Art students this month embarked on an interesting journey – a unit on dinosaurs! Third through fifth grades began by taking a virtual trip to a museum using our new Virtual Reality glasses. WOW! Students were very excited seeing dinosaur skeletons come alive and slowly move or swim around the room as a curator gave interesting facts about each dinosaur. First through fifth graders then created dinosaurs in their habitat while learning some art basics such as shading, how to create a landscape, and painting techniques. Lower el students watched Dazzle the Dinosaur by Marcus Pfister. Upper el watched Bill Nye the Science Guy. Then students followed a step-by-step lesson on how to draw and paint a landscape, followed by drawing their dinosaurs the following week. Third, fourth and fifth graders did research on chromebooks finding interesting information about fossils, what place their dinosaur had in the food chain, and a variety of interesting facts. We visited www.enchantedlearning.com for their research. Toward the end of the unit, teams of students were able to be paleontologists taking a bunch of wooden "bones" that they assembled into complete T-Rex and Stegosaurus skeletons. This took problem solving (no directions) and teamwork.
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Kindergarten and Junior Kindergartners listened to different books in the Elmer the Elephant series: Elmer the Elephant, Elmer in the Snow and Elmer and the Kangaroo by David McKee. I use these books to reinforce ideas such as kindness, encouragement and sharing. After talking about the story, students layered tissues paper squares onto a paper plate to mimic Elmer's patchwork skin. Next they added colorful ears and a rolled up trunk. We reviewed how to safely staple to protect little fingers. Wearing their masks, each child left eager to see the world through Elmer's eyes. Masks are always a hit!
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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