tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47446730079627054032024-03-14T06:34:02.617-07:00AllGoldEverythingArttaramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-80575909847616416962018-08-29T09:21:00.002-07:002018-08-29T09:21:37.948-07:00I'm Back!Hey guys,<br />
It's been a very long time since I have been here. I keep telling myself I need to come back and I am finally here after looking at some other wonderful blogs. (Back to school, that's what we do!) So anyway, I've been at a different school for going on 5 years and I teach 8th grade! So now all my posts will be middle school related! Yay! I got married, had a baby who is now 3 years old. And I am so glad to be back! (Please tell me some cool blogs to follow!)<br />
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The pic shown below is me and a teacher friend painting our school bathrooms. It went viral (yikes) and we used images my principal found on pintrest. I have talked to the original art teacher and she was awesome about us copying her designs. (Thanks Laurie Bee!)<br />
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Oh and I changed my blog's name from we heart art! to All Gold Everything Art :)<br />
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Thanks!!!taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-12782579269302318772011-06-13T19:28:00.000-07:002011-06-13T20:39:39.868-07:00Safety Pin Bracelets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsmU7S1rFnhhSs3dGFrxg7cqh7IQaE_BXGjwlMfF6z35XpZtYfIWv4tYh0gbocW05u9soTFY-7UdDKQaGAEQnaw9xfd6QSBk5ZUYUTD5SI4_KlTAyOOrsTnhtB_DjxwxOWc2ZZciSp5w/s1600/braclets+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsmU7S1rFnhhSs3dGFrxg7cqh7IQaE_BXGjwlMfF6z35XpZtYfIWv4tYh0gbocW05u9soTFY-7UdDKQaGAEQnaw9xfd6QSBk5ZUYUTD5SI4_KlTAyOOrsTnhtB_DjxwxOWc2ZZciSp5w/s320/braclets+006.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A couple of months ago I went to the <a href="http://www.mainstreetartsfest.org/home.aspx">Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival</a> which is the number one Arts Festival in Texas and the third largest in the country. This is my second year going since I moved to the area and my family and I now look forward to it. There are over 200 artists, live performances, fun activities for the kids.....and the food....oh my, there are so many delicious things to eat. I starve myself the entire day before I go! Anyhow, about the bracelets...there are many cute shops along the bricked roads of downtown Ft. Worth and I found this art store with all kinds of treasure (wish I remembered the name). I bought a cool Frida bag and a really beautiful safety pin bracelet. Every time I wear it I get compliments and people ask if I made it. So, since school is out I ventured down to Hobby Lobby and bought lots of beads and safety pins. These are the two I made so far! I paid about $12 for mine and I saw some on ebay for $20. It did take me quite a bit of time especially on the first one I made (top) because I used really small beads that were in a mixed pack. The second one has smaller pins, larger beads and a spacer bead so it took about half the time. Plus, I finally got my rhythm down. I am taking some graphic design classes that are taking up most of my spare time but I really love the bracelets and hope to make more!</div>taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-64269724960550738412011-06-11T21:06:00.000-07:002011-06-11T21:06:05.964-07:00Sweet Surprises!<div style="text-align: justify;">When I was in college, one of my professors told us to get a box to keep all of our little "presents" from our students. I haven't been very good at keeping all these treasures. I get a lot... especially from my daughter who is also one of my students :) I used to go through the box on tough days...you know those days it seems like you have yelled way more than you should have, or the day one of the kids says "I hate art!" Well, I was going through all of the portfolios to hand back to the students and found this picture a girl drew of me. It made my day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jp8T13i6JnGIyw-IA_Zlu6nOqtNkc6Y_PHcEGc5NFbg5NTMR9dLPzasH-LppWCn_Zj2NGEJdLzU82EmW8g-BJYMiz_MNozxi-UcZOmyUQIUdhVV1nWCfcoFzUEsWJyynHbgMwEUFDiw/s1600/IMAG0132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jp8T13i6JnGIyw-IA_Zlu6nOqtNkc6Y_PHcEGc5NFbg5NTMR9dLPzasH-LppWCn_Zj2NGEJdLzU82EmW8g-BJYMiz_MNozxi-UcZOmyUQIUdhVV1nWCfcoFzUEsWJyynHbgMwEUFDiw/s320/IMAG0132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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So then I hoarded all of these colorful papers for a whole year, actually I kind of forgot about them...then I saw a project on another blog about bird in a trees (can't remember where-sorry) and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for the Kinders to cut them up and use them for bird parts! