Each week we communicate upcoming events, current units of study, classroom concerns
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General Announcements:
Artyouth
Artyouth will meet again on Monday January 25, 2010 for first meeting of the second semester! Calendars will be handed out, and t-shirts are available to purchase for $4 if you have not bought yours already.
Art UIL
Art UIL will meet again on Wednesday January 27, 2010 from 3:30-5:00. There will be Cougar Base bus available this day. Please make sure you have transportation home if you attend.
Grades
Where is your child with their grade in art? Do they have missing work?
If so, please get them to a morning tutorial to catch-up (7:45 – 8:14).
If you have questions regarding a grade, please call or email your art teacher.
Remember, grades are posted in the art rooms each Friday morning and students are aware of their progress. Additionally, we all encourage parents to use the Home Access Center option of Gradespeed to check your child's progress in not only our classes, but all their others at CTMS as well! Call the school at 464.2500 if you have questions on this monitoring option for parents.
Online Lesson Plans
Check out the lesson plan link to the left for plans in visual art.
Plans for each course are posted online weekly.
Curriculum Focus for the week of January 18, 2010
Art 6
Please see Mrs. Wells' webpage for Art 6 lesson plans.
Art 7/8 –
We are continuing our unit on Proportion and Portraits. We are creating drawings of influential artists (visual, theatre, musical, etc) in the African American community using water soluble graphite. Students will create a bust style portrait drawing using this material resulting in a black and white watercolor effect.
Art 8 -
Student are working with Space, Texture, and Form in the creation of relief sculptures using a mixture of vermiculite and plaster of paris of a subject that is relevant to them (pet, animal, place). Students may choose to stain their finished relief with color once completed.
Advanced Art 8
Please see Mr. Lowke's webpage to view Advanced Art lesson plans.
Have a GREAT week! Live art.
If you have questions or concerns please contact me via phone call or email at:
Leslie Kutz
428.2587
leslie_kutz@roundrockisd.org
Tim Lowke
428.2586
tim_lowke@roundrockisd.org
Jane Wells
428.2549
jane_wells@roundrockisd.org