We were making some practice paintings of basic forms, like rectangular prisms and triangular prisms and cubes in order to practice using brushes to make large and small works.
Then we focusing in on the work of Rene Magritte, Salvadore Dali and Man Ray in the last week or so to see what inspiration they could add to our basic paintings.
Together in class, we've come up with some success criteria that these artists used that we can apply to our own work as well.
I asked students to pick one of the following to play with, but when we talked about the Magritte and Dali paintings, they saw that each artist played with all three.
--Be Playful:
•Play with SCALE (make it look big or small)
•Play with TEXTURE (melting, put holes in it)
•Play with CONTEXT (Add eyes or lips or something else that really doesn’t belong, make it dream-like)
--Make sure your additions look as realistic as possible
--Focus on either foreground or background
--Make your viewer question what is real and what is made up
Memory of A Journey--Rene Magritte
The Burning Giraffe ---Salvadore Dali
The False Mirror--Rene Magritte
The Listening Room--Rene Magritte
Here is a small selection of student work samples:
Tomorrow, we'll have a math test based on Lessons 1-5 of the Number Sense and Numeration Unit.
Students are asked to focus particularly on Rounding and Estimating. Today we reviewed leading digits, and the best strategy for rounding when adding vs. subtracting. All students were asked to bring their jump math workbook home and review page 36 in particular, if they have not already finished it in class today.
Our regular math homework will go home tomorrow, be focused on Data Management, and not due until Monday.
We also have grammar homework due Thursday and a grammar quiz (like one side of the homework) will happen on Friday, so that we have time to take it up.
Here's a photo from last Thursday with our snow mascot. Looking very much forward to next week's trip. Remember to return your forms asap, if you have not already!
I am excited that we have a new date and time for our overnight excursion. We will go to Camp Kearney on Wednesday, November 27th, and return on Friday, November 29th. I've distributed field trip forms and medical forms.
Here is a google slide presentation that will show you a little more about the Outdoor School and what it looks like:
Progress report cards will be coming out next week and in the interest of making things easy, I'm posting my available time slots so that you can schedule yourself in directly. Click on the link and choose a 15 minute slot that works for you (You may need to ensure the AW calendar is on the right date to see the times that are available). An email will be sent to me confirm the appointment.
Edited at completion: Here is the link to the shared google slide presentation. Please feel free to share your work with others. Editing has been completed. I will make this slideshow into a video that we can share.
3. Where did he/she come from
(hometown/reserve)?*
4. In what war(s) did he/she
serve?*
5. Did he/she receive any
medals for their service?Circle:yesno
If yes, which medal did he/she
receive and why?
6. Did he/she return home
from the war?
7. List 2-5 other facts you
learned about your Veteran:
8. If you could ask your
Veteran a question, what would you ask them?Why?
9. How do you think their experience of the war
might have been different from other soldiers?
Once you have completed this sheet, Ms. Goegan
will sign off and you will format your answers and a photo of this person into
a single google slide to display during our assembly on November 11th.
Remember: Not all your information needs to be
included on the final slide! Choose the important details to add in addition to
the items with a *.
(For the purposes of crediting others' work, this lesson comes from Tamara Hancock's excellent unit, Should I Wear a Poppy?)
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