentioned, the elements are spread out into 14 presentations (detailed below).</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Color - Descriptive and Expressive Color</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Color - The Color Wheel</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Color - Color Schemes</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Value - Tints and Shades</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Value - Hatching and Stippling</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Line - Expressive Line</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Texture - Real and Implied</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shape - Intro to Shape</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shape - Shape Puzzles (Level One)</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shape - Shape Puzzles (Level Two)</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shape - Shape Puzzles (Level Three)</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Form - Intro to Form</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Space - Positive and Negative</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Space - Creating the Illusion of Depth</li></ol><br /></div><div>Check out the following video to see a sample of some of the included activities:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0IosKlb9ME" width="320" youtube-src-id="g0IosKlb9ME"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>You can now find this resource bundle in both my <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-education-resources/products/elements-of-art-interactive-worksheets-for-distance-learning-complete-bundle" target="_blank">website shop</a> and my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elements-of-Art-Interactive-Worksheets-for-Distance-Learning-COMPLETE-BUNDLE-5689938" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers shop</a>!</div><div>If you purchase via TPT you will be prompted to allow TPT access to your Google Drive folder. When you give them permissions, they will automatically make a folder for you within your Google Drive with copies of all the documents.</div><div>If you'd rather not grant TPT access to your drive, you can purchase through my website shop. If you do it that way, you'll get a few PDF documents, one of which (TeacherDirections.pdf) contains a list of links to all of the presentations. When you click on one of the presentation links, it will prompt you to make a copy to your Google Drive. You'll need to do that in order to gain access to the resource.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I HIGHLY recommend reading through ALL the directions BEFORE playing around within the slideshows.</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-education-resources/products/elements-of-art-interactive-worksheets-for-distance-learning-complete-bundle" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="2144" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwGOnTNzJHjua6TKcQXkVajdzby5aBx_RF99jMZZcQAQRQJfcwvUDMJtjUycJ4tzHmjcGt1WSW6DljNCDwZdrv11840c3G2Fsy1X11aQ4sRGeZjCNgraIjRQj-RD4gJoktL6l8KfPInh9/w500-h491/bundlecover-01.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To check this out in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elements-of-Art-Interactive-Worksheets-for-Distance-Learning-COMPLETE-BUNDLE-5689938" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Interested in a few elements, but not the whole bundle? <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Art-With-Mrs-Nguyen/Category/Distance-Learning-436746" target="_blank">Click here!</a></i></div>Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-63117353072193562212020-03-19T16:34:00.002-04:002020-06-18T13:23:19.949-04:00Digital Learning Resources<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Digital learning can definitely be challenging when it comes to teaching art!<br />
Since you can't be sure which supplies your students will have available to use at home, it's best to keep things simple!<br />
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In this blog post I'm going to give you some ideas that might just help make things a little easier for you!<br />
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<li>Creative Drawing and Writing Prompts</li>
<li>Art Career Prompts</li>
<li>Marker Mandalas</li>
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Creative Drawing and Writing Prompts</h3>
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These prompts are easy to copy and paste onto your teacher webpage or whatever platform you're using to communicate with your students! </div>
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<b>Animal-wanted! </b><br />
Draw a picture of an animal you would like to adopt. Afterwards write a brief
newspaper ad to explain the traits you are looking for in the animal.<br />
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<b>Yummy Nummy Diner! </b><br />
Come up with your own idea for a brand new restaurant! What kind of food
does it serve? Does it have a theme? Draw a picture showing what the building
will look like. Afterwards create a mock-menu that your restaurant would give
to its customers. Menu: Remember to make a cover page and then list
appetizers, entrees, desserts, beverages, sides, etc inside your menu (and how
much each items costs). Pictures are also a nice touch! :)<br />
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<b>Brand new food!</b><br />
Congratulations! You’ve just been hired at Food Co. Inc.; the world’s leading
processed foods manufacturer! Your first task is to create a brand new food
product! Once you’ve come up with your product, create an advertisement
(poster) that will convince people to buy your new food! Think about what
age demographic you're aiming it towards, what flavors might you offer, cost,
etc. Maybe your ad needs a spokesperson/mascot (similar to the Trix bunny or
Tony the Tiger).<br />
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<b>World Traveler!</b><br />
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go (real or imaginary)? Create
a travel brochure that will help promote your location as an ideal travel spot.
Why would people want to go there? What could they do there? What
would they see? Make sure you include both pictures and a well-written
description!<br />
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<b>Master Inventor!</b><br />
If you could invent one new item, what would you create? Draw a detailed
picture showing your new invention and a written description telling
prospective consumers what your invention does and why they need it!
How to..
Create a step-by-step set of instructions detailing how to do something (how
to cook a food, how to do your homework, etc). Once you have finished
writing your directions, draw a picture next to it for further clarification.<br />
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<b>Welcome to the Zoo!</b><br />
Wow! You discovered a new animal and the city zoo wants to add it to
its collection! Draw a picture of the animal in its natural habitat and
write a description of your animal that can be included in its new display
at the zoo!<br />
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<b>Cartoonist!</b><br />
Create a 6-frame comic strip for the local newspaper! Each frame should
include an image and dialogue to help the reader understand your story.<br />
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<b>My Wonderful Dream House!</b><br />
Imagine you just won the lottery and now get to design your own dream
house! What would it look like from the outside? What would the floor
plan look like? Would you design a space for your parents to come live
with you? Draw a few pictures detailing your design plans and write a
descriptive paragraph telling readers about your dream house!<br />
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<b>Real Life Cake Boss!</b><br />
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Congrats on becoming a real life cake boss! Now that you’re a
professional, design your dream birthday cake. How many layers would it
have? What colors? Would it have any symbols that relate to you?
Once your drawing is completed, write a paragraph describing your
birthday cake to others.
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You can download how-to-draw cake sheets <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Draw-Cake-Printables-Freebie-966934#show-price-update" target="_blank">for free here</a> if you'd like to give your students some support.<br />
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<b>Shoe Designer! </b><br />
Nike has just asked you to design their latest shoe design. Draw a picture
of your shoe design and then write a paragraph describing why you chose
the colors you did and why you think people will like it.<br />
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<b>Tree House Architect!</b><br />
Hooray! You get to design an awesome new tree house for your
backyard! Draw a picture detailing what your tree house would look like
(make sure to label important features). Afterwards, write a detailed
description about your tree house. How do you get up into it? How do
you get down? What activities could you do there?<br />
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Art Careers </h3>
These prompts come from a larger 'Careers in Art' research project package that I have on <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-Careers-2544853" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>.<br />
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<b>Book Illustrator </b><br />
Pretend that you just wrote your autobiography (a book about your life). Draw an illustration to show what the cover of your book would look like.
Remember to think about your book’s target audience. What do you want them to know about you?<br />
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<b>Packaging Designer</b><br />
Sugar Sweets Cereal Company has just created a brand new cereal with crispy flakes and zebra-shaped marshmallows.
Draw a picture showing what the front and back of the cereal box would look like if you designed it. Make sure you think about the target audience (who the cereal is being marketed and sold to) and what their visual tastes may be. Don’t forget to include the company name and a name for the cereal!<br />
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<b>Graphic Designer</b><br />
Your school is having a fall harvest dance!
It is your job to design a poster that will be hung up all over the school. Make sure you design something that shows the theme, the dance name, date, time, ticket cost, and any other necessary information!
Architect
You’ve been chosen to design the plans for a new elementary school!
Draw a floor plan that shows where everything in the school would go. Don’t forget about the gym, cafeteria, media center, front office, restrooms, and classrooms!<br />
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<b>Landscape Architect </b><br />
You’ve been hired to design the new city park! The people in the city love to go walking and play sports!
Draw your plans for the park from a birds-eye-view (from above). Will your park include walking paths, basketball courts, baseball fields, a forest, or pond?<br />
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<b>Fashion Designer </b><br />
You have been hired to design the uniforms for three different sports teams (you can pick which sport). Make sure that you include everything the player would need to wear. What will the jersey look like? What colors will you use so all three teams look different? Will the uniforms need certain shoes?<br />
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<b>Computer Animator</b><br />
Dreamworks Studios needs an animator to create a storyboard showing a scene from their new movie “Animals.” Your job is to create a storyboard showing two animals escaping from the city zoo and making their way to the city. What things might they say? What would the background settings look like? What other things might be in the scenes?<br />
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<b>Video Game Designer </b><br />
Come up with an idea for a new video game. What is the game about? What would the player be trying to do or accomplish? What would the setting look like? What would the characters look like?
Create a few drawings showing your ideas. Don’t forget to explain the point of the game!<br />
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<b>Product Designer </b><br />
You're in charge of designing a new robot toy! The toy company wants the robot to look like an animal (you can pick which) and it needs to be able to do something that would be useful to its owner (like charge their cellphone, or bring in the mail, etc.). Draw out your design and write a descriptive paragraph telling what the robot would do.<br />
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<b>Art Teacher </b><br />
You have a bottle of paint, drawing paper, scissors, and glue. You do not have brushes because you’ve already spent all of your art budget.
Come up with three different project ideas that you could make with your students using those supplies.
Draw out what the finished art piece would look like and write step-by-step directions for at least one of the projects.<br />
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<b>Photographer </b><br />
Congratulations on being hired as the local newspaper’s new photojournalist!
They have a couple stories they are working on and need you to take pictures to accompany the articles. Draw out what a good photograph for each story would look like.<br />
1. The police department got a new dog.<br />
2. The city just had a spring parade on Main St.<br />
3. The mayor just got married!<br />
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<b>Makeup Artist </b><br />
A monster movie is being filmed in town and the filming company needs a makeup artist to design what the monster’s faces are going to look like. Come up with two different ideas for how the monster’s faces could look.<br />
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<b>Set Designer </b><br />
Draw up a set design for the 3rd grade play entitled “Bears in a Circus”. What might you see in the background? What props would you need on stage?
