Fun Week!

Recycle that stuff!

A new art form..... Recycled Sculpture!

Look at all these great supplies!

 Now the challenge comes on what will YOU do to change these objects, put them together, and build something that looks like a FANTASY CREATURE? Hmmmmmm..... get that brain of yours thinking!

 Rekan off to a great start! Using the root system to attach 2 pieces together.

The "Tools" and "Mrs. Lisa-Help-me" Table. Creative way to attach those cardboard tubes and cups together, Dalya!

 Linard's creature has a curly telephone wire for the tail. Where did you get such a great idea to add the egg carton on the bottom? :)

Yoanna, one of the first to finish and anxiously waitng to add color to her Dinosaur creature.

Lozeen, now that's what I call FANTASY!  I can't wait to hear the story about what this creature can do!

Alend, working hard as usual. What great ideas for his construction and supplies!

Lolan busy gluing on her Shaun the Sheep cotton :)

Excellent work day today everyone!

We'll finish building our creatures next Thursday and begin adding color to them the following week.

They are really coming along......Keep up the great work!

Value Grid Drawings

We are finished and they look Great! Proud of you all!

 View of Cafeteria: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

 Student looking on: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

**I'm really sorry about this one.  This type of thing really does break my heart and I hope it does yours too after putting so much work into something and someone destroys it.  I'm thankful they only took one section of it, and I hope it's a learning lesson for all of us!

 Owl: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

 School Plant: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

 Student's favorite beverage: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

Entering CSM: 2 feet x 2 feet 3 inch

Work Days!

There are many moments that make teaching so enjoyable. This day was one of them. Students working hard, working together towards a common goal. 

 Great job everyone!

 This Wednesday you need to have all parts of your grid drawing COMPLETED before class! Make sure you talk to your team before then to check to see if all members did their part. Remember your graded on this as a group! We will use the class period to tape them all together and mount them on a large sheet of black paper.  We will then go through the grading rubric together and end the class displaying them in the school!

Feb. 9-10 Art Plans

I would like to finish our group grid drawings this week. So this means we will have to use our class time wisely and work hard individually and as a team!

Please come to class prepared with the following

1. pencil, eraser, sharpener
2. folder with photocopy picture in it
3. finished drawing (not value yet) on your first sheet of paper
4. 2nd paper with 3 inch grid lightly drawn on it- ready to start your next section of drawing during class. 

It was super fun to see you all participate in Pictionary last week. I wish I would have taken more pictures! You all did great! :) Look how Rekan is so clever by using the butterfly-rainbow symbol from Mazi for you to guess "Supermarket" 

Again, we are proud of the improvements you made during January. We look forward to see how well you do this month! It starts with coming to class prepared! You know I'm going to check if you have your supplies first thing on Wednesday morning :).

Art This Week- Jan. 26-27

Just a reminder for you this week:

Bring with you to class
- Pencil, eraser, sharpener
- ARN #5- A poster sharing a message of how you and others can help change the world. An issue going on in the world, Iraq, Duhok, or CSM.
- Folder with photocopied picture, and drawing paper with 3 inch grid on it

I REALLY want to give you a :) tomorrow! SO please come to class prepared!

Let's not act like *Gangstas* during class!   

Or be *goof-balls*

But instead....  Like ONE, BIG, HAPPY FAMILY!

Sorry these are WAY blurry, and a few people are cut out on the side. Sorry! Next time we need to SQUEEZE together! Love you guys! :)

Keep working hard!

Spread the Word!

Hey Class-
Spread the word.... It's Mr. Andy's Birthday tomorrow! 
If you can.... make him a card telling him how much you appreciate him!

Seriously, he's awesome so let him know it :)

Facebook/call your friends if you get this!

See you Wed. or maybe tomorrow ;)

Happy New Year!

Great job 7th Grade students you made it through half the year :)  It was a fun but fast first half of the year. Now we have a NEW START. Don't you like new starts? You have a chance to think back on what you did well and also how you can improve.  I hope you all took time to do that over break. Between eating chips and watching TV :)

As you already know, all your teachers have a few goals for you during the month of January.
1. Come to class everyday prepared with the right supplies.
2. Keep the room clean.

For Art this means:
Coming to class EVERY Wednesday and Thursday with a pencil, eraser, sharpener (with collector), ARN, and a folder.
Art can be messy sometimes, and we don't have a room that makes clean-up easy (clay for example... you remember, right?) So if we are going to do a "messy" project we need to all work together and be respectful of the school's property, and each other.

So here's to a NEW year! Let's make it a great one!


Deal?!?!