A sample of art lessons that can be used by parents or fellow art educators. Parents will know what their student is working on each week by viewing these lessons.

1. Lessons 4/23-4/27
Art
5th Grade:
Ceramics projects will begin this week. We are doing clay pyramid containers (for lack
of a better term). We will look at some of the forms used in Egypt and by the Mayan
Cultures before drawing our templates for the construction of the clay forms. This lesson
will take three class periods to complete. Introduction, production, and glazing.
4th Grade:
Also working on ceramic projects. This group will be doing clay cups. The form can be
as tall as they want as long as it will hold a liquid once fired and it has to have a handle.
These will also be a three class period project.
3rd Grade:
Clay bowls and wishing balls. Half of these students have attempted a project borrowed
from Sarah at the old grade school called wishing balls. Basically, two pinch pots secure
together to form a globe. Inside each globe are three, pea sized, balls of clay with hand
written wished wrapped around them (paper wrapped around the peas). Once these are
fired the paper burns and the peas will rattle inside the globe reminding the students of
their three wishes. A very cool project, however, my firings early have had several not
make it without “popping” in the kiln. Knowing this we are working on an alternative
project that everyone will do this week which involves the making of a flower vase type
shape (use a flower vase for Mother’s Day……).
2nd Grade:
Glazing ceramics projects and practicing for The Lorax.
1st Grade:
Drawing a “figure”. This is an expansion of the drawing lessons we’ve been working on
the past few weeks. This project will require the student to work on shapes in a
progression to complete a person.
Kindergarten:
Continuing with a lesson on learning how to draw what you see. This lesson involves the
students turning their reference picture (Mickey Mouse) upside down to draw. Turing the
picture upside down makes the artist focus more on the shapes since it doesn’t resemble
the image as much when it’s upside down. Paying attention to details and using the
reference photo often is needed to complete this task.