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Monday, March 30, 2020

Activities for April 2020

Spring is upon us!  We are going to practice our drawing skills.  We will also make jester and bunny hats.  You will choose one of the following activities per week for your grades.  At the end of the month, you should have at least 4 art pieces done.
This is what you need to turn in for your April grades.

The assignments  can be any of these combinations:

1) Jester hat, bunny hat, 2 lined paper drawings
Or
2) Jester hat, 3 lined paper drawings
Or
3) Bunny hat, 3 lined paper drawings
Or
4) 4 lined paper drawings

Hello Super Artists!

Until we can go back to school,  you are going to keep making art from your home.  Whatever device you use, you will need to take a picture at one point for me to see your work.  That's how I can give you a grade. I will communicate with you using Teams to help you create your assignments and send your pictures. This is how Microsoft Teams works.

If you haven't done it already, sign in to your student portal and click on Office 365 and then Teams. Play the following videos if you are having trouble. The first one is about how to sign in your student portal. The second one is about how to get in Teams.  The third one is about how to upload your assignments in Teams.  The fourth one is about how to join a live video chat in Teams.





Once you get to Teams it will look like the following image when you click on your art class section.  From there you can click on the "Assignments" section and upload your picture to the "Add work" section.  If you are having trouble with that, you can upload it through a post in the chat section titled Discussions.  Use the "Attach" button that looks like a paper clip. If that still does not work, you can show me your work when you join one of our weekly online video meetings.
Let's Review the Steps

If you are still having difficulties you can e-mail me by clicking on the blue OUTLOOK e-mail icon in your student portal and send me a message at dorothywawa@dadeschools.net

Beginning Monday, April 6, ALL STUDENTS will be accountable for their learning.  What does that mean?
It means that:
  1.  you will need to sign in to your student portal every day of the week.  That will be for your attendance. 
  2.  you will need to work on ALL your assignments for ALL your classes and turn them in.  That will be for your grades.

Now Let's Start Creating!

Click on these links to learn about April's Fool Day Origin and how to make a Jester Hat.


Lined Paper Drawings

Lesson 1-2 / Dates
April 1 – Apr 30

Essential Question
How do you communicate through art?

Activity
Create a drawing using the examples on this page, or click HERE or follow the videos HERE.
Materials
- White lined-paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils or markers (optional)



Steps
1) Sketch your drawing with a black pencil
2) Color using complementary colors




V.A. Standards

Big Idea: Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent.
VA.2.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to communicate personal interests and self-expression.
VA.3.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to develop ideas for self-expression.
VA.4.C.1.1- Integrate ideas during the art-making process to convey meaning in personal works of art.
VA.5.C.1.1- Develop a range of interests in the art-making process to influence personal decision-making.


Bunny Hat

Activity
Create a Bunny Hat (<-- click here)

Materials

-Colored papers
-Pencil
-Scissors
-Markers
-Tape/glue
- String

Steps


1) Draw bunny face
2) Color eyes and nose

3) Glue/tape hat and string

Extra Credit

And/Or

Click HERE to learn how to create a comic book for extra credit
And/Or
Keep on practicing figure drawing

Values Matter

Value of the Month


Click HERE to view a video about Honesty
How can you display Honesty during art classes?
Reference: Values Matter

Sunday, March 1, 2020

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.

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


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

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