Day 6 & 7 Malala

Snowdays

Ok, anyone else ready to go back?  We are now on snow day 8.  By 11 am today it warmed up to a whompping -14.  HAHA
So much catching up to do!

Day 5 Malala

The students have been talking! My students have s bunch of other students interested in what we are doing, they want to join in!   All these snow days and delays are making for slow progress. But they are still excited!

Day 4 Malala

MH Class

This is my first year teaching an MH class.  Our first project was inspired by Jackson Pollack.  We tie dyed paper by placing tissue paper down and spraying them so the dye would bleed to the paper.  then I had them use heavy pigments chalk to create lines and smudges.  Here is the result!  They did a great job!

Day 3 Malala

Mural Day 2

Do you see it yet?

Art 3 final

Art 3 students had to incorporate text into their work.  They also got to choose their medium! 

I think they enjoyed being able to choose their own projects and medium. It gave them the freedom to do what they wanted and be as creative as they wanted. This was the outcome of a couple of them!

post it mural Malala Yousafzai

Totally started art 4 post it mural!!  It's going to be 8 feet high and 11 feet long!  Huge!!

We chose Malala Yousafzai as our iconic figure!  

At 14 she stood up for her rights to learn and was shot by the Taliban for voicing her opinion. At 16 she is an education activist, wrote a book about her experiences (I Am Malala) and is nominated for the noble peace prize!!  We can learn a lot from her. Check out the link below! Watch the Jon Stewart video!  She is amazing!

12-reasons-why-malala-yousafzai-rocked-2013  

Watch our progress!

Van Gogh Puppet

OMG I just made a Puppet with my daughter!

I used this link to help us create the head.
http://curious.com/alyiswriting/how-to-make-a-puppet-in-minutes?utm_medium=pin&utm_source=pinterest

We cut foam and glued it all together, then we added fleece, felt, a ton of fur for his hair and beard.  Wish his hair was a bit more red.
He still needs a paintbrush and palette, he's done.
I'm pretty proud of him!

Ceramics 2013

I love teaching my ceramics classes!  While searching my pictures I found these slab cakes!  They look so real! Don't you just want to eat them?

They did an amazing job!