SECOND+GRADE

[|Second Grade State Visual Arts Core Curriculum]
 * Week of February 15th-** Wayne Thiebaud pastel drawings


 * Week of February 8th-** Cell drawings with chalk pastels and black paper.


 * Week of February 1st-** We will be learning about symmetry in art and making symmetrical bugs.


 * Week of January 18th-25th-** Mark Kistler drawing lessons


 * Week of January 11th-** Collage rubbings.


 * Week of January 4th-** Statue of liberty collage http://techyteacher.net/patriotic/firststatue.html


 * Week of December 14th-** We will be making snowflake paintings. This will be a math connection because snowflakes are all hexagonal in design. A review of polygons might be helpful before this lesson.


 * Week of December 7th-** we will be learning about abstraction and painting snowmen. They will need their paint shirts.


 * Week of November 23-30th-** We will be finishing our westward expansion mural by coloring it.


 * Week of November 16th-** We will be doing a pioneer journey mural as a class


 * Week of November 9th-** We will be doing art criticism and looking at artworks. We will also be working on our traveling sketchbook assignment


 * Week of November 1st-**We will be working on observational drawing


 * Week of October 26th-** Work day to finish our "Scary Forests"


 * Week of October 19th-** We will be doing a fall leaf scene using a tape resist process. The students will need their paint shirts on because we will be using watercolors. They should have their watercolors out if they have them; otherwise I can bring them. They will also need a pencil.

[] We will create collage images of Independence Hall. We will need the students to have a gluestick []
 * Week of October 12th-** Polygon art! We will be talking about cubism and Pablo Picasso. Then we will do our own self portrait Picasso faces.
 * Week of September 28th to October 6th-** Second grade will be learning about the artist Henri Matisse and his cutout collages. We will then be creating our own collages using scissors and glue and construction paper.
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 * Week of September 14th**- Watercolor still life- focus on observational drawing

We will be discussing graphic novels and the water cycle. Students will make a graphic novel about the stages of the water cycle!
 * Week of September 7th-** Water cycle graphic novels! nnnnn

Art Procedures "A line is a dot that went for a walk" Activity on outside of portfolio in crayon with self-portraits. They should finish their portfolios by the end of the week. Thanks!
 * Week of August 31st-**