Thursday, November 29, 2018

Artist of the Week 11 / 28 / 2018

Good art takes time. It took almost a whole trimester for all the 5th Graders to finish their Personal Puzzles! The student I am choosing to recognize this week is a very kind person and talented artist. I was impressed by her first draft because of the time she put into it and her very original composition. She took her time carefully recreating her colored pencil draft with water paint. To finish her project she cut very interesting shapes and glued them down with nice even spacing. For all these reasons I am proud to recognize NB from Ms. Hoskin’s class as Student Artist of the Week!

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Artist of the Week 11 / 7 / 2018




You may remember when I recognized 5th Grader C. R. for being the first to complete her personal puzzle. If you don’t remember it you can look for it on the artist of the week bulletin board in the hallway. Truth be told there are still quite a few 5th Graders who have not completed this assignment because we have been working on and completing other projects and working as well. I am very pleased with the creative ways that 5th Graders have been approaching this open ended project! They are all so different just like our students! From I.R., J.D, M.J., and R.M.’s sunset skies to L.L.’s slenderman, A.A. and N.C.’s colorful patterns, and C.M.’s football puzzle we see a variety of content represented in these puzzles! I thank and recognize all the students who are trying their best on this assignment, but I am choosing to recognize one student who depicts the figure of a girl with her bangs over her eyes with colorful puzzle pieces blowing to her side. She checked with me before taking her project in a slightly different way and added a cool title which adds to the meaning of her piece. Make sure you check it out in the hallway or on our school website. Congratulations M.C. in 5W student artist of the week!

Artist of the Week 10 / 31 / 2018


 If you have walked down the 4th/5th Grade wing you may have seen some skulls and skeletons on the wall. These are to celebrate the Day of the Dead a holiday and tradition that started in Mexico and celebrates the life of family members and friends that have passed. 5th graders did a 2 day painting of their skulls and they came out great! The student that I am choosing to recognize has grown a lot. When I first met him he did not always complete his work and said, “No” a lot. Now he is much more likely to compromise and work with me and has started to make some awesome artwork! Make sure you take time to check his and all the Dia De Los Muertos Skulls up in the hallway. Congratulations J.L. student artist of the week!