When you’re done with that, draw up a set design for the 5th grade play entitled “Betsy Goes to School.”<br />
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You’re the owner of a brand new tattoo studio and just had a few clients walk in. Draw a design for each of them:<br />
1. Client 1 wants a bird combined with music notes.<br />
2. Client 2 wants something to represent their birthday October 12, 1990.<br />
3. Client 3 wants an abstract bouquet of flowers.<br />
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This lesson is pretty simple to do! All you need is paper, a pencil, sharpie, and something to color with. You can read a more thorough post about this lesson <a href="https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2015/10/marker-mandalas-4th.html" target="_blank">here</a> or you can just use the resources below.</div>
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-15815357592090666152019-03-05T13:35:00.000-05:002020-03-20T10:33:03.671-04:00Paper Weaving (with templates)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am SO excited to share this resource that I've been working on with you guys!<br />
After seeing some absolutely gorgeous paper weavings on Instagram, I was inspired to create one of my own! So I googled basket weaving designs, then used that to guide my paper weaving.<br />
That's when it struck me! What if there were designs or templates created specifically for paper weaving that made it easier for younger students to do too?! <i>Note: I recommend this for students who have already done paper weaving before. I would not use this to introduce the technique for the first time.</i><br />
Yesssssss!!<br />
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To use these templates, you just print them on regular letter size paper (I recommend using <a href="https://amzn.to/2EOmgZt" target="_blank">Astrobrights cardstock</a>), and then weave in the weft strips so they cover the X's and go under the blank squares.<br />
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Check out this video showing how to use the templates for paper weaving:<br />
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I arranged my materials into <a href="https://www.staples.com/Staples-Better-1-5-Inch-3-Ring-View-Binder-Blue-13400/product_648825" target="_blank">a binder</a> that would work PERFECTLY for an art center or even just for early finishers who need something fun and engaging to do while others finish up.<br />
The binder is arranged into a few sections:<br />
1. Instructions<br />
2. Design catalog (showing all the designs in the binder)<br />
3. Weaving templates (with cover pages)<br />
4. Student designs<br />
5. Instructions for creating designs and then making those into templates (to be included in the binder for some art room fame)<br />
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Check out this video showing how I set up my binder:<br />
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My favorite part of the binder is the section for student designs. What better way to motivate students to do their best work, then with the promise of art room fame! :)<br />
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Geometric watercolor quilts? Yeah.. I don't know about the name either.. but it's the best I've got for this one (the designs certainly do remind me of a quilt design). :)</div>
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This design lesson is totally inspired by the absolutely amazing Josie Lewis (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/josielewisart/" target="_blank">see her instagram here</a>). She works in a whole bunch of mediums.. but her watercolor paintings are among my favorite pieces! She uses a whole bunch of geometric designs in her work and paints in a way that requires the utmost patience and attention to detail (one slip and the design gets messed up). That's why in this lesson, I use <a href="https://amzn.to/2Ew4v0A" target="_blank">white wax pencil</a> (<i>affiliate link</i>) to mark out my grid lines. *You could also use oil pastel.</div>
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To begin, start with a piece of 9"x9" 80lb white drawing paper. Check out the image below for folding directions.</div>
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After folding the paper to divide it into 16 squares, you'll need to use a white wax pencil (or oil pastel) to trace over all of the fold lines. Once that's completed, you'll use that wax pencil to draw diagonal lines going in both directions through all the squares (to make X's).</div>
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Once this is done, it's time to start painting!</div>
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The watercolor set I used for my examples is actually a set that I picked up from Josie Lewis' website (<a href="https://www.josielewis.com/watercolors/travel-watercolor-set" target="_blank">link here</a>)... but you could really use any type of watercolors.</div>
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The way each triangle is painted is really up to you and your goals for the lesson. You could have students paint in the triangles with random colors, by using a specific color scheme (I like the idea of analogous colors contained within each square), or even using tints and shades.</div>
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Once every triangle has been painted, it's time to move onto adding texture and pattern with oil pastels! In my examples I selected oil pastels, that for the most part matched the watercolor paint it was going over.</div>
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I absolutely LOVE these! I can't wait to go back to work and do this lesson with some of my upper elementary (definitely using analogous color schemes)! Could you imagine how amazing a hallway display with a bunch of these would look?!</div>
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this lesson! It's colorful, fun, and full of cheer! :)<br />
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To begin, start by reviewing color mixing with your students. If you're teaching upper elementary they probably already know that a primary color + a primary color = a secondary color.. but do they know that a primary color + a secondary color = a tertiary (or intermediate) color?<br />
This lesson is GREAT for teaching about those tertiary colors!<br />
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After reviewing, give students a sheet of heavy drawing paper and have them LIGHTLY draw out 6 (or 7 if you want to add a second red balloon next to the purple to be able to create red-violet) balloon shapes (upside-down egg with a small trapezoid at the bottom) that overlap each other. The size of the paper is totally up to you, but this lesson does lend itself to doing some different sizes (like tall and narrow).<br />
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Once the balloons are drawn, have students paint in every other balloon a primary color with watercolor paints. The first balloon should be red, the third should be yellow, and the fifth should be blue. I personally like painting them so that one side of the balloon is more heavily saturated with color (to help create the illusion of form) - but the highlights we add later will do this as well.<br />
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At this point it will likely be the end of class. This is a great stopping point because it allows the primary color balloons to fully dry before painting the secondary color balloons. You want them to be dry so that the colors don't accidentally bleed into areas that are not actually overlapping.</div>
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Students will need to paint the secondary colors into the remaining blank balloons, keeping rainbow order in mind. This is a great opportunity to have students problem solve to determine which color goes where. For example, there's an empty balloon in-between the red and the yellow balloon. What color would be made if red and yellow were mixed together? Orange!</div>
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As students start painting in the secondary colors and they overlap the primary colored balloons, they'll start to see the tertiary (or intermediate) colors coming through!</div>
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What happens when the purple balloon overlaps the blue balloon? Blue-violet is made!</div>
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Once everything is completely dry, give students colored pencils to add the ties and ribbons to the bottoms of the balloons. </div>
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Then finally using a white chalk pastel, have them add a highlight (or more) to each balloon. To get the most realistic highlights, the curvature of the highlight line should match that of the balloon (so rounded like the edge of the balloon). Have student lightly blend in the chalk pastel with their finger.</div>
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The highlight is what really makes the balloon look like a balloon! :)</div>
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To add a nice finishing touch, try mounting the pieces of art of black construction paper. Then using all those bits of colored scrap paper (that I KNOW you have haha), add some confetti pieces to the border. I think this finishing touch REALLY makes this lesson even more fun looking!<br />
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This cute project is perfect for anytime during the year, but especially around Valentines Day!</div>
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It combines the ideas of stained glass, collage, and yes - even color mixing if you want! <a href="https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2012/10/delaunay-tissue-paper-collage-1st.html" target="_blank">Layering tissue paper</a> is one of my favorite ways to reinforce color mixing knowledge without using paint!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> • Black Construction Paper</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Liquid Glue</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Paintbrush (like the kind you'd use for tempera)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Transparency Paper (or sheet protectors) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Non Bleed Tissue Paper </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> (color depend on desired result)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Scissors</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> • Small Mixing Container (for glue and water)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">To begin you'll need to create the black frame that you'll be working within to create the stained glass-esque hearts. To do that, simply fold a sheet of black construction paper in half, then draw half a heart along the folded side of the paper. Then about 1" inward, draw another heart. Cut along both of these lines.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Next, prepare your pieces of tissue paper by tearing them up in pieces. You don't want them to be too small or too big. The perfect size would probably be between 1-2" in height or length (but of course this is up to you). <i>**If you want your art to have a more stained glass look, you may want to cut out squares to use instead of tearing. </i>If you want to make this lesson into a color mixing lesson, try giving your students the colors red, yellow, and blue and challenge them to overlap them to create secondary colors! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">To prepare your glue solution, mix liquid glue and water into a container. The exact proportions aren't super important.. but it should be <b>about</b> 50/50. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Once you have everything ready, it's time to get started!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Lay your black frame on top of your piece of transparency paper (or sheet protector). Once students start gluing, they cannot move the transparency paper (or the tissue paper will tear). Ultimately you'll peel the artwork from the transparency paper.. but while wet it must remain exactly where it is.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Take a piece of torn tissue paper and lay it so that it is partially on the black frame and partially in the middle space. Dip your paintbrush into the glue solution and paint a layer of watered-down glue onto the tissue paper. The ENTIRE piece of tissue paper needs to be glued down. If any bit is left dry it will not hold together when it comes time to remove the transparency paper.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>When teaching this to students it's EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to emphasize the importance of gluing tissue paper partially on the black frame. If students don't do this, the tissue paper won't hold onto the frame.</i></span><br />
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It might be a good idea to have students begin by covering the entire edge of the frame first BEFORE filling in the middle exclusively.<br />
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Once the entire inside of the frame has been filled in, go back and double-check for any little spots that may have been missed. Look for any holes or any areas that look like they haven't been glued down sufficiently and fix them.<br />
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I've found that when doing this lesson with younger students (K-1st), I often have to go back and double-check their work once they <i>think</i> they're done. You'll save yourself from a lot of ruined projects and heartache later if you get these things fixed correctly!<br />
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Once everything looks good, put the work up to dry in a drying rack. DO NOT try to remove it from the transparency paper until it is COMPLETELY dry (best to leave it overnight).</div>
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Colorful Alternatives</h4>
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If you know me, you know I LOVE any and everything rainbow! Teaching your students about rainbow order? This lesson would be a great opportunity to have students demonstrate their understanding!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at those tertiaries!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was another version I tried. Color wheel-esque!</td></tr>
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I gotta tell you, rainbow any and everything makes my heart so happy. So naturally, making this rainbow heART chain decor was truly enjoyable for me! This fun little project evolved from a <a href="https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2014/02/my-paper-heart-chain.html" target="_blank">heART chain activity</a> I did with my students a few years ago. For that activity students were given strips of white drawing paper, asked the color/decorate both sides of it, then it was added into a hallway heART chain display!</div>
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This time around I decided to make something on my own.. but this could definitely be done with students. Not only could it just be a fun extra time activity, but you could also make it into a color lesson by having students arrange their paper strips into rainbow order.<br />
The paper that I used for this project was Pacon Tru-Ray Sulphite Construction Paper.</div>
I used the following colors: Yellow, Gold, Orange, Festive Red, Holiday Red, Magenta, Violet, Purple, Blue, Turquoise, Holiday Green, and Brilliant Lime.<br />
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So how do you make these heART chains? Simple! First cut a bunch of strips of paper (I cut mine to 1"x9" strips), fold them in half, then start stapling! Check out the video below for a demo.<br />
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I'm so excited about this project because it combines two of my favorite things - rainbows and winter decor! While doing this lesson with a class might be difficult (it does take a while) - it would still be a fun project for an color-loving art teacher to make and display in their classroom! Best of all, it absolutely could be used for instructional purposes. You could refer to it when discussing color schemes and/or the color wheel.<br />
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So without further ado, let's get started with how to make a color wheel wreath!<br />
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<b><u>Making the Paper Curls</u></b><br />
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Making the paper curls for this project is incredibly easy - in fact they're the same directions for making a simple paper rose. All you need to do is cut a bunch of 4"x4" pieces of construction paper (approx. 4-6 for each color). Then using scissors, cut the squares down into circles (make sure you use the whole paper). Then you cut a spiral into the circle (as seen in the picture below).</div>
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Once you have a spiral cut, then you just start rolling it inward towards the middle of the spiral (starting from the outer point). For better clarification you can watch the video clip below.</div>
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Once you have the paper curled, just add a bit of hot glue (or tacky glue) to the bottom of the spiral. It will attach to the remaining bit of paper (originally the center of the spiral).</div>
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<b><u>Making the Base</u></b></div>
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To make my base I started by tracing a dinner size Chinet plate onto my piece of 12"x12" cardstock, then I traced a CD in the center of that. Once I cut along both lines it left me with a cardstock ring.</div>
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Next I cut out the center of that same Chinet plate.</div>
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Afterwards I added some hot glue to the rim of the Chinet plate and placed the cardstock ring on top.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In case it wasn't already obvious - taking a picture of a white paper and white plate on a white background isn't advisable for contrast reasons. haha</span></div>
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Adding the plate to the cardstock not only adds more stability, but it also gives you a place to hook your wreath onto the wall.</div>
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<b><u>Arranging the Wreath</u></b></div>
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To make sure that my colors lined up correctly, I started by laying out (but not yet gluing) my red and green paper curls onto my plate. If you are teaching this lesson to a class, this would be a great opportunity to talk about complementary colors (colors that sit across from each other on the color wheel).</div>
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Then I added the yellow, orange, blue, and purple paper curls so that they sat across from their color complement.</div>
