February 2020
Second and third grade art students recently learned about insects! We discussed their characteristics, completed many careful drawings, and then used Crayola Model Magic to construct insect bodies. We made wings out of transparency sheets and legs and antennae out of pipe cleaners, gluing on some fun googly eyes to complete our wonderful bugs! Students experimented with symmetrical paint splotches, inventing their own original insect designs as well.
Psalm 8
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Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
5
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
7
all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8
the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Inspired by God's handiwork, 2nd and 3rd graders worked on galaxy designs. We also discussed the amazing artwork of former astronaut Alan Bean. He went to the moon and decided to create paintings of what he saw, even adding moon dust and prints of his moon boots in the canvas!
Psalm 19:2-4
The heavens tell the glory of God.
And the skies announce what his hands have made. Day after day they tell the story.
Night after night they tell it again.They have no speech or words.
They don’t make any sound to be heard.But their message goes out through all the world.
It goes everywhere on earth.
Alan Bean: Artist/Astronaut, Smithsonean National Air and Space Museum
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| 3rd grade paintings |
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| 3rd grade paintings |
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| 3rd grade paintings |
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| 2nd grade paintings |
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| 2nd grade paintings |
September 14, 2019
For the last few weeks, students in 2nd and 3rd grades have been learning about Psalm 1 as well as Galatians 5. We thought about the tree in Psalm 1 and learned to draw a tree from the ground up, getting more and more narrow as it reaches the sky. We also learned that each individual part of the tree looks like a miniature tree! From the leaves to the branches, each part is a tiny little tree. Students used markers to draw their trees and then learned how to blend oil pastel colors for the rest of the drawing. They are absolutely stunning and are currently on display in the school hallway! Finally, students viewed several Saddleback Kids video clips about being God's Masterpiece.
Psalm 1
1
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
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| 3rd grade Psalm 1 pastel tree drawings |
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| 2nd grade Psalm 1 pastel tree drawings |
2nd and 3rd grade artists practiced looking at a platter of fruit and drawing what they saw, slowly and carefully matching the shapes of the grapes, banana, apple, pear, and lime. When our drawings were done, we had a lot of fun adding patterns of line to the background! Next week we will work on painting our drawings and we will continue discussing video clips from the Five Minute Family Devotional series about the fruit of the spirit.
Standards for Weeks 3-5:
2nd Grade
2. Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
3. Extend skills by individually following sequential steps to create works of art on subjects that are real or imaginary.
6. Integrate art vocabulary while planning and creating art.
a. Elements of art: line, shape, color
3rd Grade
Investigate, Plan, Make
1. Elaborate on an individual or prompted imaginative idea.
2. Demonstrate skills using available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.
6. Refine artwork in progress by adding details to enhance emerging meaning.
14. Create works of art based on observations of surroundings.
August 23, 2019
One of the things that is powerful about art is creating something out of nothing. Using our God-given creative ability to imagine and then communicate an idea through a picture is amazing! Our 2nd and 3rd grade artists were given an art challenge: turn a random shape into something!
We viewed two video clips, "Beautiful Oops" and "Ish," about turning a mess-up into something amazing and also learning to value our work. Students first practiced with drawing a random shape, thinking about what it reminded them of, and then added information to the drawing to communicate their ideas. Then, students used a crazy construction paper shape to either trace or glue down onto a background, again turning it into something from their imaginations.
We also talked about craftsmanship after viewing the short video, "The Berenstain Bears; Draw It," about practicing the same thing over and over in order to learn how to do it. For our last class this week, students finished their drawings and then participated in Creation Stations, exercising their creativity with play-dough, Legos, and a wire construction/balance game.
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| 2nd grade drawings |
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| 2nd grade drawings |
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3rd grade drawings   |
Standards for Weeks 1 & 2:
2nd Grade
2. Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
b. Create three-dimensional art.
6. Integrate art vocabulary while planning and creating art.
a. Elements of art: line, shape
3rd Grade
Investigate, Plan, Make
1. Elaborate on an individual or prompted imaginative idea.
2. Demonstrate skills using available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process. Examples: Choose from a variety of resources and materials to create a work of art
6. Refine artwork in progress by adding details to enhance emerging meaning.
2nd Grade
The overall goal of the second grade visual arts program is to build on skills learned in first grade and to
learn about cultures, times, and places beyond their immediate environment. They are able to solve
increasingly challenging problems and to discuss and discover new media, artists, and works of art. The
instructional environment in second grade continues to promote opportunities for exploration and discovery
as well as cognitive, affective, sensory, and motor skill development. Art concepts emphasized at this grade
level include the elements of art and principles of design learned in Kindergarten and first grade, adding
value, space, and balance. These same concepts continue to be emphasized at the more advanced levels of
the visual arts curriculum.
3rd Grade
The overall goal of the third grade visual arts program is to build on the foundational skills learned in the
early childhood grades (K-2) while making connections to students’ personal lives and cultures. Third
graders are active and inquisitive students who acquire knowledge through visual stimulation and hands-on
experiences. The third grade visual arts classroom encourages students to collaborate as a community of
learners where they are valued for their ideas and contributions. As cognitive and technical skills increase in
third grade, the elements of art and principles of design continue to be the basis of the visual arts curriculum.
Expanded forms of assessment, such as critiques and self-assessments, become more meaningful to students
as they implement skills in creating, presenting, responding, and connecting works of art.
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