Third Grade Art

More fifth grade quilled snowflakes....works in progress

Fifth Graders Box-Weave

During Be Creative Centers, some fifth graders created box weavings. Such talent! Weaving is a type of folk and functional art.

More Third Grade Rizzi Birds! I love this project!

Loving my third graders creativity of this narrative art project.

Carolyn Braden: 3rd Grade, More Narrative Rizzi Birds!

Here are more of my students James Rizzi inspired paintings. Their birds are narrative art. (Purposes of art: Narrative, Functional, Artistic Expression, Ceremonial). What stories do these birds tell?

Carolyn Braden: Second Grade Field Trip, Courtesy of @Target Field Trip Grants

I recently received a Target Field Trip Grant. I wrote the grant in order to be able to take my second graders to the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Students will go on the trip in March. Students will be able to tour the museum and create art in their art classroom. I chose to have the students create folk art wooden toys based on the ideas of Louisville artist Marvin Finn. I loved doing the project with my second graders at my previous school and know my students this year will love it too. More info to come! A BIG thank you to Target. Their grant programs are wonderful. Having art on a cart doesn't allow me to do some 3-D projects I love. Being able to go to the museum allows my wonderful Schaffner Traditional students a chance to work in a real art classroom and create an amazing 3-D project.

Kindergarten knows their lines!

My kindergarteners know the five types of lines; Carrie Curvy, Harriet Horizontal, Dottie Diagonal, Victor Vertical and Zhyan Zigzag. We read a story about the three little kittens who lost their mittens. Students then used lines to design brightly colored gloves that the kittens would be able to find easily.