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Once I had those in place, I started filling in the blanks with my tertiary colors. Once those are on the plate, you can start to get a better idea of how many more paper curls you may need to make to fill in any remaining blank areas.</div>
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Once I had all my papers laid out, I began gluing down my paper curls - starting with my red - then green, orange - then blue, and yellow - then purple (again just to make sure my colors remained properly aligned). Then I glued down all the tertiary colored papers.</div>
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This wreath is BEAUTIFUL!! I cannot wait to get a chance to hang it up in my classroom (once I'm back from my extended maternity leave)! 😍</div>
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You know how department stores start taking out Christmas decorations before Halloween even comes around? And all you're thinking is - "WHY?! Why are they taking this stuff out this early?!"<br />
I'll tell you why.... ME. I'm that person who is out there browsing and buying Christmas decorations in the middle of October. I can't help it. I LOVE this time of year! ❆<br />
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This Holiday House lesson was conceived by combining my <a href="https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2012/12/colored-value-lights-5th.html" target="_blank">value lights project</a> from years past with my ridiculously early decorating self. In my defense though, I DID wait until November 1st before I started stringing the lights up on my house! 😂<br />
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This lesson was designed with two distinct paths in mind - a version for younger students (2nd-4th grade), and a more challenging version for older students (5th grade+).<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Simplified Version (2nd-4th): </b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Students will learn about what an architect does and then talk about what features are necessary for a home (after comparing and contrasting a number of homes - house, apartment, igloo, houseboat, etc.). Afterwards students will create their own house drawing (or if you're short on time - can use one of the 6 house templates included) and then decorate them using chalk and oil pastels!</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Advanced Version (5th-8th): </b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The advanced version of this lesson focuses on drawing in two-point perspective. First students will learn about drawing forms in two-point perspective in a variety of position (above, on, and below the horizon line). They'll also learn about how the positioning of vanishing points can distort and alter the look of a form.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then they'll learn how to draw a house in two-point perspective.</span><br />
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Once both groups have their house sketched out, they'll either redraw it onto a piece of black construction paper or transfer it (a white chalk transfer works really well for this). Then the decorating begins!<br />
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I personally prefer starting by adding the snow with the white chalk pastel (if it's added later after other colors, it's more likely to get dirty). Then work on adding base color for the house with chalk pastels (leaving blank areas for other things if you know you're going to add them later - like bushes, plants, etc.).<br />
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To get the look of glowing lights on the house, have students color little circles where they'd like the lights to be with chalk pastels, then move their finger around in a circle on top of the chalk to blend it outward. If the light gets too blended out, they can always add more on top.<br />
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While most of the color in this project is added with chalk pastel.. there are some areas where oil pastel works more effectively (like any place where you need more contrast or really well-defined lines).<br />
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My favorite part of this lesson is how it combines learning important art concepts with winter-themed fun. You don't have to pick one or the other with this one!<br />
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<b>The lesson package includes...</b><br />
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<li>2 different approaches to this Holiday House lesson </li>
<li>4 PowerPoint presentations (2 animated PPTs focusing on two-point perspective, 1 with visual step-by-step directions for doing the chalk and oil pastel, and 1 exploring architecture and house design) </li>
<li>Teacher's Sample </li>
<li>6 Outlined House Templates </li>
<li>House Design Inspiration Handout </li>
<li>2 Two-Point Perspective Direction Handouts (simple and advanced) </li>
<li>2 Two-Point Perspective Direction Minibooks (simple and advanced)</li>
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I have tried doing a pumpkin lesson with my 2nd graders <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/search?q=pumpkin" target="_blank">for a while now</a>.. but nothing ever really stuck. UNTIL NOW!<br />
Ladies and gentlemen.. let me be the first to tell you how much I vehemently HATE chalk pastel. It make a giant mess, I have to constantly be on kids about not blowing the chalk dust into the air, and everyone's clothes somehow get covered in it EVERY. TIME. With that being said.. it does the most beautiful things. The way colors can be blended together is breathtaking and every child leaves feeling like an artist. How can I say no to that?<br />
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So to begin this lesson we started by examining a fake pumpkin I bought from Wal-Mart. I asked my students what they noticed about it and they mentioned that it was covered in glitter, had different kinds of orange on it, and it had a lot of lines. I held the pumpkin up to a color mixing poster I have hanging up in my room and pointed out that the majority of the pumpkin was orange.. but it also had a few yellow-orange and red-orange spots.<br />
Then I addressed the lines on it. We talked about how the lines were straight vertical lines.. but when they were placed around a sphere-like object.. they looked curved.<br />
Then it came time to draw! I asked students to start by making at least 3 circles on their page (one large, one medium, and one small). Then I demoed step-by-step how to draw the rest of the pumpkin.<br />
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The next day they came in was chalk pastel day! I'm sure as my students walked in they saw a look of horror on my face.. they KNOW how much I love/hate chalk pastels.<br />
Nevertheless we got down to business. Before we took the pastels out I gave each student a wet paper towel. The paper towels are meant to help students keep their cool (and mine) during the entire process. I cannot tell you the number of times my students got up and asked if they could wash their hands ("No because you are still using them!"). So they use the paper towel to wipe their finger and/or table spot.<br />
I went step-by-step with my students through all of the chalk pastel directions by demoing on my document camera. First we laid the orange chalk pastel on its side and quickly rubbed it over the pumpkin area.. then students used ONE finger (hahahahahaha yeah right) to rub the pastel into the paper.<br />
Next I showed them how to apply the yellow chalk pastel to the center part of each of the pumpkins sections.. then lightly blend it in.<br />
Then they used a red pastel to lightly outline all of their pumpkins sharpie lines (sans the stump).. then use one finger to trace over those red lines to blend them in.<br />
Then they used a white pastel to add a couple highlights to the top of their pumpkin and brown or green for the stump.<br />
Then we spent like 10-15 minutes washing our hands and cleaning up the tables. All while I debate in my head why I'm even teaching this lesson to begin with.<br />
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I think putting the two images next to each other really helps students to see the differences.<br />
We eventually get to talking about shadows, size, positioning, and overlapping as ways to create the illusion of depth (which they continue to pronounce "death" - even though we've practiced several times at this point).<br />
Then my students went back to their seats while I passed out 12"x18" dark blue construction paper.<br />
I had them write their name on their blue paper first and then set it aside as they cut their pumpkins out from their paper.<br />
Once most of my class was done cutting, I showed them how to use the side of a lime green chalk pastel and their ONE finger to create the ground on their paper. I instructed them to make their horizon line almost halfway up their paper so they'd have plenty of space to arrange the pumpkins in their picture.<br />
Once they finished the ground, I had them lay their cut out pumpkins on their paper and arrange them how they'd like (preferably using some of the techniques we just talked about). Once they were happy with the placement I showed them how to create shadows for their pumpkins. First they lifted up a pumpkin on the page (furthest back first) and color a dark green oval on their page. Next they used ONE finger to rub the dark green into the lime green, then glued their pumpkin into the dark green space.<br />
The last step of the project was to use a chalk pastel to create a moon and stars if they wanted to (or had time to).<br />
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I'd say that the results speak for themselves. As much as I can't stand chalk pastel... I couldn't imagine not allowing my students to create such a beautiful piece.<br />
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For a more complete lesson breakdown with the PowerPoint I used, step-by-step handouts, instructional videos, and teacher procedures - <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/products/art-lesson-chalk-pastel-pumpkin-patch" target="_blank">check out this lesson in my store</a>!<br />
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This school year I will be out on an extended maternity leave. While I am so excited to get to stay home with my babies, I'm definitely going to miss my classroom! Setting up my art room in the beginning of the year is something I always look forward to. Freshly painted tables and stools, sparkling'ish clean floors, new bulletin board borders, bright new posters to hang - I LOVE it all so much!<br />
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Normally I start off each school year with a post showing how I set up my art room and my plans for classroom management, but this year is going to be a little different. Instead I'm going to show you some pictures of things that worked great in previous years, and what exciting new creations I've been working on for the art room!<br />
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Every year I hang these up along the back wall in my classroom, that way when my students are lined up waiting for their teacher, they have an opportunity to peruse my wall.</div>
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This summer I've made some exciting new updates to my word wall cards! The vocab words are now much bolder and the card set with definitions included is significantly easier to read from afar. </div>
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Another item I like to hang on the back wall of my classroom is my <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/elements-of-art-and-principles-of-design-poster-bundle" target="_blank">Elements of Art and Principles of Design Poster set</a>. Putting these posters next to where my kids line up at the end of class gives them yet another opportunity to become more familiar with the elements and principles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The package that I sell in my TPT store has these posters sized to 8.5"x11" or 18"x24", but the ones I have in my classroom I just scaled down in my print settings to print at 13"x18".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This summer I've been working on a new set of <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/elements-of-art-and-principles-of-design-poster-strips">simplified Elements and Principles poster strips</a>. These poster strips print 2 to a page and are about 3.5"x9.5" each. The great thing about these new poster strips is that they are really bold and easy to read from a distance. That makes them great for hanging above bulletin boards or white boards or wherever else you may have space to put them! Each card features the name of the element or principle and a colorful background that reflects the meaning of the word (similar to my visual art word wall cards).</span><br />
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Art Supply Labels</h3>
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You know who likes an unorganized art room? Not me! I am like the queen of organization.. so the fact that my art room went six years without having my supplies labeled absolutely blows my mind! I created these <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/classroom-art-supply-labels-blank-template-included" target="_blank">Art Supply Labels</a> with the intention of not only labeling the outside of my plastic storage bins, but the outside of my cabinet doors as well (that way I'd know exactly where everything was AND so would my students)! Having my cabinets labeled would be a great way to have my students retrieve supplies for their tables AND help me save valuable instructional time!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because as art teachers we have TONS of different materials and supplies in our rooms, I came up with a list of 200 common art and classroom supplies and made labels for each of them. In my package I also included a blank template with both written and video directions to help teachers make custom labels (just in case they were missing something).</span><br />
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Color Mixing Posters</h3>
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Years ago I painted a posterboard-sized set of <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/products/color-mixing-package-primary-secondary-and-tertiary-intermediate-colors" target="_blank">color mixing posters</a> to hang in my classroom to help my students learn about primary, secondary, and intermediate/tertiary colors. As time went on however, I realized that I needed more than one set in my classroom (I wanted it easy for all my students to be able to see). So eventually I created a digital version of my color mixing posters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part of having these posters up in my classroom was that all my students were able to easily refer to them if they forgot how to mix a specific color (this especially came in handy with my kinders).</span><br />
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Art Genre Cards</h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQBLRivMyxyrgNuOWlU-NacoPCdzxBGO3RNANGypSW6bBQf3WXOEWDNJ-MINT7DD4nubImlWKTjTUNmf7bx6aXn1tv7rOvZvycpIz0NxY_faHIcAux3YC3ydbXr00bvBb_cHD5tChp9Bb/s1600/artgenrecover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQBLRivMyxyrgNuOWlU-NacoPCdzxBGO3RNANGypSW6bBQf3WXOEWDNJ-MINT7DD4nubImlWKTjTUNmf7bx6aXn1tv7rOvZvycpIz0NxY_faHIcAux3YC3ydbXr00bvBb_cHD5tChp9Bb/s200/artgenrecover.png" style="padding: 0px 15px;" width="200" /></a>Learning to classify artwork into genres is a great skill to teach your students - especially if that just so happens to be something that you're expected to cover for your SLO testing! To help my students remember the possible categories, I created these <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/products/art-genre-cards" target="_blank">Art Genre Cards</a>! In previous years I've hung them directly above my whiteboard/projector screen, so when I'm presenting a new artist or piece of artwork to my students, I can have them quickly categorize the piece of art.<br />
So for example, if I had van Gogh's "Starry Night" projected on my board, my students would be able to deduce that the painting is either a landscape or cityscape (would make for an interesting debate) and is also a piece of abstract art.<br />
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Art Movement Cards</h3>
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Trying to incorporate some more art history into your lessons? Or even better - are you a high school art teacher? These<a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/modern-art-movement-cards" target="_blank"> Modern Art Movement cards</a> are a perfect way to introduce your students to 33 modern art movements! I've created two different versions of this set; a simplified set that contains the visuals, the art movement name, and the active years of the movement, and then a more complex set that also includes a brief description of the movement and some of the most active artists in the movement.</span><br />
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Modern Art Artist Cards</h3>
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My <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/artist-cards-modern-art-movement">Modern Art Movement Artist card set</a> matches perfectly with my Art Movement cards! There are so many different things you could do with these. You could post them on a bulletin board to make an artist "word wall," hang them up to display information about a featured artist for a lesson, use them as headers for an artist of the week bulletin board, or even make an artist timeline to help your students visually see how artists may have influenced each other's work!<br />
Each card features a photograph or painting of the artist him/herself, an enlarged example of their work in the background, their name, years lived, and the art movement(s) they were most associated with. Best part of this package? There are over 200 artists included!<br />
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Crayon Color Poster Cards</h3>
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BONUS: They also come with a blank template so you can create your own labels with them!<br />
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Color Mixing Poster Cards</h3>
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This package is similar to my crayon cards in that they display ALL the colors (tertiaries included) - but this <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/color-mixing-poster-cards">Color Mixing Poster Card</a> set ALSO includes a visual in the corner showing what colors you would need to mix together to create the featured color! This set is a great way to help students learn color names, how to categorize them, and how to create them in a variety of mediums!<br />
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*Package includes the colors: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green. blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet (and optional purple substitute), red-violet, pink, brown, gray, white, and black. (White and black not shown in preview below.)
