Ark: Week 7

This past week I was in charge of a new project for the 5th graders! Due to the amount of time and classes we had prior to break Ms. Molly and I believed it would be best to have a quick lesson for the students to work on.  I came up with the idea of the students creating their own Art Book.  The Art Book would consist of guided free-drawing projects for the kids to express themselves and their personalities with using mixed media.  The students can also take their Art Books with them to their field trip to NYC when they get to visit The Met. Also, the students are allowed to take their Art Books home with them during Spring Break. That way, the students can seek their Art Books and have activities to do which encourages them to do art work! I also took the time to come up with other directions for the students to follow while they are out of school (I typed this up and slipped it into their Art Books).

The students absolutely LOVED this project and have really focused on their artwork.  Some of the projects the students did were; create your own title that depicts yourself, select a word and create a quote from it, draw the characteristics of your horoscope, draw your role model, etc.  A lot of the projects incorporated a lot of literacy that the students seem to be oblivious about! The students don't really realize how much reading and writing they are doing because they are focusing on the art work aspect of this project. Above all, the project allowed me to learn more about the 5th grade students which I really enjoyed.  I could tell the students felt special because they shared a lot about themselves to me and it created a deeper level of trust between the students and me. Overall, this project is a lot of fun and I'm glad I had the opportunity to do this with them.