Each week we communicate upcoming events, current units of study, classroom concerns
and needs through the CTMS Art NewsFlash. Please sign-up if you are not receiving this
information by selecting the email button at the bottom of this web page.
General Announcements:
Wednesday December 2 – Early Release for Middle School. School is out at 1:30pm.
Artyouth
Artyouth will meet again on Monday December 7, 2009 for our Holiday Party! Bring something to share. We will make cards, ornaments.
There is NO meeting on Monday November 30th – Cancelled due to the Middle School Art Show set-up at the PAC.
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 November 30, 2009
Art 6
Please see Mrs. Wells' webpage for Art 6 lesson plans.
Art 7/8 – This week we continue our unit on Color. Students continue work on their food paintings following the style of American painter, Wayne Thibeaud. Our focus is on the creation of color tints (adding white), and color shades (adding black) to create exaggerated highlights, shadows and colors.
Art 8 - This week students continue the unit on Personal Expression and Painting. Students are practicing the Durer technique of image transfer using a grid to create their own Self-Expressive Self Portrait painting. Students will be choosing a complementary pair of colors and a Monochromatic color scheme to use for background/foreground of their paintings.
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