Activities for March 2020

March is bringing a series of fun filled activities with the celebration of Women's History Month, Dr. Seuss' Birthday,  St. Patrick Day, and the beginning of Spring with Spring Break and the Youth Fair!  You will find listed below the art activities related to each of these events.

For Women's History Month we will continue working on figure drawings by creating a standing portrait of a famous African American woman.  HERE are some examples.

Read this article about Amazing Women in Black History

Activity

Draw a famous African-American woman in history.

Choose a book to read: 7 awe-inspiring children's books to celebrate Women's History Month

Materials

· Black or White Paper 9"X12"

· Pencil

· Art Stix

An award-winning movie about Katherine Johnson

Steps

1) Sketch your figure 
2) Finalize your shapes 
3) Color with Art Stix

Visuals & Resources

 Women In History

On Monday, March 2nd we are going to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday! On this occasion you will create a suitcase describing The Places You'll Go! Click HERE for the tutorial.

How to make a suitcase: HERE

Accessories to add in a suitcase: HERE and HERE

Hello Super Artists!

During the week of March 16 to the 20th, you are going to make art from your home!  How exciting!  

If you haven't done it already, sign in to your student portal and go to your student e-mail. Find the e-mail I sent you, and click on the link to join your class using the Teams app.  

Or click on Office 365 and then Teams.

Once you do that, Teams will open and look like the following:

I will communicate with you using Teams to help you create your exciting St. Patrick's Day assignment.

St. Patrick's Day is on Tuesday, March 17! You are going to make your own St. Patrick's Day Joke Cootie-catcher! 



You may want to create many versions using different designs and St. Patrick's Day jokes.

Click HERE for a list of jokes.

Spring starts on Thursday, March 19! To celebrate that day you may doodle our own Spring design inspired by the following video.

Spring Break: March 23 - 27

Finally, you will get to visit the Youth Fair from March 12 to April 5 to view your own students' exhibits!

Click HERE for details

VISIT THE ATTRACTIONS

THANK YOU to the students and teachers of Miami-Dade County and to our dedicated volunteers and staff for their hard work throughout the year and for setting up all educational attractions.

Tour The Attractions:

EXHIBITS 



Home Learning

Due Date: March 16

1) Learn vocabulary words 

2) Reading assignments:
    Women in History
   

Art careers related to the unit

Art Education, Illustration, Craft, Fashion Design, Product Design

Critique
Critique the finished figure drawings

Enrichment Projects

Explore other ways of drawing figures
Explore activities with the Bass Museum Spring Art Camp

SDI Projects

Practice drawing lines and shapes and writing in cursive

ART CONTESTS

Don't forget to check our ART Contest page! ---> HERE

Values Matter

Value of the Month

Click HERE to view a video about Cooperation

How can you display Cooperation during art classes?

Reference: Values Matter