First Elementary Project 2014--Radial Mural

January 14, 2014--

Well, today is Tuesday, and apparently there is a full moon tonight.  Which could explain the differences in the classes today!  Just a little different from last week.  It's either that, or because we have hit week two, the "newness" has worn off!  I brought my artcar to school today for the first time.  The kids think I am SuperTeacher!  I'll take it!  :)

We have now hit Step 2 in our first project of 2014.  My first project as an official Elementary teacher!  Now, I will work with what I know, plus the stuff I am learning!  Which is truly exciting!  I am starting a radial project where every kiddo, PreK-5th grade, in the school is creating 1/4 of a circle.  When put together, this mural should be truly spectacular!
We started with learning Value (remember screaming crayon, whisper crayon?  side to side side to side, littttle bitty?) And today, we started adding line patterns to our 1/4 circle rainbows.  Let me tell you, my 3rd graders are "NAILING" this value stuff!  I am so proud of them!  :)

 Using Value, Space, Line, Color, and Shape.  Students had to include their name in one of the "rainbow pieces" but had to use all Upper Case letters and touch the top and bottom lines in order to create new Spaces.

 Some girls are "getting it together!"  Not asked to do this, but rather, taking it upon themselves to see what they thought it might look like.  Smart 3rd graders!

 The edges, our practice space, will be cut off leaving behind just the squares with 1/4 circles.

 We learned value last class.  I did not ask them to include value in any part of it except the outside space (which includes their grade level color so they could identify their piece in the large mural).  They started adding it all on their own.

This one chose a color scheme for hers!  WOW!  So proud!  Again, I did not ask for this.... they did it on their own!  :)

Can't wait until everyone's piece of the circle is finished and we put this all together.  I did this with 7th/8th graders on a much smaller scale.  They did theirs on about 4" pieces of paper.  These are about 8" square.