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...Stay tuned for the Kinder rainsticks using the same coffee filter paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Then my mom send me a email and I <u>REMEMBERED</u>!!! I remembered everything I so naively dreamed about (as I took years to complete my degree as a single mom, working full time, going to school part time) so I could change just ONE kid's life! My mom reminded me of how I took notice when some kids came to school with no coats, holey uniforms, and ripped backpacks. I went through my own kids stuff and brought them to those kids. I remembered all those shoes I tie, and noses I wipe everyday. I remembered all the hugs I get as kids leave to get on the bus each day, and how much I look forward to the little pictures kids draw on notebook paper at home to bring me (I don't even care that they misspell my name most of the time!) I thought about the little boy with severe behavior problems whose own mother was so bad on drugs that she locked him and his siblings in the closet for days before they were found. I remembered how I go pick him up from his special class room so that he can finish his precisley painted pictures that are ten times better than the "normal" kids in his grade. I <u>REMEMBERED</u> the smile on his face when he sees me at the door on my off period when he knows he gets to come with me. So, you know what? <u>I REMEMBERED I AM MEANT TO BE A TEACHER!!!</u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">With all that being said, the week ended, and I seemed to have dodged the bullet. It was not easy seeing the teachers who didn't, in the hallways after they got the bad news. I hope they don't let anyone else go (Especially me). We already have far less than many other districts in our area. On Saturday, my friend and I drove down to Austin to attend the Save Texas Schools Rally. You can click here to learn more: <a href="http://savetxschools.org/">Save Texas Schools</a> It was a truly moving experience. Over 12,000 people were there and we were right up front. I heard so many moving speeches. One of the best was Dalton Sherman, a Dallas ISD student , the other one who made me <u>REMEMBER</u> was John Kuhn , the very passionate SUPERintendent of Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I put the videos at the bottom. Thet are both a little long, but so worth your time. The second one doesn't start at the beginning, or show his face but his message is all you need to hear!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I know this is a long post but I hope none of my blogger friends find themselves in the same situation....and I hope you enjoy my pics and videos!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdDPGw8JRmxe-JFtWuhrGMrQ0rQon5urxPyVwn8dOP2wrE4i8g97Pn6yD0LLBMwy_nBUYK7alqwgEm6jgX6hpEEK7DAuQtr8cZP_gAOnxxh-xEHv81SBkzgdKm1trQPG4ikKvIiukLNE/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdDPGw8JRmxe-JFtWuhrGMrQ0rQon5urxPyVwn8dOP2wrE4i8g97Pn6yD0LLBMwy_nBUYK7alqwgEm6jgX6hpEEK7DAuQtr8cZP_gAOnxxh-xEHv81SBkzgdKm1trQPG4ikKvIiukLNE/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmFOwCf81q7SJV0pk8NWyfpHLHHOfua_6kZROYA6FRjPWpU3NJSpxmZATesht05bIj_d6GE3MkwHdEO4_WbxK3X7f0eqvQBhC3vyy2wAPoR0uqVimE1b1qwi06_bhul7skP6NK4zSZxg/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmFOwCf81q7SJV0pk8NWyfpHLHHOfua_6kZROYA6FRjPWpU3NJSpxmZATesht05bIj_d6GE3MkwHdEO4_WbxK3X7f0eqvQBhC3vyy2wAPoR0uqVimE1b1qwi06_bhul7skP6NK4zSZxg/s320/014.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUJZQ8aL9PkW0vf6d7mAhc_xdWJ9mQlQoYx3MS_U8nvHY19EOkuBK9BkHF_eyw9joFI-bFMOp0HhmeGslJGaVWrJ8VxVNPPyxls1bf3KmHdsHLoI3S0zDaM4aHqRxi8-BP0uvv7my800/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know these two girls but they were marching right behind us. (I assume they are sisters cause of the cute red hair and freckles.) I really liked their signs. I think the students that were at the rally sent the most powerful messages. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92ZafqyT5yFGh7xVKnHdOthpoCDGCks4qkDlLHVZXPw-udd-BoWzGBKpMN8Sqxyc3C-hSyh9SpQksrcOPYDu1yDzelHEu3c45TZa_AaHFfQf8ZY8BYf8uoMu-AOSCFfeaMT0_I74hUYw/s1600/rainy+day+fund.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; height: 329px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92ZafqyT5yFGh7xVKnHdOthpoCDGCks4qkDlLHVZXPw-udd-BoWzGBKpMN8Sqxyc3C-hSyh9SpQksrcOPYDu1yDzelHEu3c45TZa_AaHFfQf8ZY8BYf8uoMu-AOSCFfeaMT0_I74hUYw/s320/rainy+day+fund.