Post It Writing Activity



The colors have no meaning- just gave a different color to each table section.

 It's quick, painless, and there is no wrong answer.  I put up 3 landscapes for the 4th graders to look at.  They differed in land form, time of day, and overall style.  We discussed how a color scheme can affect the feel of a work of art.  I gave each student 3 post it notes, and had them write one word for each picture.  We then stuck them up over the pictures.  The students were interested in who else wrote the same word as they did ( I banned "good", "pretty" and "nice"), as well as the variety of descriptive words for each painting.  It very quickly gave me a chance to fit a little writing in, and let everyone be involved in the critique. 

Latest Projects

It's been a few days since I've updated.  It's grading season, and we all know how that goes- I'm up to my ears in projects that need to be returned, or photographed, or graded, or FINISHED!  And, I'm kind of tired of the current projects- ready to turn over to a new 9 weeks.  Kind of the typical end of the grading period stuff.  I thought I'd share a few successes.

Working with the 2nd grade teachers on some "Wild West" work- crayon/watercolor cowboy scenes-YEEHAW

2nd grade cars for our Red Groom's city.  The girl with a bow cracks me up.

Lovin' these water bottle babies by the 3rd graders- check out her highlights!

Don't know why the belt buckle catches my eye- nice paint job on this guy.

Red Headed Fireball!  LOL

You'd think he was goofing around with the paint- but he really has green glasses- the hair was a creative touch.

4th Grade carousels- We looked at "Fox Trot Carousel" by Red Grooms.

The carousels were to have school imagery on them- love the pizza topper.