Ancient Egyptian display

I share McGregor with Ms. Goldberg but we are teaching common curriculum.
I have featured 2nd grade Egyptian hippos and 5th grade Egyptian god portraits.  Ms. Goldberg is featuring 2nd grade Egyptian scarab beetles.

3rd grade Australian aboriginal dot paintings

Students drew animals that are indigenous to Australia.   They used markers to make designs within the animal.   Then used q- tips to paints dots around the drawing.

Ancient Egyptian artwork

2nd grade jewelry and 5th grade Egyptian portraits of gods and goddess.

Art cart growth

Then and current!  This is a clean version.   Normally I have it stacked high with boxes for the morning and switch out for afternoon at lunch.  I am sure it will grow.

The McGregor Way!

4th graders installing their painted fish in the courtyard.

One of the perks of being on a cart.

One of the perks of being on a cart is I get invited to celebrate birthdays.   If I wasn't on a cart in this room I would have never seen this treasure.  Simone and her mother made this artistic birthday cake.   I asked her if they were up late working on it and she said, yes!  NOT only was it super cute but it was very yummy!  Happy birthday Simone and thank you for inviting me to share in your special day.

Mrs. Crisp's 1st grade group project

Students were asked to have a discussion to figure out who was going to color what section.  I explained to them that there is no fighting or crying .  We have to work through our disagreements and find compromise.  Think of ways to solve our disagreements so that it feels fair to each person.  I really enjoy listening to the students discussing their plans and working out their differences.  I had a couple students who wanted the same area and they decided to draw lines to section off their territory.  It was sweet that the third student said, "I am happy to color any part of this project."

Cave art shock!

Ms. McCall's second grade class is featured in this post.  Students drew animals like the ones found in the caves of Lascaux. 

Once we completed coloring I asked a student to volunteer their project for demonstration of the next step of the project.  Denni offered her project I asked her three times if she was sure.  She was still on board.  

The students were sitting on the edge of their seats with curiosity of what I was about to do.  I had been hinting to the students that I would be shocking them with the next steps.  So I took Denni's artwork and crumpled it.  Jaws dropped.  Shock was on their faces but they all were quick to crumple their paper and the giggles and excitement was fun.  The next shock was tearing the edges.  What great sports.  I will be posting final projects.  Enjoy these smiling faces.

Art on a cart

Hello McGregor families!  I am one of your new art teachers.  I am super excited to be here.  I started this blog to share with my student's families the exciting new things we will be learning and creating.  I hope that you can take a few minutes every week to stop in and see what your children are up to.  This year I will be on a cart traveling from room to room.  There will be challenges but I will face them with enthusiasm and a glass half full mentality.  Right now the art cart needs some love and attention.  As the year goes on it will get some sprucing up.  I have posted a picture below for a before example.
My main goal with this blog is to feature the exciting things we will be doing.  I hold on to artwork during the year so that I have choices for art shows so please if you don't see your child's work coming home know that you can check out the blog and see what is going on here.