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO_63wTNH5KAXCOQTus5Pkir-yyoVPb5lXCB-QrJWNZWdDSkj6C_ya0D96pyI6hQpRVzZ4pA89N7jt3kyRtPVKUcswkaRbv9yjadRV0xiJuJGEVL7jyOyaCDBM9ud6Bu6liJ68i4R8j8/s1600/capitol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO_63wTNH5KAXCOQTus5Pkir-yyoVPb5lXCB-QrJWNZWdDSkj6C_ya0D96pyI6hQpRVzZ4pA89N7jt3kyRtPVKUcswkaRbv9yjadRV0xiJuJGEVL7jyOyaCDBM9ud6Bu6liJ68i4R8j8/s320/capitol.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We marched seven blocks to the state capitol. One of our main messages is to urge the govenor to use our Rainy Day fund instead of cutting over $9 billion from Texas education. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">As the rally ended you could see signs left in the bushes...we teachers left our mark!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(Isn't that what we were born to do??)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had been seeing all of these wonderful Jim Dine lessons on different blogs and I wanted to do one but all of my classes were in the middle of other projects. Then the week before last we missed a whole week because of the snow, and we missed one day last week also. Today it was 70 degrees!! (I live in Texas, where one week you are building snowmen and the next you are wearing shorts and flip flops.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyhoo, all the missed days of school caused our testing to be all mixed up and last Monday morning I found out I would have two third grade classes in one due to the computer lab being used by the testers. Which meant the kids who go to Technology for specials that day would be redirected to me...yay. (We only have one computer lab at my school)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I am thinking to myself..."There is no way I am going to paint with 34 third graders at one time!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I decided to do the Jim Dine lesson! Here are the pictures. I hope to do it again next year and hopefully they will be a little better, but I thought they were pretty cute for a last minute lesson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Valentine's Day!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">We are in the process of making Freedom Quilts for Black History Month. It is a group project we are doing in fourth and fifth grade. The groups each have their own family of slaves that they must make a quilt for. They all have different routes to follow to the North and must figure out which codes are needed to help their specific family. This one is the first one finished and today I hung it up in our town library as a part the local Black History Month display. We used scrap book paper to acheieve the fabric look. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">P.S. Say a prayer for all of us Texas teachers (and Texas students)...if you haven't heard, the whole state is looking at <u>massive</u> education budget cuts. They will let go of 1000 Dallas school district employees next school year. I don't work for that school district but in a smaller Dallas suburb district.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-5188907224273152872011-01-09T20:23:00.000-08:002011-01-10T09:06:28.939-08:00Mondrian Inspired Trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tVwfcikdMj-wkzvehXTM1stBcuy2LrM8VmX_CA_Z0kfeTyYJHatdnQpGdW74pT0dmsU2j5ZwxvhHJMtcjVBRRzrhmTZq0vra9VByWKDe-4T3tJ4qAlWO6n6Y7zgveaE07a5_8UEJpeE/s1600/winter+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tVwfcikdMj-wkzvehXTM1stBcuy2LrM8VmX_CA_Z0kfeTyYJHatdnQpGdW74pT0dmsU2j5ZwxvhHJMtcjVBRRzrhmTZq0vra9VByWKDe-4T3tJ4qAlWO6n6Y7zgveaE07a5_8UEJpeE/s320/winter+047.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a lesson I did with fourth grade and fifth grade. (I have a few classes with a mix of fourth and fifth graders, so now I teach the same lessons to both grades.) We talked about Piet Mondrian's Tree paintings, and the symbolism trees meant to him. We painted the trees with black tempera paint, and used liquid watercolors for the background. The blog I got this from used oil pastels I believe. I made a few examples to test what media I liked best for the tree, oil pastels, black glue but I like the way the tempera best. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***I got this idea from Marcia at Vivid Layers!!</div>taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-18435338920370354282011-01-09T19:48:00.000-08:002011-01-09T19:48:09.105-08:00Snowman Portraits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAAACXB9MMhR-lNuyKlla4xdKTQU73l7XOMzJWGostn-TncXSifbk1dSOEyMYC7d4w2x_b0gndx7HNj0l0XQ2rEuhOJKK6kF-16yK1IggSImtJA4r_-gFhTwMreVYtR0d8M2g9ZiDc4w/s1600/winter+060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAAACXB9MMhR-lNuyKlla4xdKTQU73l7XOMzJWGostn-TncXSifbk1dSOEyMYC7d4w2x_b0gndx7HNj0l0XQ2rEuhOJKK6kF-16yK1IggSImtJA4r_-gFhTwMreVYtR0d8M2g9ZiDc4w/s320/winter+060.