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Descriptive Shades of Color Posters</h3>
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I have two different versions of this item to suit differing decor tastes and both versions come with 9 color posters (either full page or half page) and two possible title posters. One of the title posters reads "The Many Shades of Color," while the other reads "Variety of Color." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why you ask? While varying colors of a single hue are often referred to as "shades" of a color, they technically aren't all. This becomes especially confusing for our youngest learners who learn about shades in the context of tints and shades - so a color + black. You can bypass that confusion by just using the "Variety of Color" title card. :)</span><br />
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-822124819890398172018-06-10T14:17:00.000-04:002018-11-18T12:19:48.295-05:00Using Picture Books in the Elementary Art Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the art room, I often use picture books as a source of inspiration for my lessons - especially with my K-2 kiddos! Not only do I have an appreciation for the gorgeous illustrations, but I also love the vividly descriptive language that is often used. In fact, most of my lower grade art lessons actually start with me doing a read-aloud with my class. The kids love it (because who doesn't like having a book read to them?), my administration loves it (uhhh incorporating literacy anyone?), and I love it (gotta savor those few quiet art room moments). :)</div>
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Recently I had a colleague ask me to send her a list of books that I often use in my classroom, so I decided to turn it into a blog post! Of course this is not an exclusive list (I literally have more than 100 picture books in my classroom), but it's a great place to start!</div>
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Each of the 8 book recommendations below includes a brief description of the project(s) I normally do with it and links for more information.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2J6QaI0" target="_blank">The Grouchy Ladybug</a> - By: Eric Carle</h3>
This is a book that I use as a basis for a couple of kindergarten lessons that I teach.<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2013/05/claydybug-pinch-pots-1st.html" target="_blank">Clay'dy Bug lesson</a>: In this lesson my kinders create a clay ladybug using a pinch-pot as its base. I love this lesson as it's fairly short and sweet. This is the first time that my students have an opportunity to touch clay, so we keep it fairly simple.<br />
• <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-Art-Lesson-The-Grouchy-Ladybug-inspired-collage-3503980" target="_blank">Grouchy Ladybug Collage</a>: In this project I teach my students about texture and then they create a variety of painted papers using paint scrapers. Afterwards we cut and glue those papers together to create a collage.<br />
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Snowmen at Night is one of my very favorite books to read in my classroom! The kids love the rhyming words and I absolutely adore the illustrations!<br />
I use this book to help introduce my 2nd grade students to our Winter Value Landscape project! In this lesson we explore value as an element of art and talk about tints, shades, highlights, both cast and form shadows, and how to create the illusion of depth in our artwork. This is one of my most popular lessons! You can read the blog post <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2013/11/the-most-wonderful-time-of-year-winter.html" target="_blank">about it here</a> or you can check out my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Holiday-Art-Value-Landscapes-2192682?utm_source=artwithmrsnguyen.com&utm_campaign=Winter%20Value%20Landscapes" target="_blank">TPT store</a> for an even more thoroughly written lesson (with PowerPoint)!<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2sxnXmG" target="_blank">How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow</a> - Written by: Monica Sweeney, Illustrated by: Feronia Parker Thomas</h3>
Have you ever seen a cuter kindergarten lesson?! After reading the book, I talk to my kinders about 'rainbow order'. This is something that they've all learned about long before I mention it (rainbow writing anyone?). The only difference between 'art rainbow order' and the 'rainbow order' they've heard about is the lack of the hue indigo.<br />
Indigo is a point of contention for me. The only time we talk about indigo is when teaching ROYGBIV. Is it on the color wheel? Nooooo. Maybe it's the way that I've grown up teaching, but I'm not a fan of indigo - as much of my color theory is based off of the color wheel.<br />
Either way, if you like indigo, you'll find it on the rainbows in this book. But when teaching my kinder painted paper mosaic lesson I have my students leave it off.<br />
Since I have my classroom split up into color tables, I have each color table create a piece of painted paper that matches the color of their table. After a night of drying I tear up these papers into smaller pieces and put multiples pieces of each color at each table to be used for my student's rainbow painted paper mosaics. You can find more about this lesson <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2013/04/rainbow-paper-mosaics-k.html" target="_blank">on my blog here</a>.<br />
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What an amazing book to teach students about collage/assemblage! Lois Ehlert creates the most beautiful books! I've used this book to help teach a couple different lessons before... but these days I use it mostly for teaching my kinders a snowman collage project. You can find the write-up for <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2015/11/winter-snowmen-k.html" target="_blank">that lesson here</a>.<br />
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This is one of my all time favorite books to use in the art room! Not only is it a rhyming book (which the kids LOVE), but it also has some amazingly awesome illustrations to help teach the ideas behind creating the illusion of depth. It has pages with a very clear foreground, middle-ground, background, it shows objects getting smaller as they move back into space, overlapping, etc.<br />
I typically use this book when teaching my 2nd graders about creating space and then also getting deeper into the ideas of texture. If you'd like to see my lesson - you can <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2012/10/monsters-dont-eat-broccoli-2nd3rd.html" target="_blank">check it out here</a>.<br />
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Mouse Paint is such a great book for teaching color mixing at the K-1 level. Because my lessons have continuously changed over the years, I've used this book with a variety of different projects. Here are a few of them:<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2014/12/winter-penguins-k.html" target="_blank">Cut-and-Glue Penguins</a>: In this lesson my 1st graders learned about color mixing and then used that knowledge to paint a colorful background for a collage we later built on top of it.<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2012/10/delaunay-tissue-paper-collage-1st.html" target="_blank">Delaunay Tissue Paper Collage</a>: In this lesson 1st graders learned about color mixing and then looked at the colorful work of both Robert and Sonia Delaunay. Afterwards they created their own abstract tissue paper collage pieces that demonstrated their knowledge of color mixing and layering. This project is a fun alternative to teaching color mixing with paint.<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2013/11/kandinsky-color-circles-k.html" target="_blank">Kandinsky Color Circles</a>: This is one of the first lessons I ever taught EVER! In this lesson students learned about color mixing and then looked at the work of my favorite painter, Wassily Kandinsky. Naturally we looked at his painting "Square with Concentric Circles" (1913) and then talked about how he must have mixed his paints to create specific colors. Then students did a step-by-step painting experiment to create their own set of concentric circles.<br />
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If you can't already tell - I'm a fan of Ellen Stoll Walsh books. :) This book is a PERFECT way to introduce the idea of combining shapes together to create larger and more complex shapes or images (which also touches a number of kindergarten Common Core geometry standards).<br />
Once again as my lessons have changed over the years, I've used this book with a few different projects:<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2014/08/shape-trains-k.html" target="_blank">Shape Trains</a>: In this lesson kinders get some practice using glue sticks and learn the basics of combining shapes to create shape trains.<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2012/10/cut-and-glue-owls-k.html" target="_blank">Cut-and-Glue Owls</a>: I've taught this lesson a number of different ways (using different books), but my most recent version includes using this book before we start cutting out shapes to create our owl collages.<br />
• <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2015/08/first-rotation-kindergarten-lines-and.html" target="_blank">Tangrams</a>: After reading the book Mouse Shapes, students manipulate pattern blocks to complete tangram puzzles (click the link to find the FREE tangram downloads that I use with my students).<br />
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This is a lesson that was originally derived from my amazing supervising teacher way back when - and now I use it with my 1st graders! "Louise Loves Art" is a book about a little girl who creates her greatest masterpiece (a drawing of her cat) but then her little brother cuts it up and makes it into something else (his greatest masterpiece). We use this as a jumping in point to talk about the idea of taking something and transforming it into something else. We take that idea of transformation and apply it to turning a letter of the alphabet into an animal drawing! To see the full lesson including a pretty awesome extension, <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2015/08/creative-letter-drawings-1st.html">click here</a>.<br />
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-29419784271108788782018-04-22T22:23:00.000-04:002018-11-18T22:14:07.213-05:00Rainbow Paper Mosaics Revisited (K)<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're a regular around here, you may remember reading about my kindergarten rainbow paper mosaic project. After a couple years of teaching, I decided to make some changes. For example I switched to blue paper instead of the grey I used before, gave my students one more additional class period to work, AND let them loose on some glitter (yayyyyyyyy). :)</span><br />
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This time I started by reading the book <a href="https://amzn.to/2sxnXmG">"How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow"</a> to my students. We talked about the colors that we say on the rainbow and about rainbow order in general. Afterwards students created a piece of textured painted paper with liquid tempera paints and paint scrapers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day we began by talking about what a mosaic is (and looked at a bunch of fun examples) and then reviewed rainbow order once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then each student was given a sheet of 12"x15" blue construction paper and was asked to draw a cloud in each of the two corners and then a tall red line that went from one cloud, all the way to the tippy-top of the paper, and back down to the other cloud.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once this was done I had my students come back to the carpet and I demonstrated how to begin their painted paper rainbow mosaics.
