| 4/28/2008
Congratulations to all of the winners and participants in the 2008 AISA Art
Fair. Winning entries are on display in the FAC through May 4th, 2008.
7th Grade
Preparing for our final critique and presentations.
4th-5th-6th
Focus on technology
Typing tests, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint will finish out our year.
1st-2nd-3rd
We will continue to alternate between computers and art. The students are
learning about safety on the internet and how to distinguish advertising on a
website.
Art Appreciation
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Calendar: http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/JKinnaman/calendar.cfm
Graphic Design
Working on our final project.
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Have a fantastic Spring Break!! Mr. Kinnaman and I will prepare for the AISA
art show when we return from break.
Check this page after Spring Break to see what each class is up to.
Art & Technology
7th Grade
New students are getting familiar with the elements and principles of art. We
will begin our art history chapter next week.
ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART-ART
1st-2nd-3rd
Pinch pots, clay fish, and clay animals are being completed. The students are
having a great time working with the clay and learning a lot about patience!
Clay pieces will be glazed the first week of February.
4th
Fourth Grade is finishing up their watercolor self-portrait and will begin
working with clay the last week of January.
5th
Fifth grade has nearly completed the cartoon drawings. They are EXCELLENT!!
Many of these will be going to the art show!! Once they have finished, we will
being working with clay (first week of February).
6th
The grid portraits are complete and they are AWESOME!! I am so proud of this
group. They have worked hard and it shows!! I hope to see some of these go to
the state art competition. Now that they have finished all this drawing, they
deserve a break and will be working on their expressive face mugs/jugs. They
have already started making sketches and we will begin the last week of January.
Technology-Technology-Technology-Technology-Technology-Technology-Technology
1st-2nd-3rd
All students at this level are working on using the internet properly,
opening, saving and closing files, and understanding what programs to use for
a particular need.
3rd
The third grade has been using computers the help them understand concepts
presented in the artroom. We were using a wonderful website, Color In Motion,
to help students see relationship between color and emotion.
4th
We are working on typing skills and will take timed typing tests while our
clay dries!
5th
The fifth grade (with the help of Mrs. Powers) is creating a PowerPoint
presentation about protecting our watershed. Most of that work has been
completed and now the students are working on completing the project in Mrs.
Powers class. We will build on this experience and the students will create
their own individual powerpoint based on what we have learned about the
elements and principles in art.
6th
We are going to revisit our Internet research lesson from October. I will be
working with students on how to evaluate the quality of a website and where to
find information.
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