Briargrove Elementary Art Page

Dear Readers, Please join me on my new blog - ART WITH MRS. GONZALEZ ! *the link is working now ;) The Briargrove Elementary Art Page has been such a wonderful place to showcase beautiful st...

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Back in September, the kinders and first graders were getting accustomed to their new "studio" space in the kinder pod area. I took advantage of the interesting new arrangement (3 tables, twelve ...

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I wanted to share some more examples of our monster drawings. These were done individually with with my students the second week of school. The kids liked the activity so much, I decided to...

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We began the year with a one day group activity that had everyone engaged in creative problem-solving, reviewing past concepts and skills, and working respectfully and successfully as a group. By...

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A couple weeks before school began, I got some news that greatly changed the planning and expectations I had for this school year. Due to a large enrollment number at our school, the art room was...

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Hello BG art fans! Well, it has been a great summer, and I'm looking forward to a new school year! Between a newborn baby and an exceptionally challenging enrichment schedule last year, ...

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2nd - 4th grade created the most beautiful mixed-media paintings of the coral reef during our last few weeks of school. This two-lesson unit followed a day of observation drawing from a Planet Ea...

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The end of the school year is approaching rapidly! This week many classes are having their second to last trip to the art room for the year. This project has been a PERFECT fit for a one day less...

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We have been SO busy around these parts! End of the year programs, testing, and busy schedules rule our days. I am working hard to document and edit our incredible art units to show you (includin...

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Last Thursday was our annual Fourth Grade Art Gala! Every year, Mr. Nave, the music teacher, and I work hard with fourth grade for months to prepare for this fine arts event. We put up a bi...

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Last semester, first and second grade students worked on observation drawings of objects from nature. (You can find out the main ideas/steps behind this unit here .) For these two y...

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For the first class of the New Year, I had students 2nd-5th grade warm up with this design challenge. In my room, we do not spend a lot of time drawing with pencils. I find that there is too much...

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For the month and a half that I was back at work last semester, I made it a priority to catch up with my students by combining many concepts and skills into one assignment, while also giving them...

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Well, I returned to work from maternity leave right before Thanksgiving, and now it's already time for a break! Wow - that was the fastest semester ever! :) When I came back to school, I was det...

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Last year, third great had a fun time brainstorming ideas for machines that would help solve some of the ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES currently threatening our planet. The students each chose an issue th...

http://katieweymouth.blogspot.com/2010/10/3rd-grade-machines-cardboard-collograph.html

Well, it's been a while but I really want to spotlight some more of the incredible birds my students made last year. Ms. Borowski's 4th grade class studied the birds of the TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. ...

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Last year, I created a blog dedicated to our efforts at becoming a more ECO-FRIENDLY art room here at Briargrove. We spent the year focusing on REUSING materials that would have otherwise been t...

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Mrs. Howard's 4th grade class studied the birds of the GRASSLANDS. These birds often live in large fields of grass, possibly near the edge of a forest. They have to be quick on the ground and hav...

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For the end of the year, our plans for A LARGE COLLABORATIVE MURAL between grade levels from each day of the rotation (6 days total) finally came together with a bang! These murals will be on ...

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5th Grade spent the last couple months of school conceptualizing, designing, building and embellishing these incredible inventions. These one-of-a-kind machines are especially EARTH-FRIENDLY -...

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Ms. Abraham's fourth grade students studied the BIRDS OF THE DESERT. These birds live in hot, dry climates and need to blend in with the tones of the earth, since there aren't many plants or tree...

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For the end of the year, our plans for a LARGE COLLABORATIVE MURAL between grade levels from each day of the rotation (6 days total) finally came together with a bang! These murals will be on...

http://katieweymouth.blogspot.com/2010/05/deciduous-forest-collaborate-recycled.html

Collaborative painting and relief sculpture made by Ms. Azar's fourth grade class. The painting was made first using tempera paint; students then added details using acrylic paint. The moos...

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Ms. McConn's fourth grade class studied the BIRDS OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC TUNDRAS. While we researched many birds, the snowy owl, penguin and snow goose were particularly popular with this gr...

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Collaborative painting and relief sculpture by Ms. Borowski's fourth grade class. Students first painted the mural using tempera paint, then added details on top using acrylic paint. The ...

http://katieweymouth.blogspot.com/2010/05/4th-grade-tropical-rainforest-mural.html