Fifth Grade
Course Description
The 5th graders are exploring Positive/Negative Space by recreating Rene' Magritte's work, Decalomania
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Art Museums with Virtual Tours: Visit from Home!
Send your child on a virtual field trip to an art museum!
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 minute visit set to music
Musee Du Louvre: 30 minute segment set to music. Get closer looks at specific pieces. Virtual Reality Mona Lisa!
Museum of Modern Art: Audio talks on collections and exhibits
Natural Gallery London: Virtual tours of gallery rooms and paintings
Art Institute of Chicago: El Greco- video and audio tour and interactive features
Van Gogh Museum: Interactive experiences for children
Dali Museum: Virtual reality (may require an app download)
Guggenheim: Video tours of exhibits
The Frick Museum: Virtual tours of the galleries
Tate Modern: Audio talks on exhibits and children's activities
Most art museums have their collections online and children can explore and draw what they like.
Art At Home
Easy, no mess art materials for home:
Crayola Model Magic
Watercolor paints and watercolor paper (Canson is the brand I use at school)
Watercolor brush pens
Crayola construction paper shapes
Do A Dot Art Dot Markers
Sargent Art Tempera Paint Sticks
Self adhesive foam shapes, craft gems, googly eyes, pom poms
Stickers
The Original Buddha Board (Amazon)
Wikki Stix
Stencils
Blank comic book page printables www.picklebums.com
Sketchbooks
Pipe Cleaners
Origami
Paper rolls- white or brown craft
Printable art pages www.thecolor.com
(several printables of artists and paintings we have studied:
Magritte, O'Keeffe, Van Gogh, Mondrian, etc)
These items are all available on Amazon
If you venture out, most can be found at Target or Michaels/JoAnn Fabrics
Positive/Negative Space
Students in Kindergarten to Eighth grades are studying
Positive/Negative Space
They will be exploring the concept through various art projects, two of which pay homage to Keith Haring and Rene Magritte
Projects will incorporate water color and tempera paint, oil pastels and even vintage photographs
Georgia O'Keeffe Unit
Students in K-8 are learning about Georgia O'Keeffe.
We are starting off with a genuine cow skull in the classroom (Thanks Ebay)
and playing "Roll A Georgia O"Keeffe Cow Skull" drawing game with partners.