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First I had to tear up my pieces of painted paper down into smaller pieces. Then I dipped a 3/4" tempera paintbrush into a cup of clear liquid glue and painted a line of glue over the red line that I had drawn. Since red is the first color in the rainbow, I placed pieces of red paper next to each other to cover the line of glue. Once the red line was done, I painted another line of glue just under the red line and placed torn up pieces of orange paper. And so on...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gluing and placing the paper took most of my kinders about 1 1/2 (45-minute) class periods. On the last day once they were done I called each table over one by one to add the finishing touch - puffy clouds!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To make the clouds appear puffy, I mixed shaving cream and white liquid school glue together. <i>I wish I could tell you the exact recipe.. but I pretty much just eye ball it every time. If you don't add enough glue the puffy clouds will flatten and flake as they dry. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students used popsicle sticks to scoop up some of the mixture and then patted it onto their paper where they had drawn their clouds. Once they had those on their page we (and by we I mean I) added glitter on top!</span><br />
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-84722374284129178282018-03-21T16:05:00.000-04:002018-11-18T21:52:34.623-05:00Radial Symmetric Marker Prints (4th)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the PowerPoint I gave each of my students a half-sheet of grid paper with a few 2”x2” squares blocked out (the same size as the stamp). I explained that students would be creating a stamp, that when rotated around its access and stamped 4 times, would create a radial symmetric design. Because the stamp would be rotated, it was important that lines that started at a particular side ended at the same position on the adjacent side. <i>So for example if I drew a line that started at the first mark on the y-axis, it would need to end at the first mark on the x-axis.</i> Students were asked to create a few different design ideas and then pick their favorite from the ones they drew. After selecting their final design, students transferred their design onto a piece of 2”x2” Styrofoam with a dull pencil. <i>It’s imperative that the pencil is dull so that the Styrofoam doesn’t tear. </i><br />
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For the first half of the project students used this stamp to create <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2013/03/radial-printmaking-4th.html">radial prints with a brayer and black ink</a>. Once they were done, they moved onto the second half of the project – marker prints!<br />
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Students cleaned their stamps the best that they could, then used washable markers and colored their stamps. After that they took a damp sponge and wiped it across their paper. It’s important that the paper is damp enough to wet the marker ink, but not wet. If the paper is too wet it will start to warp, tear, and the marker ink will soak in and look messy.
So after the paper was wiped with a sponge, students gently placed their stamp onto their paper and then gently rubbed the back of their stamp to transfer the image. Once they stamped their image once, they re-colored their stamp, rotated it 90 degrees, wiped their paper with the sponge, and then stamped again. After 4 rotations they got their radial symmetric design!<br />
While many of my students were able to do this successfully, there were still quite a few that had trouble. I’ve compiled a list of tips that should help.<br />
1. Make sure that students wipe the paper with the sponge just enough to make it damp - not wet.<br />
2. Do not wipe multiple times in the same spot or the paper will start to pill.<br />
3. Make sure that the markers they are using are not dried out.<br />
4. When students lay their stamp down to make a print, make sure that they use their finger to gently (but firmly) rub over the entire design. They should use the fingerprint part of their finger, not the tip or nail. It takes me about 10 seconds to fully press down and rub the back of my stamp.<br />
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I absolutely love how these turned out and the kids really enjoyed the colorful lesson extension!Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-54418871470086673302018-03-02T12:02:00.000-05:002018-11-21T21:25:45.929-05:00Radial Printmaking (4th)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this project - AND so do the kids! :)<br />
We begin by talking about what a mandala is, how it has radial symmetry, and even watch an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA3su0ECdPc" target="_blank">amazing video clip</a> I found on YouTube of some Tibetan monks creating one with sand (the video clip is a must - it puts the kids in awe).<br />
I tell the kids that the radial symmetry found in the mandala will be the inspiration for our very own printmaking project! Then we look at an amazingly awesome PowerPoint I put together to show students how to properly create their printmaking plates so that when rotated and printed, it will create a print which shows radial symmetry.<br />
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Once students select their favorite sketch, I give them a piece of 2"x2" Styrofoam which they place over their favorite sketch. Then using a dull pencil, students trace their design onto their Styrofoam. Using a sharpie marker, students gently write their name on the back of their stamp when done, and attach an opened paperclip to the back with a piece of tape (to create a handle).<br />
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With some of my groups, I had them paint a background for their printmaking paper with liquid watercolors, but with other groups this just wasn't an option because of time. Either way though, students printed their designs onto an 8"x8" paper (so they stamped a total of 16 times).<br />
Students used brayers to evenly roll black tempera paint (or black printing ink) onto a piece of plexiglass, then pressed their stamps into the paint.<br />
The students really get into this project, and I think it's because of the zen effect completing radially symmetric prints creates.
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Even students who either messed up a bit on their prints or their stamp-making got really beautiful results too! :)<br />
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Another great alternative is to color oil pastel on your paper before printing! Check out how vibrant this is!</div>
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-41168320178406730192018-01-13T00:46:00.000-05:002018-11-21T20:13:09.173-05:00Color Mixing Turtles (K)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPHyqrMsDleGmZ7PM9O-u-L29FkrgPylpoqziqcWFdfSBbOd5-p6liWglAaowW7pAf-zfjCv8AnCLGZ0z_khi-IancmFRtjBD1xzBxBcLPypspwuMA2f_ua3F7OjhYg4JtuALxv7XlCj/s1600/turtles-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPHyqrMsDleGmZ7PM9O-u-L29FkrgPylpoqziqcWFdfSBbOd5-p6liWglAaowW7pAf-zfjCv8AnCLGZ0z_khi-IancmFRtjBD1xzBxBcLPypspwuMA2f_ua3F7OjhYg4JtuALxv7XlCj/s1600/turtles-01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div>I'm going to go ahead and start by saying that kindergarten is seriously the hardest grade-level for me to plan lessons for - so thank goodness for Pinterest, Instagram, and my fellow art educators!</div>Seriously... how were art teachers able to do it all before social media? :)<br />
<a name='more'></a>This particular lesson was inspired by a pin that I found on Pinterest from <a href="https://artwithmspinaire.weebly.com/">Art with Ms. Pinaire</a>. You can also find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/m.pinaire/">Instagram here</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GH9KuMVnOGq4Hby_pSBQDluvhCivg8ldp44AZhH37AuFHLGCle72mMpax25iH0T2WtVjyfWI34xxIBHz2YRfATYG-VQKdfE2mcSK3Yp_ywuueMv2QvBZGhL2eeTX56yllh7aziVGDb6n/s1600/20180105_133304+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GH9KuMVnOGq4Hby_pSBQDluvhCivg8ldp44AZhH37AuFHLGCle72mMpax25iH0T2WtVjyfWI34xxIBHz2YRfATYG-VQKdfE2mcSK3Yp_ywuueMv2QvBZGhL2eeTX56yllh7aziVGDb6n/s320/20180105_133304+copy.jpg" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;" width="320" /></a>To begin, I reviewed with my kinders what they had learned during their last rotation with me about color mixing. What's so special about primary colors? Oh yea! You can mix them together to make secondary colors! We also briefly talked about those in-between intermediate/tertiary colors (though I don't call them that just yet). We basically just talk about how you can make different types of individual secondary colors by adding more or less of a particular primary color when mixing the paint.<br />
Then I had my students select what secondary color they wanted to mix up that day. <i>In both of the kindergarten classes I've done this with so far, I've had a SUBSTANTIAL number of kids pick the color purple. :)</i><br />
Once they picked their color they were put into groups with other students who also chose to paint the same secondary color, and then given two cups of primary colored paint to get started.<br />
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"Mrs. Nguyen!!!! Look at my purple!" "Look!!!! I made green!!" "Our water bucket is orange!!"<br />
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Once they finished painting their plates, we put them up in the drying rack until the next day.<br />
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On the second day I had my students sitting in the same groups as the day before and gave each table a box of oil pastels. I asked them to work as a team to pull out the pastels that matched the colors they used and made the day before. So if they were mixing green, they were to take out the yellows, blues, and greens from the box. Then they used these oil pastels to add some pattern to their turtle's shells.<br />
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Finally, they cut out eyes from a white piece of paper and used sharpie to draw the pupils.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIJbHuUIYOkNZWY5J_vshKw2yE2aHZunLo7x0ibrCaSqFK-mr2UMq2_Vv2-P2ZlgFv8vk6dF7KccgWfiqUWztgvCUErWb0mMwpH8wPVZ4X2O3zbNVn2__GIAcu6G29mVbQO4SQe-z0cXD/s1600/20180110_131937+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1600" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIJbHuUIYOkNZWY5J_vshKw2yE2aHZunLo7x0ibrCaSqFK-mr2UMq2_Vv2-P2ZlgFv8vk6dF7KccgWfiqUWztgvCUErWb0mMwpH8wPVZ4X2O3zbNVn2__GIAcu6G29mVbQO4SQe-z0cXD/s320/20180110_131937+copy.jpg" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;" width="320" /></a>I'm sure some people might look at this project and think.. hmmm.. this seems pretty crafty and not so art educationy (a common thought when a paper plate is used in an art lesson). And to that I say ehhhhhhhhh. My students reinforced their learning about primary and secondary colors, mixed their own paints, experimented with using oil pastels, continued refining their fine motor skills by tracing and then cutting out rounded shapes and figuring out how hard to squeeze the glue bottle to apply an adequate (and not insane amount) of liquid glue.<br />
I'd say this project was packed with visual arts learning! Best of all - my kinders LOVED what they made!<br />
This will definitely by a project I repeat for years to come!<br />
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</div>Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-7472021991690280182017-12-13T22:13:00.001-05:002020-01-17T19:45:50.279-05:00Evergreen Tree Weaving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1HgEMsK9ggnujerqbHxCTJGrWbp2MwH51nIf5RLd_E2DjEQOOZrRL_Do9sxXV1vdFlmxY1EvKS4qefIwpEq3pR6KnpfHdhBYUvoph08EWQB9-lWLV6wJW_7uRkdo_uWNsa5Qneo6crPO/s1600/treeweaving-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1HgEMsK9ggnujerqbHxCTJGrWbp2MwH51nIf5RLd_E2DjEQOOZrRL_Do9sxXV1vdFlmxY1EvKS4qefIwpEq3pR6KnpfHdhBYUvoph08EWQB9-lWLV6wJW_7uRkdo_uWNsa5Qneo6crPO/s1600/treeweaving-01.jpg" /></a>
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Before I begin I just want to say thank you so much to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adventures_in_teaching_art/">@adventures_in_teaching_art</a> for the project idea. I was flipping through Instagram the other day and saw it and fell in love!
