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First Day In Art Class- "Painted Papers"

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Hi everyone!  It has been a while since I have written a blog post.  Since my last post: -I've bought a house. -Graduated from grad school. -Had a baby.  and as we all are--- currently surviving a pandemic.  But I am excited for the new school year, nonetheless. With the start of another school year comes the dread of creating a fun and engaging lesson for the first visit. I don't know about you, but I always have a hard time coming up with something interesting. This year I stuck with something simple yet fun.  I teach upper elementary, so each grade level did the exact same lesson-- Kwik Stix "Painted papers" using Analogous colors.  I always start my first visit to art with my rules and expecations video. Back when Bitmojis were a hit in the classroom, I made a video explaining the rules of the art room. Its only 5 minutes, keeps the kids' attention, and I don't have to say the same thing one million times--at two schools.  Next, we reviewed analogous color
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NEW LESSON- Art Mashups! Modigliani and Picasso Portraits

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I am ALWAYS looking for a fresh idea! Unfortunately, at times that means I am looking for another person's wonderful idea. Let's be honest, creating your own lessons can be exhausting. BUT-- this year I am challenging myself to create my OWN lessons from scratch more often. Now, this isn't going to be something that I am able to do ALL the time but I am attempting to be CREATIVE more often. I've realized that being an art teacher doesn't mean that I am simply teaching, writing lesson plans, planning, and assessing. That can get boring. IT MEANS THAT I CAN BE CREATIVE---WHICH IS WHAT I ASK MY STUDENTS TO DO EVERYDAY. Surely, I can do it too.I'm the ART TEACHER. SO- I went a little crazy with this lesson! I decided to call these lessons ART MASHUPS! Its where I take two artists and mash them together to create a lesson/project. I taught about the artists Picasso and Modigliani with my 4th grade students. We discussed how both artists abstracted their portrai
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