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Art Home Page

 On the Art Home Page, you will find:

  • Gates Art Teachers
  • Art Department Mission Statement
  • Art Objectives for the Current Grading Period
  • Current Art Lessons
  • Web Links

 

GATES ART TEACHERS

 

Mrs. Betty S. Blackburn

Mrs. Blackburn studied Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education in 1987.   In August of that year she was hired by Chesterfield County and taught Art II and Photography I at Clover Hill High School.  The following year, she came to teach art to K-5 and Exceptional Education students at O. B. Gates Elementary School.  Gates has been her professional home for 20 years, and she feels that the opportunity to teach young children each day is a privilege and a joy.   She says that one of the great things about being a teacher on the team of resource specialists is  that one has the chance to know and watch every student in our school grow and develop over a long period of time - from Preschool or Kindergarten to Fifth Grade age - and that this experience is a treasure!

 

Mrs. Kimberly E. Ellington

 

 

 ART DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT

 

Art is a universal language, a form of communication that is a reflection of our world throughout history.  As art teachers at O. B. Gates Elementary School, our goal is to provide a positive atmosphere in which each child is able to learn about the elements, principles, tools, history, and aesthetics of art.  We teach the basic artistic and life skills of seeing and observing, imagining, problem-solving, and critical thinking through lessons designed to fit the diverse developmental needs of our students.  We teach all children to value and respect themselves, each other, and the individual creative abilities that exist in every person.  Art is an essential part of our world, and it touches almost every aspect of our lives.  It is our goal to help our students develop a lifelong participation in and appreciation of the visual arts! 

 

 

 ART OBJECTIVES  

 

Third Nine Week Grading Period    2008-2009

Mrs. Blackburn's classes

 K     Core values (Using good manners and "silent signals"),  

1st     Core values (TEAMWORK model), 

2nd    Core values (TEAMWORK model),  

3rd     Core values (TEAMWORK model), 

4th     Core values (TEAMWORK model)  

5th     Core values (TEAMWORK model)

 

Execeptional Ed.      Takings turns, sharing/passing materials, holding/ tracing w/crayon, hold/turn/squeeze from glue bottle,   pat down artwork in place, color and shape recognition, object recognition in artwork:  snow/snowflake, heart shape   

 

 

CURRENT ART LESSONS

 

Mrs. Blackburn's students are currently in the process of creating...

 

Kindergarten - Cityscape Collage

Grade 1 - Winter Tree (landscape painting)

Grade 2 - Chinatown Kites

Grade 3 - Bookmaking

Grade 4 - Weaving (textile art - yarn)

Grade 5 - Middle-Eastern Carpet Designs

Exceptional Ed.:

     Early Childhood (Preschool) - Valentine Hearts

     Severe Disabilities (SD) - Valentine Hearts

     Intensive Day Program (IDP - Mrs. Duffy's Class) - Greek Architecture (drawing and painting)

                                                       

                                                                                                                             

                      

 

                                              

                                                        

 

 

WEB LINKS

 

Chesterfield County Public Schools Visual Arts Department 

 http://www.chesterfield.k12.va.us/Instruction/Art/home.html

 

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/

 

O. B. Gates Elementary School

http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Gates_ES/home.htm

 

Visual Arts Center of Richmond

http://www.visarts.org/classes/youth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 


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