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This is my take on the weaving project.</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2yoEnyp">Chinet Plates </a>(8.75")</div>
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Tempera Paint (for background)</div>
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Yarn (dark green, brown, and black)</div>
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Plastic Yarn Needles</div>
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<i>Optional: </i>Beads (for ornaments)</div>
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<i>Optional: </i>Pipe Cleaner (for star)</div>
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First have your students paint a background onto their chinet plate. You could have them keep it simple or use this as an opportunity to talk about foreground, middle-ground, background and atmospheric perspective!</div>
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Once their plates are dry, have them make a series of cuts into their plates. Two at the top (about 3/4" apart) and 10 at the bottom (about the same distance apart).</div>
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Give students a long piece of yarn for their warp strings - these are the vertical strings that are connected to the loom (the paper plate). If you are using 8.85" plates, you will need to give each student roughly 12.5 ft (or 150"). The color that they use for this should be different than the color that they are going to use for the tree (for clarity).</div>
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Students will tuck one end of their string through the top left cut on their plate (short end on the back), and then they will begin wrapping their string around their plate. Students will use the top left cut to the 5 bottom cuts on the left and then switch to the top right cut to hold the 5 bottom cuts on the right.</div>
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Once all their warp strings are strung, students will take the remaining bit of string and wrap it around all 10 strings at the top, then tie a double knot to keep them all together. Any remaining string should be pulled onto the backside and tied to the other end of the string (still dangling on the back of the plate from the first warp string).</div>
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On my plate the next thing that I added was the pipe cleaner star at the top of my tree. In retrospect though, this probably should've waited until the very end. </div>
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To create it, I took a short yellow pipe cleaner and put 5 beads on the middle of it. Then I twisted the pipe cleaner around so that the beads looked like the points on a star. Using the two ends sticking out, I tucked the pipe cleaner underneath the top of the warp strings, then twisted it around to attach it.</div>
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Once your students are finished with their warp strings, give them a long piece of dark green yarn (for the weft strings). They will tie one end of the string to the top of the warp strings. <i>You can tie a plastic yarn needle to the other end of the string if you'd like for easier weaving. </i>They will then begin weaving the weft string over and under the warp strings, making sure to keep them in the correct order. <i>*Tell them not pull their weft string too tight.</i> Once they get to the last warp string they'll loop back around and start weaving in the opposite direction.</div>
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As they weave, be sure to remind students to push their weft strings up every once in a while. If they're using a yarn needle, they can easily just use that to help push them up.</div>
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If they want to add "ornaments" to their tree, they just need to periodically add some beads onto their weft string.</div>
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Once they've finished weaving the dark green weft string, students will tie the end of it to one of the warp strings towards the bottom.</div>
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To add the tree stump, students will need to take a brown piece of yarn and tie one end of it to the 4th warp string over (from either the left or right). They will be using the middle 4 warp strings to weave the stump.</div>
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If you want to go more seasonal and less Christmasy with this project, have students do it without the star and ornaments. </div>
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Classroom management in the art room can be a tricky thing. That's why a few years ago I decided to try something new - I used art centers as the incentive in my classroom management plan.<br />
IT HAS WORKED WONDERS!<br />
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</b> <b>So how does it work? Glad you asked!</b><br />
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<a name='more'></a>In my classroom I have a table point system. When students are doing what they are supposed to be doing (coming in quietly, being on task, helping each other, cleaning up on time, etc), they receive table points. When they aren’t following directions (being too loud, being super off task, not cleaning up, etc), they lose them. To help me keep track of these points I use <a href="https://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a>. Class Dojo is a free app/website created for teachers (<a href="https://www.classdojo.com/#LearnMore">learn more about it here</a>). <i>**Class Dojo did NOT sponsor this post. I just think they're awesome. :)</i><br />
During my classes I typically have my projector on displaying the points on the board. I can give or take-away points from my tables directly from my computer and/or from the app on my phone and it updates in real time.<br />
The way that I have it setup for my art room is that I have 6 classes set up (one for each grade-level).<br />
Then in each class I have 8 "students" (one "student" for each of my table colors). <i>The reason that I track points via tables instead of by individual students is because of the size and transience of the school I teach at. I teach approximately 1,200 students who mostly live in apartment buildings. Because of that, many of my students move away throughout the year and are replaced with new students. Tracking tables instead of individual students makes the system easier to keep up with since I don't have to constantly add and remove student names from classes. It also makes classroom management a bit easier since I'm not having to constantly be looking out for 25-30 students behaviors at the same time (instead it's just the collective efforts of 8 tables).</i><br />
Since I see my students multiple days in a row before they rotate to their next special, I have only one class for each grade-level. At the end of their rotation I just reset their points so it's ready to go for the next group. <i>If you don't have this type of multiple-day rotation, you could always set up a class for each classroom teacher you see.</i><br />
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<b>So what is the motivation for students to earn points? Their ability to take part in my art centers!</b></h4>
The number of points each table has determines which art centers they can participate in during free time (once a project is finished). Each center has a point value assigned to it. Once a table has that many points or more, they can use that center. If the table does not have that many points, they cannot (and don't worry.. your students will police it for you). The way I determine how many points each center is depends on the interests of my students. If I know they’ll really enjoy something (like jewelry center), I give it a higher point value. If it's something not too special, it has a lower point value.<br />
<i>Points are NOT deducted when a student chooses to do a center.</i><br />
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My favorite part about this system is that is rewards my students with fun art experiences instead of tangible items (like candy). It also keeps them engaged and typically out of trouble while other students are finishing up their work.<br />
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<b>So what centers do I have in my room?</b></h4>
Occasionally I'll switch a center out.. but currently in my room I have...<br />
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Students are always welcome to look at and/or read the books I keep in my classroom. I have a pretty sizable collection of picture books that I've accrued over the years (many of which I use with my little ones to inspire their art lessons). My admin loves it too! What a great way to incorporate literacy! :)</td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>White Boards: 1 point</b></h4>
This center is the one fun giveaway that I have for my students who don't have a lot of points. The reason that I do this is because I still want my students to be engaged. If there aren't any fun and engaging low point centers, you might find students acting up because they're bored (and that's the last thing you want when the rest of your class is busy finishing up their art projects)!<br />
<i>I normally stock up on mini white boards during back to school time at Wal-Mart.. but <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JFKQTPG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JFKQTPG&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=ff3528f9b20309696d55fb3f75795809">this pack on Amazon</a> looks promising.</i></td> </tr>
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<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2iMWGbn">Weaving/Lacing Center</a>: 1 point</b></h4>
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This center is made up of lacing cards for students to practice sewing/weaving/lacing (whatever you want to call it) on. This center is just a practice center and does not give students anything to take home.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&keywords=learn%20to%20draw%20walter%20foster&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=2eddce11456460bfb67ef19d66b92d23">How to Draw Books</a> & Free Draw: 2 points</b></h4>
I have a bunch of How to Draw books that my kids LOVE using to help them develop their drawing skills. It's important to have a wide variety of subject matter so you can be sure to peak student interest. I have a book on <a href="http://amzn.to/2nOT3a7">dragons</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2Ab7JSX">graffiti lettering</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&keywords=how%20to%20draw%20pokemon&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=33bc7dd0768d5d48157a418fa541cc95">Pokemon</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2km5AwG">Nickelodeon characters</a>, farm animals, marine animals, household pets, etc...</td> </tr>
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I had a TON of these math pattern blocks donated to my classroom a few years ago. So now I have them split up into 8 buckets and use them for centers (my kinders also use them a lot). Students can get pretty creative on their own with these. I've found that my little ones like making things like food and animals, while my older students create more complex things like castles and symmetrical designs.</div>
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Hexagon towers are also a pretty popular choice school-wide. How many can they stack before the tower comes toppling down?!</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&keywords=cedar%20canyon%20texture%20plates&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=9c5dcf73a4b76cd76569fe73c9dad49a">Texture Rubbing</a>: 4 points</b></h4>
I do texture rubbing quite a bit with my younger students in some of their art projects... so this center is usually a fun throwback for a lot of my older students.<br />
I have a bunch of texture plates that I purchased in the past as well as a few that I made myself from things like shelf liner, textured cardstock, cardboard and glue, etc.<br />
Students place a sheet of paper overtop of the textured surface and then use the side of a crayon to rub on top of the paper to capture the textured surface below.</td> </tr>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&keywords=ravensburger%20puzzle%2049&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a6584e4cadaa11c6c5d49535dab05cff">Puzzles</a>: 5 points</b></h4>
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I have a bunch of 24-piece and 49-piece puzzles, as well as a couple 100-piece puzzles. I also have 3 big floor puzzles that my kinders really love.</div>
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One thing I like doing with my older students is having puzzle races. I have 6 49-piece puzzles.. so sometimes we'll have a competition where the kids race to see who can put their puzzle together first. Every once in a while I'll face the winner in a head-to-head final round competition. :)<br />
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<b>Origami: 6 points</b></h4>
So many of my students love origami so I printed out a bunch of simple to complex origami instruction sheets that I found online and put them into plastic sleeves for my students to reference.<br />
<i>My biggest pet peeve with this center: when kids leave their unwanted half-folded sheets of paper in the bucket. </i>😖</td> </tr>
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I know what you're thinking - well it's either one of two things. Either you're like "WHATTTTT?! They still sell Spirographs?!" (you were likely born in the 80s or earlier) or you're like "Uhh what's that?" (#millenial - not judging).</div>
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Spirograph is a fun geometric pattern drawing toy. It takes a second to teach the kids how to use it.. but once they get it it'll keep them occupied for a while. Who knew drawing radial symmetric patterns could be so much fun?</div>
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The kit I bought came with 200 little wooden planks and a couple balls. Students use the planks to build a contraption for the balls to travel along. My kids liked it so much I invested in another 2 kits (so I now have 600 planks). It's fun watching them come up with their own designs.</td> </tr>
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I was never really into K'NEX as a child myself (I was a Lego kid through and through), but I've found that some of my students really enjoy this center.</div>
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I left the building instructions book in the center box, but most of my students just come up with their own creations instead (just a heads up if your students are like mine - about 75% of their creations will resemble fidget spinners).</div>
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This center is a huge motivator for my students!<br />
Who doesn't like building stuff with play-doh?!<br />
My only issue with this center was that when I left the doh in their original containers, my students would often not put the lids on all the way, so it would accidentally dry out. So to correct the problem, I got some <a href="http://amzn.to/2B5krX3">plastic twist-top containers</a> that I now use to store the play-doh. Problem solved!</td> </tr>
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This center is the highest point value center in my classroom. At jewelry center, students can make up to 2 things to take home with them.</div>
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My kids get really excited about this center (both girls and boys alike). They love getting the opportunity to create something they can wear around. :)<br />
<i>Here's a link to my favorite <a href="http://amzn.to/2iQVa8a">stretchy-string</a> that I use in this center!</i></div>
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If you're looking for materials for your art centers, I suggest checking out my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/artwithmrsnguyen?listId=2OXS1F8U7ZSPS" target="_blank">Amazon List</a> for Art Center materials!</div>
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So that's how I incorporate centers into my classroom management plan! Do you have art centers in your classroom? What types of centers do you use? I'd love to hear about it in the comments below! :)<br />
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Crying kinder: "Art teacher! He pushed me!!"<br />Me: "Why did you push her?"<br />Other on-the-verge of crying kinder: "Because I'm number 7! She was in my spot!!"<br />Crying kinder: "Nuh uhhhh!!"</blockquote>
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Let's be real people. We get this EVERY. TIME. KINDERGARTEN. LINES. UP.<br />
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While I normally use moments like these as opportunities to teach students good manners (like saying excuse me instead of pushing someone over), wouldn't it be great if it didn't happen at all?<br />
What if we could call our students to line up and they immediately knew exactly where to line up to get into line order!?<br />
In comes line-up dot spots. The best classroom management idea I've seen in quite some time! Special thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/2art.chambers/">@2art.chambers</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrsdow_artroom/">@mrsdow_artroom</a> for the awesome inspiration!<br />
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To make these beautiful floor spots I used some <a href="http://amzn.to/2kB1btl">very colorful vinyl</a> that I found on Amazon (of course). And to make it even better.. it's on Prime! 💕 **Update: Since writing this post the vinyl has become unavailable. It looks like<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J3YFYL8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01J3YFYL8&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=8f49d76d1cfd87dc42e85de994bbda65"> this vinyl </a>might be a good alternative (though I have not personally tried it).<br />
So two days after I placed my order, I received a package with 30 sheets of vinyl in a plethora of colors (including 3 black sheets - 2 glossy, 1 matte).<br />
My initial plan was to cut out the circles on my own but then my mom suggested that I use the <a href="http://amzn.to/2yBHAzm">Cricut that she had just bought</a>. I gotta say - I LOVE the Cricut. It saved me SO much time cutting and to top it off - all the cuts are absolutely perfect (which is great for a perfectionist like me)!<br />
I cut out (okay the Cricut cut out) 26 8" diameter circles, a star for the line leader spot (which I forgot at home today), and then numbers for each spot.<br />