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did these snowman with my Kindergarten kiddos. I found the lesson on a website somewhere last year but I can't remember where. Anyhow we talked about portraits, and their own school portraits. We talked about different facial expressions, different items they could wear. I especially like the anrgy looking snowman becaue he's different. I have more pictures that I may post later. Some used manilla paper and some used blue construction paper (which I liked better), drew two white circles, added the details, colored in the snowmen white and then painted over the whole paper with blue watercolors. I really like them!</div>taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-86748643846049744972010-12-15T19:57:00.000-08:002010-12-16T12:08:56.285-08:00Winter Mural<div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I know many of us were inspired by the Winter Mural posted by Art With Mr. E, and I want to say to him Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only was it a wonderful idea, it also solved my "Program Problem" that I previously blogged about. Here it is in it's entirety. I also added snowflakes on the curtain because it looked a little empty around it. I made three panels of the winter scenes and then put them together. PreK- 5th worked on it. It is 3 ft. x 10 ft. 10 in. in size.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkdzbgvCgOOFl0mdE53tbfCcQ8KpUxa7Qa9itrfyunFd57CMX4pRGxGKvk54HF1yDGz-FYBCBB9-Ybb30zA2PE7oAz09MNsetK8tJGHB9dmEG-jmqLkPCWct6DElRIhnWsnB_sn_wyng/s1600/winter+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkdzbgvCgOOFl0mdE53tbfCcQ8KpUxa7Qa9itrfyunFd57CMX4pRGxGKvk54HF1yDGz-FYBCBB9-Ybb30zA2PE7oAz09MNsetK8tJGHB9dmEG-jmqLkPCWct6DElRIhnWsnB_sn_wyng/s320/winter+029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Right Panel</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GBqlYPT_dPfD_01CYTeIAJPHqp3FqxZugC0zb_0VgIqM4kSRdT0-5CYmodNgc7as2pGTJ_6K7jCJn6uo1cLkbVBkOrpXUlTcFI5l_O1BKmeIjZTHtAhiz2ohNZ7xlVMI56GMFD1UpU4/s1600/winter+044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GBqlYPT_dPfD_01CYTeIAJPHqp3FqxZugC0zb_0VgIqM4kSRdT0-5CYmodNgc7as2pGTJ_6K7jCJn6uo1cLkbVBkOrpXUlTcFI5l_O1BKmeIjZTHtAhiz2ohNZ7xlVMI56GMFD1UpU4/s320/winter+044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Middle Panel</div><br />
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So.....today when I had Pre-K, we were reviewing the book Mouse Paint that we read it last week. We learned about primary colors, and made some marble paintings with the three colors. During the discussion, one of my student says, "A Mouse!" So I am thinking that she is talking about the book. Then they all start screaming and pointing, and sure enough there is a real life mouse running around my room. Needless to say, we all went to the gym and played duck duck goose for the rest of the period! I left all the paint out on the table, but the mouse didn't play in it like in the book.....because of the art teacher.taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-90463742773060047322010-10-30T21:01:00.000-07:002010-10-30T21:03:25.028-07:00Dia del los Muertos Celebration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigQuEj3J5U0ZTzVNf-eP_u1pwYbvr1LcB5vNua4CKR4hacT-cjhSCNY8ywtzf0a7LN_YXFfxm7ivDpIyasBmDjF5gJTt8sbT1W-Ri_gckQvngU_kH2-Mu1awfDDFhfqtieJqZtNQLyCY/s1600/10-10+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigQuEj3J5U0ZTzVNf-eP_u1pwYbvr1LcB5vNua4CKR4hacT-cjhSCNY8ywtzf0a7LN_YXFfxm7ivDpIyasBmDjF5gJTt8sbT1W-Ri_gckQvngU_kH2-Mu1awfDDFhfqtieJqZtNQLyCY/s320/10-10+072.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><br />
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About a month ago, there was a cute little black dog on the playground. I just happened to pass by since I was on my way to talk to my friend , the technology teacher (shout out megaroni!) Anyway I see this cute jet black dog wandering on the playground. I went out and got her to follow me around the back of the building to my classroom, where I got her some water. Some of the other teachers told me she has been hanging out on the playground looking for kids to play with. They said she usually has a collar. So, instead of letting the other teachers call animal control on her I took her around the neighborhood and left flyers and knocked on doors. I just knew someone was missing this sweet little dog, she looked healthy and well taken care of. I saw some big kids getting off the bus and asked if they knew who she belonged