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BACK to School 2021 September
BACK to School 2021 September
Thank you so much parents for organizing materials. We will be safe, learn to take care of our own supplies, and be organized too!
Parents..... I miss you in school, another year without you around is hard for us in Art and in class. We will follow the rules and think positively.
We at SOIS have your child's safety as our No. 1 concern.
Creativity is fun! But it is more fun with everyone involved. See you in cyberspace on Back To School Night 2021!
We keep our supplies like this now.
Friday May 7 Art
Friday May 7 Art
Watch some of these videos below to prepare for Felt making next week.
Then make a process chart and show your learning of how real felt is made or how we will make felt in school
Be creative show the process in a drawing, collage or mind map.
Did you know Felt came from a sheep?
How will we make felt snakes? Or felted soap?
Let's have fun with new processes and materials.
Now let's inquiry into what FELT is.....before we make our own next week.
Maybe we should try this. It looks so fun.
Look at this it is from a huge factory.
NOW LOOK at these videos
sheets, soap and snakes.
Online Learning Home Learning
Online Learning Home Learning
Art Golden Week
Art Golden Week
We are learning about materials and processes in preparation to make felt from wool after golden week.
What materials are included in art supplies?
How are things made?
Find your favorite video of how something is made. I recommend a crayon.
Here is the link to watch there are many good ones. Use this link or find your own...watch or Read in Epic books the process of HOW different materials and processes are used in making art supplies.
Did you know crayons are made from wax?
You can watch one two or more videos and read the How it is made books on Epic.
Learning processes and about materials is so good for all artists.
I can't wait to do the felting process with you.
An extension challenge for you is to research and read about felting.
On a piece a of paper
1 -Draw your object you watched a video or read about.
2-Then after you finished watching or reading about how it is made
then make a mind map or process chart or just a cool artwork on what you learned.
Be sure to include all the materials needed to make this object.
Have fun watching HOW IT IS MADE videos and read more processes on EPIC books.
NEXT week we will inquire into wool and learn about felting.
We will get to make our own felt art!!!
https://www.getepic.com/book/47107513/how-is-it-made-crayons?utm_source=t2t&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=content&share=15119170156
Parents Please buy a smock or art apron to cover clothes. We don't want to share at this time.
SMOCK Please wash them every few weeks or weekly depending on the project. You can order this all online but there are so many choices depending on age and preference.
I think parent/ student personal choice to protect clothes is fine.
POSCA Also to help supply our Art baskets please get some wide Bold 8mm chisel top paint Posca markers. 8 Pack.
I think the easiest place to buy Posca is at Conan. But here are some pictures below we found online.
August ..... BACK TO SCHOOL NEWS -
August ..... BACK TO SCHOOL NEWS -
The Art Room
Check out our fun basket system!
It is the NEW Normal!
Buying at Conan or Ayahadio is maybe the best option.
June 1-5 * Meet an Archaeologist
June 1-5 * Meet an Archaeologist
Goal: Zoom with us this week to meet three real Archaeologists living in Japan
Think about how history and art and artifact and how they are all connected. Where is Mt. Asama in Japan?
Try to find it on the map before class.
Instructions:
Let's meet some Archeologists in our Art Zoom this week and go into a Museum at Mt. Asama and see what clues the Jomon People in Japan left us about the past.
I wonder what we will find? Ponder.....
Draw your ideas or your thoughts about the past.
Think about what clues can be found and what they might be made out of.
I wonder what artifacts you would find if you were an archaeologist is another country? Draw your ideas.
May 25- 29 * Draw a Toy from your Childhood
May 25- 29 * Draw a Toy from your Childhood
Goal: Draw a toy or object (artifact) you remember from your childhood
What is an artifact? Why are memories important to artists? Why do we study the past?
Instructions:
Look at the drawing of the storytellers in ancient Japan let's look at the details together.
Listen to the sounds with Mrs Henbest on Zoom what does it make you think of?