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To install the spots on my classroom floor, I began by spraying the floor with rubbing alcohol (to help remove any oils or residues). Then I peeled off each circle from its sheet and slowly lowered it onto the floor. To help reduce air bubbles, I used my rubber clay smoother to flatten the vinyl down gradually. Then once the dots were down, I just placed the numbers on top. The numbers were probably the most frustrating part of the whole project. Getting the two-digit numbers aligned to each other and in the center of the dot was tricky.<br />
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Guys I cannot wait until my kids come in tomorrow! My plan right now is to have my students find their number and then stand NEXT to it. I figured this would help prolong the life of my dots. 😊<br />
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For the past couple years I've been doing a family portrait drawing project with my 3rd graders for their Square 1 Art fundraiser project. I mean.. who could resist a child-drawn picture of their family? If my son brought that home I'd buy two of everything! #adorable<br />
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Drawing with 3rd graders can be tough. Some of them are still at the point where they are willing to try drawing whatever.. but unfortunately some of them reach that tipping point where all of a sudden if they aren't immediately successful, they think they can't do it.</div>
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That's why for this lesson I took a more step-by-step approach with them. We all began on the carpet in my classroom. I showed my students a brief PowerPoint explaining what a family portrait is, and then we compared and contrasted two very different family portraits drawn by children (one was an image I found online and the other was an example by one of my 3rd graders).</div>
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We talked about how the portrait drawn by the 3rd grader had a background, was fully colored, had the family members overlapping to create space, had thought about body proportions, etc., while the portrait found on the internet did not. My students all agreed that the portrait with all the extra details was definitely a more successful drawing.<br />
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Before beginning my demo, I told my students that if they already knew how to draw people and wanted to do it their way, then AWESOME - they could go back to their table and get drawing! BUT if they thought that they might be able to learn some new drawing strategies by watching me, they should stay on the carpet. Out of all my classes so far this year, I've had 3 students decide to go get started on their own (and honestly their drawings were fantastic).</div>
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I broke up this project into a bunch of steps. My students would watch me draw something and explain to them why I did what I did, then they went back to their seats and did it themselves. Then once they were finished with the step, they came back to the carpet so I would know that they were ready to move on. All in all, this project took most of my students 4-5 45-minute class periods to complete.</div>
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Before my students drew anything, I had them repeat the saying "Draw light until you know it's right!" like 5 times. This was especially important for them to remember because we would be erasing a bunch of what we drew.</div>
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<b>Step 1 - Draw a horizon line and trace your family member's heads.</b></h3>
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I explained to students that a horizon line is where the land meets the sky in a picture. So they used a ruler and drew a horizontal line somewhere near the middle of their page. Then I gave them two differently sized head tracers (ovals I cut out of posterboard) so they could add their family member's heads to the page. Adults were drawn with the large sized tracer, while the kids were drawn with the smaller tracer. I'm not normally a fan of using stencils/tracers.. but if they drew their heads too small, they would've kinda been doomed from the beginning. There are bigger battles people - use the tracers.</div>
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We also talked about the placement of the heads on the page. Adult heads should be placed higher on the page (above the horizon line), while children's heads should be lower down (but not too low though because they still need space to draw the body)! We also talked about how the heads should be staggered on the page (you don't want a kid's head immediately under an adult's head). If the heads aren't staggered, students end up losing a lot of detail on the person in the back. To help illustrate this point, I arranged a group of students in front of the class so they could see why certain arrangements would be a problem.</div>
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I had students draw two lines down for the neck and then connect those two lines with a 'V' or a curved line for the neckline (where the shirt meets the neck). Then they drew curved lines that were at least as wide as the head extending from the bottom of those lines. Students who had trouble drawing these lines with a curve were told just to do straight lines out (which would later be adjusted).
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Students found the halfway point between the shoulders of a person and the bottom of the page, then they drew a horizontal line about as wide as the head.</div>
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Before beginning this step, I emphasized how important it was to draw the shirts of kids in the front of the picture before the parents in the back. If students started with the people in the back, they would have to end up erasing a lot more because the people in front would cover part of their detail up (overlapping).</div>
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Students drew two lines up from the waistline, then curved the shoulder line down to create the sleeve. </div>
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They also went ahead and drew their people's arms and hands in. We talked about how people's arms typically go past their waistline. I told them not to stress about drawing fingers. If they could do it - AWESOME! But if not it was perfectly okay to draw them balled up. Again - there are bigger battles. I swear some of my kids would've spent the entire class period just trying to draw hands if I had let them!
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It was also important to let them know what some of the detail on the people in the back would be hidden.. but that they should keep drawing everything that they would be able to see.</div>
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Students just extended the line down from the side of shirt to create the sides of the pants. If they wanted to create a dress, they just had to erase the waistline and then extend the line down and draw the bottom of the dress. If they were drawing shorts, we talked about how legs are often smaller than the width of shorts.</div>
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We also talked about how people don't normally have their feet sticking out to the sides. Students were encouraged to draw the shoes as if they were projecting out forwards (towards the viewer). Drawing the shoes this way was a big "WOW" moment for a lot of my students! 😊</div>
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I demonstrated how I would draw my own hair and face on my drawing, then sent the kids to complete their drawings. </div>
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-how the tops of ears usually line up with a person's eyes</div>
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-how hair can change the contour of the top of the head</div>
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Students had a lot of wiggle room here. Ultimately they were told to draw the facial features how they wanted to.</div>
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Students were to trace over EVERYTHING with a sharpie pen. "Mrs. Nguyen.. even the eyes?" "Yes." "What about the hair?" "Yes." "What about the horizon line?" "Yes." 😒</div>
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Once they were done tracing, they went over everything with an eraser to clean up their drawing.</div>
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<i>This is when a bunch of them realized that they had missed an eye or hand with the sharpie. </i></div>
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This is where I really changed up my project from previous years. In the past I had my kids paint their pictures or use marker.. but this year I went with crayon and watercolor paint in the background. Why? Because the crayon and watercolor paint resist each other, so if the crayon is pressed down hard enough.. it makes it really difficult to accidentally paint over a person's face/body.</div>
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All of my tables were given tester papers so that kids could try out a color before they chose to use it.</div>
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I also encouraged my students to color all the skin areas first - that way they wouldn't accidentally mix up colors and end up with different colored patches of skin on the same person.</div>
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Students were free to paint their backgrounds however they wanted, but most opted for using green and blue.</div>
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Were there some issues with proportion? Of course! But this is 3rd grade people! I think they turned out beautifully! **My students were all amazed how well they were able to draw their family portraits. 😁</div>
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-49754689483531040822017-08-25T21:03:00.001-04:002018-11-18T22:18:28.940-05:00Back to School Collaborative Mural 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year my school had our students rotate through all 8 discovery (specials) classes during the first 8 days of school (normally we see them for a few days at a time). This was so that our students could meet all of their discovery teachers.. and get to see all of our classrooms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last year I went 1 1/2 months before seeing some of my rotations, so this was a welcomed change!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So during the first 8 days of school I introduced myself, went over my classroom rules, some procedures, and assigned seats for 48 separate classes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After all the boring introductory stuff, I also had my 2nd-5th grade students work on a collaborative mural project. <i>This lesson comes from Don at <a href="http://www.shinebritezamorano.com/2015/09/a-colorful-beginning.html?m=1">Shine Brite Zamorano</a>!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We started by looking at the artist <a href="http://www.libselliott.com/">Libs Elliot</a>. I showed students some examples of her work and then we briefly talked about how she was able to simultaneously create a sense of unity and variety in her artwork. After looking at some of her pieces, we landed on a slide which showed the GORGEOUS mural that Don had his students make, then I explained what we were going to do!
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students were instructed to create a square patch with construction paper, that would be added to a nearly school-wide collaborative mural project inspired by the work of Libs Elliot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At each of my tables I put a basket filled with 6"x6" squares, large </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">triangles (cut from 6"x6" squares), and 3"x3" squares in a number of different colors (colors were switched out for each rotation). Students were told they needed one large square, one large triangle, and two small squares (which could be cut into smaller triangles) - then the rest was up to them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I used the following schedule for my color rotations:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 1- Scarlet, Magenta, White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 2- Red, Scarlet, Orange (some), White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 3- Orange, Gold, Red (some), White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 4- Gold, Yellow, Light Yellow, Orange (some), White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 5- Light Yellow, Hot Lime, Holiday Green (some), White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 6- Hot Lime, Holiday Green, Turquoise, White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 7- Turquoise, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, White</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rotation 8- Royal Blue, Purple, Lilac, White
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I gotta be honest - the prep work for this one was INTENSE.. but the results are STUNNING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For this project (and really all my other projects), we used <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b987fc9b8409c86840a4b4fc86375a07&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=arts-crafts&keywords=Tru-ray%20construction%20paper" target="_blank">Tru-Ray Sulphite Construction Paper</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. If you haven't used it before - you haven't been living! Their paper comes in super vibrant colors AND it doesn't fade (which means this display will be up for a while)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To hang, I glued down the squares onto sheets of butcher paper, and then used packing tape and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=4d2731c1fdf3d9a247628b1e9e5171ba&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=arts-crafts&keywords=Command%20Velcro" target="_blank">command strips</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to attach it to the wall. Command strips were ESSENTIAL to getting this to stay up!!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The other specials teachers and I think that there is some kind of conspiracy going on in which the county is spraying something on our walls to make sure no tape sticks to it. I really think we're on to something!</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: center;">As she was presenting this information during our staff meeting, the PowerPoint she was showing happened to have an example picture of a hall pass on a paintbrush. Obviously I immediately fell in love! </span></div>
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Once I got home I looked for some <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=paintbrush%20hall%20pass&rs=typed&term_meta[]=paintbrush%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=hall%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=pass%7Ctyped">inspiration photos on Pinterest</a>, and then got started!
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "crimson text";"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">• 4- 88</span></span>¢ 3" paintbrushes from Wal-Mart</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">• White Primer Spray Paint</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">• Black and Silver Sharpie Markers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">• Mod Podge (which for the past 20-something years I've been calling modge podge).</span></div>
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I got started by applying painters tape along the edge of the paintbrush's handle. Then I sprayed the handles with a white primer spray paint that I had leftover from a previous project.</div>
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Once that was dry, I went ahead and painted the handles of the paintbrushes with acrylic paint. Being the impatient person that I am, I decided to paint both sides.. so to let them dry I used a clip magnet to hold the bristles and then hung them on the edge of my husband's metal drawing table.</div>
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Once the first coat was dry, I realized that I really should have sanded them first (I was originally hoping that I wouldn't have to). So I went ahead and sanded them down and then painted a number of coats of acrylic paint over the freshly sanded handles.</div>
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Once the handles were dry, I used a paintbrush to apply paint about halfway up the bristle side of the paintbrush.</div>
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Once all the paint had dried, I used a black sharpie marker to write the words "Hall Pass" and "Art" on the handle. After tracing over that a couple times to thicken up the letters, I used a silver sharpie to outline around the letters.</div>
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Once everything was fully dry, the last step was to apply mod podge. *VERY IMPORTANT!</div>
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If you do not seal the handle, the paint will easily get chipped and dirtied. </div>
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I used a glossy mod podge on the handle and then also added some overtop of the paint on the bristles to give the paint a wet look.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">I got a relatively cheap key holder from Wal-Mart, spray painted it black, and now have my passes hanging up on the back of my classroom door. Both my students and I LOVE them! Such a simple fun project!</span></div>
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Mrs. Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06235069352368266201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008498758925337366.post-71882844185923039822017-08-05T21:02:00.002-04:002018-11-18T16:28:04.620-05:00Setting Up My Art Room 2017-2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Fun Fact: My classroom looks HUGGGGEEEE when it’s empty!</i><br />
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Before I went back for pre-planning this year, I started work on a colorful new set of drawers for my classroom. The idea was that I would use each drawer to store all of my prepped paper for each of my grade-level projects (that way it wouldn’t end up all over my desk and every other flat surface in my room like usual). So I got online and found the perfect set of drawers from Target. As you can imagine I was overjoyed when I saw that the drawers could hold 12″x18″ paper – an art teacher’s dream! Unfortunately in all my excitement, I neglected to thoroughly read the product description and ended up buying a unit whose overall dimensions were 12″ deep by 18″ long; the drawers themselves were much smaller. And of course I didn’t realize all of this until after I had already primed and repainted all the drawer covers and assembled the whole thing.
