How the World Works: Modern Art

 During a unit about Modern art and abstraction, students examined the grid paintings of Paul Klee.  Using warm and cool colors to differentiate subject and background, students created their own grid paintings by first doing observational drawings of an object of their choice, and then painting it.  

Who We Are

MY 5th graders made this collaborative painting last year.  I still have it hanging in my room because we are all so proud of it!  This was my first collaborative grid painting.  I will do many more to come.  It is very powerful for students to see their small piece contribute to an amazing whole.  

How the World Works: The Form and Causation of Modern Art

5th grade students learned that the invention of the camera moved artists into the realm of abstraction.  After a series of observational shell drawings, students were instructed to somehow abstract their shell.  I was very proud of their higher order thinking when it came to abstraction-not easy for a 5th grader~!

Who We Are: Identity