Thursday, October 2, 2008

Week of September 29-Update...preview of Oct. 6-10

It was great to see so many parents at Open House! Thank you for taking the time to visit Art Studio 166. I was excited to be able to share the exciting things happening at Hickory Hills, eventhough I had to talk at warp speed.

Frogs! Frogs! Frogs!

Mark calendars for the Auction at First Friday Art Walk-December 7

Grade 7-Monday will be the last day to model with clay. Most students are smoothing the clay to aide in the painting process. We have about 7 frogs going through the drying process. The rest will start on Monday. They look amazing! The students have done an outstanding job on the construction of the instruments. Monday, October 6 will be clay clean-up and getting the room ready for planning of the painted designs. Introduction of 3D wardrobes will follow.

Grade 6-We have a few completed frogs!!!! They are all so different and fun. The sixth grade have pushed right along with a crazy classroom.......everyone doing something different, but the results will speak for themselves........the frogs are great! Students have continued to work on the "Mad Lab" drawing through the process of this frog project. I will admit that it is going to be nice having everyone using the same media after this project, but the demonstrated creative thinking skills are so important. We will try to finish this project by Wednesday, October 8.

We are still in need of pumpkins, gourds, and corn for our pastel drawing project. Let me know if you could help with donations.

I am looking forward to Mania and being able to earn some extra money to use in the classroom. I will also be getting together a request for acquisitions from the PTSA.

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