As you listen we will draw a memory from our childhood or a toy from your childhood
Tips:
have paper and pencils ready
be sure your sound works well so you can hear the sounds.
finish up in the week and share next Monday Due G1: June 1 ....G2: Friday June 5.
May 18-22 * Memory Game & Memorable Story
May 18-22 * Memory Game & Memorable Story
Goal: after you share your creative habitats this week - let's play the memory game.... G1 May 18 G2 May 22
Focus: As we go into the this new unit WHY is Memory important and what is a way to practice it....The memory game....
Instructions: Get your shape card from your teacher. We will explain in Zoom.
let's have fun in zoom Art this week
As we start our last unit about the past......think about it....for next week ask your parents about a memory from their childhood when they were your age....draw it or draw a memory you have.....share G1 May 25 - G2 May 29
May 11- 15 * Build your habitat
May 11- 15 * Build your habitat
Instructions:
G2 Use your building skills try to make one real and one imaginary habitat (if you have time).
G1 Let's share our drawings and you can inspire your friends
look at your best ideas
review two weeks of galleries below what have other real artists done? Remember artists - Sarah Sze and Mark Dion
What is your favorite habitat? How would you build or make it?
make a supply list - find in your home ask your parents for help but always do your own work independently
make a real animal or insect habitat or imaginary one for your bedroom
decorate it
Tips:
remember the size of the hole or door or the way they get in has to be measured.
oops don't use washable paint if it goes outside.
think carefully about placement because of predators
think about food to attract them
remember challenge your creativity and try an imaginary habitat for the animals that 'live' in your bedroom. *See Catalina's video for ideas.
SO who can find the secret insect 'mobile'... That sure would be fun to make.
Here are some stories to inspire you with REAL habitats..............................................................................................and IMAGINARY Dreams lands.
May 7- 8 * Refine your final building project
May 7- 8 * Refine your final building project
Instructions:
Share your ideas from last week - what would be fun to make?
Will you attract real or imaginary animals?
Look at the pop out document below. See habitat ideas for real animals and insects.
Look at Catalina in Grade 4 explain her imaginary rooster house and miniature cat house.
See the Mark Dion art work -what is he saying about habitats? Do you think is it ART or Science?
What is he trying to do with this tree/art habitat?
What does it make you think about? Let's draw out our thoughts in the zoom class
Tips:
Think about connections in our world
Are you an artist or in inventor or a scientist or an ecologist?
Did you get some good ideas?
Let's look at Mark Dion's Vivarium in Seattle Washington in the USA .........so his artwork is its own museum. This is called Installation Art. What is this about?
What learning do you think is going on inside this artwork?
Lets Watch Catalina in Grade 4 talk about her imaginative and creative habitats and houses she made.
One For a rooster and one for some mini cats!
If you live in a place you cannot make a real habitat
this is an another choice lead by creative Catalina.
This looks so fun Catalina - thanks for inspiring us.
April 27- May 1 * Draw a habitat idea
April 27- May 1 * Draw a habitat idea
Artists have a responsibly to care for the environment.
Artists can make things that are beautiful and also useful for animals.
Goal: Make a sculpture that can help an animal in its natural environment.
Instructions...
Look at Sarah Sze Sculpture Bird Houses in NYC in our zoom meeting (Monday April 27 G1 and Friday May 1 for G2)
Brainstorm on some good ideas to help animals near your house. What kind of animals could you make a habitat for?
Then design your own sculpture on sketchbook paper to help animals in their natural habitats. Drawing idea due on paper May 8
Then over Golden week you can ask your parents to help gather materials for your ideas.
(In G1 will miss class that week. In G2 we will have class May 8. Let's show our ideas then and discuss them.)
After the break May 11- 15 you will make a model of your animal habitat or make a real design and install or hang your sculpture outside
Final work due Due Before May 18
(If you have time and need some magic of animation in your day......watch an imaginative animation called A LIFE STORY that lets your mind soar about the magic life of animals in our dream world.....if cats could drive airplanes to new worlds....... if animals could really live on other planets)
see below....
After you watch sculptor Sarah Sze make a bird habitat let's have some fun and use our imagination and see if cats really can fly.
