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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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Hispanic Heritage Month- My Frida Kahlo Lesson

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It's Hispanic Heritage Month!!! I am so excited to teach my students about the importance of other people's culture! This month we are focusing on the artist, Frida Kahlo. Frida is one of my favorite artists to study because she has such a phenomenal story. I was so PUMPED about this lesson that I even painted Frida on the back of my jean jacket to wear to school the next day!    I presented a Google slideshow to my students that displayed some of Frida's work and tidbits about her life. The students were MOST interested in the story of her trolley accident. My sweet babies were so concerned about her. They also thought her painting apparatus was neat! She made use of her bed bound days! We took some time to analyze her artwork. We focused on a few comparisons, what we enjoyed about them, and what struck us---(of course, many of us talked about the unibrow and mustache.) ;)   Then we hopped into the guided drawing! The extra fun part! :) I drew a s
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