CUIP Tech Expo
25 05 2007
That’s me at the CUIP Tech Expo at King High School yesterday. I was there to “show off” the public service announcements created by our 5th graders. I’m still in the process of making these available on our web site, but since it is a new process for me, it might take a while.
In fine arts, we are rapidly heading towards the finish. The 3rd graders did a short activity this week by creating movement or a pattern using oil pastels and construction paper. Next week, they will have their final event for the Art in Focus program. They will be sharing their artwork with each other and sharing what they wrote in their journals at the Smart Museum. They will also be bringing home the sculptures they created with Ms. Lager. Those are exciting, and I can’t wait for them to bring them home.
The 4th graders are going to be finishing up their surrealism collages they started working on right before spring break. And, they will be making origami cubes.
The 5th graders are almost done with their mythical creature sculptures. Next week, they are going to be taken to the Hyde Park Art Center so they can be fired in a kiln, and the students will paint them during the final week of school. They also used a piece of cardboard to paint a background for their sculpture to sit on.
The 6th graders are just about to start putting their graffiti on the brick wall they created this week. We talked about the origins of graffiti this week and looked at a couple of different pieces. We discussed the difference between just scrawling your name on a public place and the actual art form of graffiti. They started designing what their piece will look like and we will start painting them next week. I hope to get a chance to show them how an airbrush works as well.
Finally, the 4th graders have been working hard on finishing up their poetry videos. They are really coming along great and they are responding well to all of the extra information that has been thrown at them. I hope to have them all completed by the end of next week.
Until then…
