Forest Grove and Bauer Elementary: 5th Grade Interior Design Dream Rooms

This project was a huge hit with the 5th graders!  The creativity and problem solving involved in these bedroom design projects was exhilarating for the kids.  Over and over students said it was there favorite project EVER!

Students were given the challenge of becoming an interior designer.  An interior designer is an artist who helps decide what a room will look like from the wall color to the cabinets and furniture.  Each year we learn about a variety of artist careers. This project gave students a chance to exercise their spacial skills.

Here is a great student made video about the job of an interior designer!

Each child was challenged to use his or her creativity to choose colors and decorations for their room. The ultimate challenge was building furniture!  Students used low temperature hot glue guns to build cardboard beds, chairs and tables.

The assignment was to create a bedroom design but some kids made a good case for creating other rooms such as kitchens and living rooms. 

One particularly creative idea was to create an RV bedroom!

A number of students were so thrilled with their assignments that they worked on items at home and brought extra supplies from home such as carpet, foam and fabric.  Nice work kids! 

This was also a great project for collaborative learning.  Students spent time explaining to other students how to make things and helping find items of interest in magazines. 

Learning Goals: I can...
- Explain what an interior designer does (as opposed to an architect or graphic designer)
- Create a model of a room
- Use a hot glue gun safely
- Build at least one piece of furniture my own way (using problem solving)
- Choose colors and accent pieces for my room that fit how I would like my dream room to be!
- Participate in a critique giving feedback to others and evaluating myself

Jamestown Elementary: Welcome Back Mural!

WELCOME TO THE JAMESTOWN ELEMENTARY ART ROOM!

As always, this year on the first day of school, we began with an all school project that every grade level participated in. We created a mural of a tree where each student contributed their own uniquely patterned leaf to the branches. We reviewed the art elements in our designs focusing on: line, color (warm and cool), shape, space, pattern, and value.

Our theme as a staff this year is: Jamestown Elementary: "Reaching our unique growth potential." 

As a tree grows, we grow each day, and we are all unique (just like our leaves). Our goal is to do our best and to reach our unique growth potential.

Learning Goals: I can...

- Explain what a mural is

- Use art to create a welcoming environment

- Collaborate with other students on a group project

-Use the art elements effectively in my artwork

Georgetown Elementary: What's YOUR Name?

Georgetown Elementary's first art projects this year are all about NAMES!  Each grade level learned a different way to write their name – 1st and 2nd grades wrote in BUBBLE LETTERS, 3rd grade was challenged with BLOCK LETTERS, and grades 4 and 5 were excited to practice writing their name in CURSIVE.  Students then added the art elements of line, shape, and color to turn their names into a work of art.

 

Grades 1 & 2 bubble letter designs

 Grade 3 block letter designs

 

Grade 4 cursive writing designs

Grade 5 cursive writing designs

We also spent some time looking at how other artists use words and letters in their art pieces.  We looked at the words that Faith Ringgold includes around her Story Quilts.

Andy Warhol's "100 Cans" and Juan Miro's "Hirondelle/Amour" also brought some interesting discussions about the way artists use words in their art making.

 

"I Can" Goals

I can write my name in block, bubble, or cursive letters.

I can talk about different works of art.

I can use the art elements of line, shape, and color to create a work of art using my own name.

Georgetown Elementary: The Georgia Project

Fifth Grade artists have been learning about the American artist Georgia O’Keeffe, who was known for her large flower paintings.  This year we focused on her beautiful desert paintings that included bleached cow skulls.  Just like O’Keeffe, my 5th graders were intrigued to discover the beauty and life in the bleached bones.  I was surprised to learn that many of my students collect deer skulls and the bleached bones of smaller critters; several students brought in bones from their collections to share with their classmates.

Our study inspired these beautiful creations – skulls carefully drawn in pencil, gorgeous chalk landscapes, and carefully placed silk flowers to finish the “Georgia Project”.

 

O’Keeffe skull paintings – our inspiration!  We began with these beautiful pencil drawings.

  

Next step – chalk desert landscapes

Putting it all together – with carefully placed flowers.

   

Visit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum to learn more about O’Keeffe!

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