Sixth+Grade,+2012-2013

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 * __SIDE by SIDE TEACHER (or SUBSTITUTE) RESPONSIBILITY: __
 * 1) Be Present and involved in teaching art lesson - pitching in when appropriate
 * 2) Use BEST classroom management practices
 * 3) Sit within close proximity of students during demonstrations
 * 4) Make all possible connections with ART lesson and your CURRICULUM
 * 5) Participate in your own art-making along with your students
 * 6) Help specialist when asked - the art room is a paper-grading-free zone. || 2012-2013 Archive
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WEEK OF APRIL 8TH: Clay Cartouches
Teachers - please share the above powerpoint before Thursday art time. We will need all our time for clay. There is a link in the powerpoint for translating first names into the Cartouche hieroglyph. For a review of Ancient Egypt: ANCIENT EGYPT

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25TH & MARCH 4TH & 11th:
"THE SAVING ZOO", by Johnathan Tuttle Each class will be assigned one of the poems in this book to illustrate. Week 1:Students will work on individual compositions. Week 2:All pieces will be displayed and using "interactive organization" the class will choose the elements they want in the final piece Week 3: 3 students will be chosen to do "performance artmaking" in front of the class.

"THE SAVING ZOO" Publication will be unveiled at art night, April 18th.
=WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11TH AND 19TH:= Phases of the moon: Powerpoint with an online quiz at the end Art activity: 4 cups of water, 1 tsp dish soap, few drops of dark food coloring (black India Ink works as well). After mixing recipe, students gently lay a piece of white paper over the bubbles to create a moon surface texture. Let paper dry and then proceed with following diagram.

WEEK OF JANUARY 28TH AND FEBRUARY 4TH: Using balloons, watered Elmers and tissue paper, students will create each of the planets. Using the interactive of the solar system, colors will be matched. Using the calculated scale (with sun set at 400 inches) balloons will be blown up according to scaled size. Students will be able to walk with their planets to a calculated scaled radius. Planets will be installed in classrooms. Scaled planets: Scaled planets with radius from sun [|BLUES CLUES PLANET SONG]

[|CALCULATE A SCALED MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM]

[|INTERACTIVE TOUR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM] [|PHOTO GALLERY OF THE PLANETS]

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5TH AND NOVEMBER 12TH:
Finish Zentangle projects. [|Begin Tessellations.] Throwing Schedule Optional Art Lesson to do in class... "SUPERSTIONS" Definition: media type="custom" key="20816026" REFLECTIONS VISUAL ART RULES REFLECTIONS THEME FOR 2012: "Magic of a Moment"
 * WEEK OF OCTOBER 22ND AND 29TH:**
 * ZENTANGLING WITH LINE DESIGN AND 13 BUILDINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW. INVISILINE ART.**
 * WEEK OF OCTOBER 15TH: THROWING SCHEDULE**
 * WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24th and October 1st: 2 Possible REFLECTIONS projects for theme "MAGIC OF A MOMENT"**
 * WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10TH & 17th:**
 * Superstition** is a belief in [|supernatural] [|causality]: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science.[|[][|1][|]]