Watch this imagination animation by artist Nacho Rodriguez ..... can a cat fly a plane - do pigs live on another planet? But wait a second what is a real life habitat for an animal in your neighborhood?
In Art let's get back down to earth and design something practical for their habitat that animals can benefit from - What ideas do you have? ....
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April 20th-24th *Decorate a nature box
April 20th-24th *Decorate a nature box
Artists are influenced by nature.
Goal:
Decorate a box that can help you be organized in your room. Be inspired by Animals, Habitats, Spring Light and the colors of Nature.
Instructions:
Look at the below images with Mrs. Henbest in Your Zoom Art class this week. * Monday April 20 Grade 1 - Friday April 24 grade 2
Listen to the stories about nature.
Draw pictures of your favorite animals and plants
Collect scrap papers, magazines, drawings, photos, newspaper, wrapping papers or even scrap cloth from your parents
Decide your design and glue on the box
Be creative and imaginative in your decorations
Let's link our learning about animals with a beautiful fun box to hold our special things.
TIPS
Don't use too much glue
Put your name on it in a creative way
Collect other fun things to glue on the box, you can even put things in the inside.
You could even make the box into an animal or a nest.
April 13th - 17th *Draw a bear for your window
April 13th - 17th *Draw a bear for your window
Artwork can be created with the intent to help others
Artworks can be made at home and used in a local community to show support, empathy and have fun.
Goal:
Make a creative artwork of a teddy bear or type of bear that can be hung near your home or in your car or house window, to inspire others to be happy.
Instructions:
look at and read a bear story with Mrs. Henbest in Your Zoom Art class this week. * Monday April 13 Grade 1 - Friday April 17 grade 2
Listen to the extra bear stories Mrs. Henbest included see below for some fun bear themed videos.
look at the article in the Newspaper with your parents - how did kids use art to help others feel better?
remember that many kids around the world are out of school so lets post a picture of our bear artwork on our window to make others happy and go on their own bear hunt
Art can communicate a message to help people
Draw a Teddy Bear on a sheet of blank paper and post it in the window of your house to show others in your community or post it inside your own house to give hope to your family
Art makes people feel good
bears are cute
throughout history animals of all kinds gave humans pleasure and a good feeling. (see the famous artworks below)
which is Leonardo da Vinci's painting? and what is that unusual animal?
NEWS FLASH...look what kids your own age are doing to help others through Art.
Let's listen and watch these fun and silly videos below about bears. The message above is from our very own Inquirer, Thinker and Artist Mui in G2. I can't wait to see what her bear will be like on that happy window. She really shows by example how to make others feel good in our difficult times. Thanks Mui.
Check this out!
Look at the images Below - how did famous artists paint or sculpt animals?
Question 1- Which one is a fake Leonardo da Vinci?
Question 2 - Which two have hidden horses? how are they different?
Now draw your own bear or favorite bear related creature and post it in your house window. Let's go on a bear hunt!
Due dates: G1 Due Before Monday April 20 / G2 Friday April 24 / Post your drawing or a photo of your window in Seesaw
April 6th-10th *Make a feelings colorful artwork
April 6th-10th *Make a feelings colorful artwork
Colors Express Different Feelings in Artwork
Art and Writing are often connected to show an idea
Goal
Make an imaginative artwork to show a particular feeling you had over Spring Break and be able to explain why the color you choose matches this feeling.
Instructions
First Read or watch Dr. Seuss My Many Colored Days
In art and writing it is important to be able to express our feelings.
With your teacher you will write a journal entry about how you were feeling during the spring break.
Choose one or two colors to show your feelings and emotions.
Make a creative artwork using materials you have at home to illustrate your writing.
Take a photo and post it on Seesaw before Friday, April 17.
Tips
Make a few sketches first to get your idea.
Use various materials that you have at home.
Use solid colors if you can and make unique textures with whatever material you are using.
Enjoy expressing yourself and being creative.
Look at these famous artworks and see how artists use limited colors. What feelings do you get from these pictures?
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