Students will create their own work of art that serves as a social commentary. Students will make a moral or ethical statement in their work and use elements of the Neoclassical style to communicate their message.
This is the first lesson in a sequential unit. Students look at and discuss still-life paintings and develop a definition for the genre. They then further their understanding of this type of painting and practice watercolor techniques by painting their own still lifes from direct observation. Art production focuses on the tools used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space and convey texture in watercolors.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students choose meaningful objects for a still-life arrangement and paint it using watercolors. After reflecting on their choice of objects and composition, students begin to write an artist's statement.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students paint the same still-life arrangement from Lesson 2, but in an opaque medium. They compare similarities and differences of working with the transparent and opaque mediums and refine their artist's statements.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
Students will plan and design a still life composition. When composing the still life, students will choose objects that emphasize a variety of shapes and textures, and arrange the objects to reflect balance. Next students will create a photographic still life and use it as inspiration to write a poem. Then students will present the still life photograph and poem to the class.
When adults respond quickly and consistently to bullying behavior they send the message that it is not acceptable. Research shows this can stop bullying behavior over time.
Parents, school staff, and other adults in the community can help kids prevent bullying by talking about it, building a safe school environment, and creating a community-wide bullying prevention strategy.
The attached poster can be printed for display in your classroom.
Students will discuss a narrative work of art in order to interpret and understand the theme from the "Open Court" unit on "Risks and Consequences." Students imagine the events occurring before and after a narrative scene, sketch their ideas, then write a story describing the action and publish their story and illustrations in a book. The works of art and sketches provide a focus to practice writing three-part stories with dialogue and using adjectives and prepositions.
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Xenia Claire teach about adding and subtracting in story problems using multiple strategies.
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Xenia Claire teach about adding and subtracting in story problems using multiple strategies.
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Meghan Dmytriw teach about organizing writing around a central idea with a beginning, middle, and end.
Students will examine a scene depicting Herakles (known as Hercules to the Romans) and the Hydra on the face of a black-figure "hydria". They will then read Greek myths and choose one to depict in the style of the vase painter, known as the Eagle Painter.
This poster reminds students about the elements of strong passwords.
This poster uses the suggestions for strong passwords from the CS Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework for Grade 2.
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Caroline Doughty teaches about the comprehension skill, questioning.
Model for an interactive introductory presentation for students who are distance learning. Created for 3rd graders, but can be adapted for other ages.
Meagan Smith of Halifax developed this slide deck on information students need to know about their remote learning resources and devices. Feel free to download and copy and edit for your own division!
This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Chautauqua Hopson teach about sentence structure.
A playlist of 20 videos focusing on the things you can do in Canvas.