OAKRIDGE CREATES!
YOUR SITE FOR ART, MEDIA LITERACY, AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION IDEAS, LESSONS, AND ACTIVITIES!
Wake up Wednesday!
Join Oakridge staff to learn the new WAKE UP WEDNSDAY dance! Play this every Wednesday and join along with your family!
Outdoor Education 8
Hello People of Oakridge. Join Mr. Grady as he dives into the world of dreams inception style. Special thanks to Lyric for his questions this week. Send your pictures and videos to oakridgecreates@gmail.com.
Art Challenge 8
EPISODE 8- Artists spend a lot of time carfully looking at their world closely. This challenge invites you to draw an object every day for 5 days, each day noticing new details and looking carefully. Send what you create to oakridgecreates@gmail.com (please put your name and your teacher's name in the subject line).
Outdoor Education 7
Hello People of Oakridge! Join Mr. Grady as he hides from a Red Tailed Hawk, tries to answer Medha's Question, and blends in with his surroundings!
Art Challenge 7
EPISODE 7 Let's take a look at what artists around the world are creating art about right now! Your are challenged to make an art piece about your experience with Covid19. Please take a picture of what you create and send it to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 6
Episode 6 - Nuts About Squirrels!
Join Mr. Grady as he chats with his anxious squirrel friend, flips about the house, and shares his animal voice skills. Send YOUR ideas to oakridgecreates@gmail.com.
Art Challenge 6
EPISODE 6 Create a rainbow mobile made from recycling to hang in your window. Please take a picture of what you create and send it to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 5
Episode 4- Falling in Love with Spiders?
Mr. Grady gets ready for a date, shows his love for spiders, and builds a web to catch dinner. Share your web creation with him! Email photos and drawings to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
Art Challenge 5
EPISODE 5 Create mini art to make your own gallery!
Please take a picture of what you create and send it to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 4
Episode 3- Weigh to Go!
In this video Mr. Grady tries to fly, calls his mommy, and challenges you to build a scale. Send pictures of what you make to: oakridgecreates@gmail.com
Art Challenge 4
EPISODE 4 Re-Use old art and turn it into something new!
Please take a picture of what you create and send it to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
Dance Challenge
This Video shows how you can use a movements you do every day and turn them into a dance. Send your dance to oakridgecreates@gmail.com.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 3
Episode 3- The Tallest Tree in Canada In this video Mr. Grady writes a love letter to all trees, hacks into a super computer, finds out what tree is the tallest in Canada, and challenges you to build a super tall structure. Enjoy!
Art Challenge 3
EPISODE 3 Be inspired by the art at home!
Please take a picture of what you create and send it to
oakridgecreates@gmail.com
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 2
Hello People of Oakridge! Join Mr. Grady in exploring living and non-living things. What do you have in your house/apartment that is living? What do you have in you home that is non-living? Let's see!
Send pictures/lists/ideas to Mr.Grady at: oakridgecreates@gmail.com
Art Challenge 2
Episode 2- Recreating Art with objects and then Creating your own art with the same object. Send Pictures to oakridgecreates@gmail.com
OUTDOOR EDUCATION - 1
EPISODE 1 - SHELTER BUILDING! - Join Mr. Grady for a quick video about building a shelter while stuck inside. What can you build with your family? What materials do you have inside your home/apartment/hobbit hole?
SEND PICTURES TO christopher.grady@tdsb.on.ca
Art Challenge 1
EPISODE 1 Making a Colour Wheel! - Join Ms. Matsalla for a quick video about how to make a colour wheel using the objects you have at home. You will collect and sort objects in different ways. Send Pictures to Jennifer.Matsalla@tdsb.on.ca
Art Challege 1
Kindergarten - Grade 2
Art Challenge 1- K-Grade 2
Art Challenge 1 : A Colour Wheel!
Watch this short videos about primary and secondary colours- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiPPavzxpAY
You are going to make your own colour wheel using objects from around your home.
Be creative and make sure you ask a grown up if you can use the object.
Step 1- Go on a hunt for coloured objects (try to find at least one object of each colour of the rainbow)
Step 2- Using the objects, sort them by colour. Then order in rainbow order.
Step 3- Either show and share with someone at home or take a picture of what you created.
Step 4- Think of other ways to sort your objects.
Can you sort them by size? Can you sort them by material?
Step 5- Put the objects back where you found them when you are done and clean up. Maybe take an extra 5 minutes to help tidy up : )
Extension- Make a Picture
Kindergarten - Grade 2
Art Challenge 1 Extension....Make a Picture!
Using the objects, make a piece of art on the ground or on a table.
You may want to find a towel or blanket that is a solid colour to place the objects on.
Put the objects back where you found them when you are done and clean up. Maybe help clean for an extra 5 minutes at home to be helpful : )
Art Challenge 2
Step 1- Looking for Art
You can look around your home, in a book or look online for art. You can start by looking at some famous art pieces, or art that you already know. Find something you LIKE !
Step 2- Look closely at the Art. What colours do you see? What lines do you notice?
Step 3- Finding your materials
You are going to recreate the image using objects from around your house. Don’t worry about being a copy cat….this will give you an opportunity to really look closely!
(Recreating is our first step, we will be CREATING next!)
Notice all the colours in the art, and go on a colour hunt!
Step 4- Re creating the art
Find a solid colour for the background or use the colour of the actual background in the art.
Now working from the background to the foreground, find colours that work and place them on your background. Look closely at the original art.
Step 5- Look closer now!
Once you have all of the main parts in your picture, look even closer at the little details. What else do you see that you didn’t notice before?
Step 4- Share!
Once you have finished, share your work with someone at home. You can even take a picture and send it to me jennifer.matsalla@tdsb.on.ca
Step 5- CREATE
Using the same materials, can you create YOUR own art piece?