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Mrs.Dykstra's Busy Art room
Welcome to the artroom website!! I would like to lay out some information on how art grades are formulated, and what my expectations are for Christ King students.
K4,K5, first, second and third graders are given a quarterly assessment grade that reflects how well they understood lessons and met expectations as far as using materials and demonstrating skills. Individual pieces of artwork are not given a letter grade at this young age. If you have questions about your child's grade, a review of your child's body of work for the quarter can certainly be set up so that evidence can be pointed out and explained.
Fourth and fifth graders receive grades on their projects,which, averaged together, make up their quarter grade.
Middle schoolers each recieved a handout explaining my grading procedures which was to be read and signed. Quarter grades are comprised of three elements. 70% is based on the grades students earn on projects, 15% is based on the average of their daily effort grades, and 15% is based on their sketchbook entries for the quarter. Please refer to the handout for further explanation .
I try to update webgrader on the weekends, however, some projects take a long time to execute. Be sure to ask your child what they are working on!!
Due to budget cuts, I am not here on Mondays and so there are just not enough hours in the day to get everything ready and artwork hung. I am in great need of some volunteers to help with this. If you can help out on any days, any time, let me know!
Artists are great collectors and recyclers, as you know. Can you save for us:
papertowel tubes
oatmeal canisters
puzzle pieces
reams of scrap paper
clean, used socks
cardboard egg cartons
styrofoam trays from fruits and vegetables
???
I will be adding more to this list soon. I am looking for some telephone wire for projects. My supply is out! It is wonderful, pliable, colorful stuff! Also if you have access to any wire you think might be useful for sculptural work, let me know. Thank you!!
We are also looking for a used, working toaster oven to have in the art room.
Second quarter is well under way so I wanted to share with you some of our learning.
K5 students have looked at some Native American art and made a pinch pot and a symbol drawing.
First graders just finished beautiful fall landscapes that show foreground, middleground and background including a great scarecrow and rural country side.
3rd graders learned about early quilt patterns and recreated an Ohio star in tooling foil.
4th graders have diligently been working on amazing figure collages which include a repeated figure shape from handpainted papers and oil pastel work . Look for them soon!
5th graders are making Native American parfleche. They are envelope type containers from simulated rawhide. We learned about natural pigments from long ago as well as symbols and the symbolism behind many colors.
6th graders made wonderful spooky houses after learning about the architecture of Victorian houses. We are now drawing from still lifes incorporating some pretty sophisticated colored pencil techniques.
7th graders learned about pointilism and are finishing their own "dotty" paintings inspired by nature and God's creation.
8th graders are working on a mixed media still life in which they are playing with different textures on surfaces and seeing some neat results.
Many groups will be looking forward to Christ's birthday and the beauty of the season with small and large projects.
Please contact me with any concerns... we love visitors in the art room!
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