to. They pointed out a house and I went and knocked, no answer. I left a flyer, expecting a call that night. The next day, there was still no call so I took her out of town with me (and my kids) to see my mom for her birthday. <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Finally,the next day a woman called describing the dog and told us "Coco" was her teenage son's dog and kept getting out of the yard. She also explained how her son wasn't taking very good care of her and not paying much attention to her. (I know how I was at that age, friends were top priority.) So I told her that my kids were falling for her and we could keep her. She said no because she knew her son wanted to keep her. I told her I would call her when I came back to town to bring her back. To make a long story short..when we came back she said he son decided that we might be able to give her more time and attention. So she's OUR Coco now! We love her!</div><br />
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Also, I must note that at many times during this lesson, my room was almost completely silent because they were so deep in concentration, which always creeps me out because that almost NEVER happens in art!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQYTotH-dcyZ1A6w8nhMMRJNjM_MBU7KG742GsrHnXnYEDGMp0r68QGbls0TJfoSXRYzNsclNvb1EIEaqJuafhwS9IrwTy7ij7Vl5WHjlT_2DRfOA1tusl2EFdfOa2LrpPX8bpR2-ELc/s1600/april+09+094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQYTotH-dcyZ1A6w8nhMMRJNjM_MBU7KG742GsrHnXnYEDGMp0r68QGbls0TJfoSXRYzNsclNvb1EIEaqJuafhwS9IrwTy7ij7Vl5WHjlT_2DRfOA1tusl2EFdfOa2LrpPX8bpR2-ELc/s320/april+09+094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This is some more stuff from my first year of teaching. I was given full classes of kids who never had art and some who had more experience. I was frustrated that they would not seperate them into (Art I, Art II) classes so I separated my students within my classroom. These are some of the advanced kids work. Also, I was given NO art budget and was pretty broke and could not afford to buy charcoal and prisma color pencils supplies for all 150 kids I had that semester, so only the advanced art kids got to use it. (I'm so unfair-I know!) Please excuse the glare on the photos, I wrapped them in polyester before I took them.<br />
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*The last three are from a brilliantly talented student I had. He was always way ahead of the rest of his classmates so I would assign him extra work, which he happily accepted. He also did a lot of work at home. On the gridded self portrait he did, I told him he had to shade in each square with a different value but was not allowed to have two squares next to each other that were the same value. The last one is in the style of Andy Warhol, with prisma color pencils. He did an excellent job on all his projects.<br />
Great kid, polite, smart, and eager to learn. Every once in a while I get an email from him asking to critique an artwork or how to get dried oil paint out of brushes (yikes!) Sometimes I really miss teaching older kids....sometimes.taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744673007962705403.post-77166050205097082442010-10-17T19:58:00.000-07:002010-11-17T18:56:06.832-08:00Yarn Name Designs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMY45s-2qLJQZxE6KxJey7QSVaqbbSxTt-CbA4IehAT_7z5MldHSme2gJwo9rhEyqlKjJv9mOXPr57Xpfld9SI0O0OQg2wln-UhKq90OHjiysQsTntVJoZbStAWbLXFWAEukNbWFtd0/s1600/bebe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMY45s-2qLJQZxE6KxJey7QSVaqbbSxTt-CbA4IehAT_7z5MldHSme2gJwo9rhEyqlKjJv9mOXPr57Xpfld9SI0O0OQg2wln-UhKq90OHjiysQsTntVJoZbStAWbLXFWAEukNbWFtd0/s320/bebe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ30_zAihp6COD7g2PR4bnf6Bmq-NLul-T8o_JqZRyubKtFkFaaCz1-sDhjKUQuEQ62428vrb__woOMKxBbnBjLJzuo-XwXBlFmm22U8lIK0xZKrz_a6_IBmSmp7CBbepYhzz0HiHp4YE/s1600/rocio+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ30_zAihp6COD7g2PR4bnf6Bmq-NLul-T8o_JqZRyubKtFkFaaCz1-sDhjKUQuEQ62428vrb__woOMKxBbnBjLJzuo-XwXBlFmm22U8lIK0xZKrz_a6_IBmSmp7CBbepYhzz0HiHp4YE/s320/rocio+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My first year of teaching I came up with this lesson. The kids started with a sheet of paper. I gave them rulers and started out with simple instructions. I told them to draw two straight lines and one curved line. I told them to make sure they "exited"the paper with some lines. Then I told them to add a few more lines of their own choice. I told them they had to incorporate their names somewhere. Then they picked a color scheme and filled in the rest with glue and yarn.taramarie88http://www.blogger.com/profile/08427612362256049612noreply@blogger.com2