Upset with this realization, I took to Instagram where a fellow art teacher gave me the amazingly awesome idea to use the drawers to organize my scrap paper by color instead.
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Once pre-planning started it was all about getting my classroom put together.</div>
My first project was to paint the edges of my tables and stools to color-code them!<br />
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For the past several years I used colored masking tape to color-code my tables, but as I’m sure many of you already know – kids LOVE picking at tape! I was constantly having to replace it as it got worn and torn in order to save my sanity. The sanity that was slowly being picked away with every scratch of the fingernail. Yeah… I’m a bit of a perfectionist. 🙂
So I was more than relieved when my administration gave me the green light to use paint in my room instead!
The tables in my classroom have a laminate surface on them, so the first step was to lightly sand the sides of my tables. My husband (who is not a carpenter, mind you) suggested that I use 220 grit sandpaper. In retrospect however, I wish I would’ve gone with something a little lower so that it would’ve scratched up the sides a bit more. Butttttttttt you live and you learn.
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When painting my stools, I just went straight in with the paint and then covered with mod-podge as well (in retrospect I could have done without the mod-podge on the chairs).<br />
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<b>**UPDATE: This particular type of paint didn't stay very well (still very pickable). So I took it off and repainted with <a href="http://www.michaels.com/msc-multisurface-satin-acrylic-craft-paint-2oz/M10198119.html?dwvar_M10198119_color=Slate%20Gray#q=martha+stewart+satin+paint&start=1">Martha Stewart multi-surface acrylic</a> and sealed it with <a href="http://amzn.to/2nN6Oq1">Delta Creative polyurethane varnish</a>. It is working INSANELY better. </b><br />
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This year I used the same <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-Bath-Caddy-Clear-Available-in-Case-of-6-or-Single-Unit/44785766">type of bins</a> I've used in past years.. but got some nice new ones that weren't colored all over (who doesn't love shiny and new?). To color-code the bins I once again used ribbon. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BXTTMJPFBv6/?taken-by=artwithmrsnguyen">Click here to see how to attach it</a>!<br />
I also created some <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-with-Mrs-Nguyens-Table-Supply-Caddy-Labels-Freebie-3983921">new labels</a> and then added those on as well to help my students know where to put things away.<br />
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Once again, I will be using art centers as part of my classroom management plan!<br />
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In my classroom I do a table point system using Class Dojo. When students are doing what they are supposed to be doing (coming in quietly, being on task, helping each other, cleaning up on time, etc), they receive table points. When they aren’t following directions (being too loud, being super off task, not cleaning up, etc), they lose them.
The way I record all of this in Class Dojo is by having 6 “classes” set up (one for each grade-level). Then in each class I have 8 “students” (one for each of my table colors). Since I see my students multiple days in a row before they rotate to their next special, I use only one class for each grade-level, then reset their points once their rotation is over so it’s back to zero for the next group.
So what is the motivation to earn points? Great question!
The number of points each table has determines which art centers they can participate in during free time (once a project is finished). Each center has a point value assigned to it. Once a table has that many points or more, they can use that center. If the table does not have that many points, they cannot.
The way I determine how many points each center is depends on the interests of my students. If I know they’ll really enjoy something (like jewelry center), I give it a higher point value.
In the past few years that I’ve been using this system, I’ve found a lot of success with it. It keeps my students motivated to make the right choices and rewards them with experiences instead of tangible items (like candy).
The centers I currently have in my classroom are:<br />
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Weaving/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JM5G05I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JM5G05I&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=949a927d2b30c749c77d0ab4b605a1c7" target="_blank">Lacing Cards</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00JM5G05I" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - 1 pt</div>
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White Boards - 1 pt *This is the one bone that I throw my students. They LOVE white boards!</div>
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How to Draw Books and Free Draw - 2 pts</div>
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Pattern Blocks - 3 pts</div>
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Texture Rubbing - 4 pts</div>
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Origami - 6 pts</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GRZTZCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GRZTZCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=658eea4fa2575c39e8ec6900484e1561" target="_blank">Spirograph </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00GRZTZCQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - 7 pts</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002V7YBNC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002V7YBNC&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=f7e1cbed76ea1e1d77c916c4dabc4164" target="_blank">KEVA Contraptions</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B002V7YBNC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> -7 pts.</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VYAFTEM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00VYAFTEM&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=9f23f231f872ef0ec935728e646f75b4" target="_blank">K'NEX</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00VYAFTEM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - 8 pts </div>
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Play Doh - 10 pts</div>
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Jewelry Center - 14 pts</div>
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Now this isn't something new.. but the way that I'm displaying it is. I used to have just the elements posters hanging up on my bulletin board, but now I've hung them along with my principles posters to just above my centers (near my classroom door). I also printed them out larger this year. Instead of being 8.5"x11", I printed them out at 13"x18".</div>
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If you like the look of these posters, be sure to check them out <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/elements-of-art-and-principles-of-design-poster-bundle" target="_blank">in my store</a>!<br />
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At the end of last year I took down all my word wall cards and tossed them, so this year I had to print them all out again (which was fine with me because I'm made a million updates to them over the past few years).<br />
Once I had them all printed out I knew I needed to laminate them. Trying to get stuff laminated through the school in the beginning of the school year can be a bit challenging however, so I decided it was time to invest in my very own home laminator!<br />
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Guys... I WANT TO LAMINATE EVERYTHING NOW! I mean.. the process of laminating itself is fun AND cutting out things that are laminated is fun. There's just something very rewarding about cutting through laminated paper. <i>Either you know exactly what I'm talking about, or you think I'm crazy. That's okay. I probably am. ;)</i><br />
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I personally bought my laminator at Wal-Mart for about $20... but you can also order the same <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008587M0K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008587M0K&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=7fccf8537fd01f3e7bbd2bef2bd5dd34" target="_blank">Scotch Thermal Laminator</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B008587M0K" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> from Amazon (theirs comes with 20 laminating pouches).<br />
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Once I had all my cards laminated it was time to cut them out. Lucky for me I recently purchased an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DEK6YC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001DEK6YC&linkCode=as2&tag=artwithmrsngu-20&linkId=b19903e5812b5e4db877c8b438fd6f69" target="_blank">X-ACTO Commercial Grade 12" x 12" Paper Cutter</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=artwithmrsngu-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B001DEK6YC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (off of Amazon) which made cutting them out at home WAY easier. <i>Seriously Amazon gets all of my money. Their 2-day Prime shipping is dangerously convenient.</i><br />
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The only thing I didn't consider before starting was how to keep the cards straight on my bulletin board. 😔 By the time I got to the letter "D" I noticed that my cards were gradually moving upwards. Soooo I took them all down and started again. <i>I'm going to be real with you guys.. I did this a few times.</i><br />
Then FINALLY I figured out an easy way to keep things on track; I measured how far down from my border I wanted the word wall cards to start, and then put a staple at that height along the length of the bulletin board.<br />
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<i>Helpful tip: Hang your word wall cards BEFORE you hang your bulletin board letters. The letters "C" and "S" have like a gazillion cards, while the letter "U" only has one. </i></div>
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If you like my word wall cards, <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/elementary-art-word-wall-cards-with-and-without-definitions" target="_blank">check out my store</a>!</div>
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If you like the bulletin board letters, you can <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colorful-Chevron-and-Dots-Alphabet-Printable-3275429">find them here</a>! *I warn you to not use them on a black background however. Hah! I wish I would've thought that one through!</div>
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<i>Like I mentioned before, I see my students a few days in a row before getting my new rotation, so the way I organize and store artwork may not be applicable to your situation.</i></div>
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To help me tell my grade-levels apart (in case they're doing similar projects) I have clothespins with grade-level tags on them that I just clip onto the top of each drying rack.<br />
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First are the color-coded baskets I have. If I'm doing a project with a class that has a LOT of materials, I will often use these buckets to pass out supplies for each table. Otherwise I would just call table numbers (how I distribute jobs) and have them come pick up various things.</div>
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Using the copy box lids allows me to quickly take out and put away supplies without the giant mess.<br />
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I'm so glad I got one again. :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">HALL PASSES</span></div>
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Over the past few years, the teachers at my school had been using laminated paper hall passes for our students. The main problem with those though were that they would come back from the bathroom with wet spots on them (is that water or something else?). Eww. </div>
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So this year our principal had us make our own instead. As she was telling us about this during our staff meeting, she happened to have an example picture of a hall pass on a paintbrush on the PowerPoint slide. Obviously I immediately fell in love! To see my how-to on these paint brushes <a href="http://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2017/08/paintbrush-hall-passes.html">click here</a>.</div>
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Now they hang on the back of my door!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">GENERAL CLASSROOM DECOR</span></div>
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These are a few of the other things I have hanging up on my walls.</div>
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I made these color posters to complement the bulletin board letters I made for my word wall. :) You can get a <a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/chevron-and-dots-color-poster-printables">copy of them here</a>!</div>
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I moved my<a href="https://artwithmrsnguyen.myshopify.com/collections/art-room-decor/products/chevron-chalkboard-2d-shape-and-3d-form-poster-printables"> shape and form posters</a> from last year onto my large metal storage cabinets so they wouldn't just be wasted space. </div>
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I also repainted these color mixing posters that I had originally created a few years ago. My old ones were looking pretty worn down.</div>
If you don't want to paint your own, consider checking out my TPT store for some <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-Mixing-Package-Primary-Secondary-and-TertiaryIntermediate-colors-1405523">smaller printables</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">CLASSROOM PICTURES</span></div>
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If you have questions about anything else you see, please feel free to leave me a comment and I'd be happy to talk to you about it! :) Hope you all have a great school year!</div>
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Had the opportunity to be interviewed by Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling. If you're a TPT seller yourself, be sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-6-melinda-nguyen-art-with-mrs-nguyen/id1237054193?i=1000389187066&mt=2">check it out</a>!<br />
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<span class="s1"><i>In episode 6 of TpT Talk I interview Melinda Nguyen from Art with Mrs. Nguyen. In this episode, Melinda shares her perspective as an art teacher and TpT seller, how she uses Adobe Illustrator to create products, and how working on TpT is even her self-care!</i></span></blockquote>
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