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5th Grade Graffiti Names
Most art teachers are terrified of teaching graffiti. This is understandable considering the implications of a child going out into the world and actually doing graffiti. It is illegal and vandalism....
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Space Invaders
3rd graders learned about mosaics, street art, grids, complementary colors, and pixels for our Space Invader project. I got this idea from Artsonia when I was student teaching and have since lost the...
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Catlanta and #FAFATL
Fourth greaders learned all about Catlanta and #FAFATL for their first art project this year. Catlanta is an Atlanta based artist who creates cats out of wood. The artist places them all around the...
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Grafitti Names
This project was a big hit once again! 5th graders learned about street artist Scape Martinez and used graffitti style writing to create their own artwork. The kids loved looking and talking abotu...
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Water Graffiti
Last week was CRCT testing. Basically, for the first half of the day, 8-11 year olds are asked to sit SILENTLY and regurgitate all of the knowldge that has been shoved into their brains over the past...
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Graffiti Cityscapes
The inspiration for this project came from Mrs. Kim at Art in the Big Green Room! We began by looking at pictures of cityscapes and skylines on iPads. Students sketched their designs and transferred...
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Art in Israel
This summer I had the opportunity to travel to Israel for 10 days with a program called Birthright. It was a whirlwind adventure of hiking, food, friends, sunshine, desert, bus rides, history, and...
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Finished Graffiti Cityscapes
A couple of months ago I posted the first part of this project. Here they are, finally complete! Great job 5th graders! Check out this post for the full step-by-step process. Filed under: 5th grade,...
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Space Invaders 2017
I have been doing Space Invaders with grade 3 since I student taught 5 years ago. every year, this project is a huge hit. I love the math connection and the amount of problem solving that goes into...
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Space Invaders 2018
I LOVE space invaders! I have done a version of this project every year since I was a student teacher (7 years ago – wow!) and this is the best batch yet! Check out the ones from last year and the...
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