Elements of Art: LINES

I am so excited to begin my 1 of 7 Elements of Art packets!

In this packet you will receive....

40+ pages of activities that teach students all about LINES! Create lines, identify lines, and define lines! All ages can benefit!

In this packet, you will receive...NO PREP...
* Elements of Art Foldable*
* Flashcards*
* Rhyming with LINES worksheet*
* Word Wall Word for LINE*
* Differentiated Worksheets for all levels*
* Bubble Letter Coloring Line Worksheet*
* 15 Hole Punch Task Cards ("Punch Outs")*
* PLUS: Upload on iPad or iPhone for digital versions!*

ALL ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED!!!

This is a great packet for all ages! Whether they are kindergarten or high school, any student can benefit from this! My goal was to allow any student  at any learning level to really understand the building blocks of art!

I honestly use most of this in my high school art room since many of my students have taken an art class. It provides a great overview of the Elements of Art, plus provides them with several activities that really focuses in on line! I hope you enjoy!

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 Here are some pictures of what you will receive...

Science Rules!

Teach science? Love science? Well, here are some great science clip art images for you! These would be great to add to a worksheet, presentation, or paper that your student may be completing. Also, these images are very versatile so they could be used for more than just science! Check out my store, Room 28, and take a look!

Commercial Use Halloween Borders and Background!

Check out my store Room 28 on Teachers Pay Teachers for these awesome Halloween themed borders and backgrounds!

Annie Sloan...meet the bathroom!

A few months ago, my husband and I bought a place in the Columbus area.  When we purchased it, it was totally still in the 1980s and honestly it still is.  My first task over Christmas break was really to paint the whole house, but after painting half the house (including two ceilings...that's a story in itself), I was exhausted and tired of looking at paint for a while.  Anyways, I'm not sure if you are familiar with Annie Sloan paint or know anything about her products.  Well, this past Christmas I thought I should give her products a try. There is a store near my parents house, Pottsies which I absolutely love! They have amazing little goodies and all the furniture they paint with Sloan's paint looks amazing!  So I bought a can of the white (Pure) and a grayish color (French Linen) along with the wax and a few brushes.  After using her products, I am still not sure about them.  I found it very difficult to paint with and it took a lot of time! Also,  I found her products to be very expensive. I don't if I didn't paint right or what...but I would like to give her products another chance before this paint and I are no longer friends. On on good note, I will say that the paint was very easy to clean up and if I made a mistake, it came right off with water!

Anyways, I decided to paint my half bath vanity with her products.  I thought at first I would do the base gray and the cabinets white, but I honestly didn't like the look of it and just painted the whole thing white. 

So the first step was to remove hardware from vanity and wash all the doors down (I just used soap and water). Then, I just started painting! After about 4 coats, yes it seemed like forever, it was looking pretty good! A little antique but yet very clean!  Once everything dried, I reattached the doors to the cabinet and waxed the entire vanity.


About 48 hours later, my husband buffed the cabinet to make it super shiny. Then, I was able to attach the adorable new hardware my husband and I picked out from Anthropologie! On a side note...if you have never been to Anthropologie...you need to go!





Here are some picture of the bathroom before and and after.

The color that I chose I ended up going with was Benjamin Moore's Antique Jade (on right).

Here is the vanity before....


 

A Life of a Student

After posting my last post, even though it wasn't much, I found something that may be able to turn our teacher jobs into more of what things would be like the first day of school.  The Washington Post has a really interesting article...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/24/teacher-spends-two-days-as-a-student-and-is-shocked-at-what-she-learned/

This article has really made me think about my classroom and my teaching style.  Yes, my ideal room would be having my students sit down and not say a word so I can talk the entire time....

However, that may always be the best solution.  I want to encourage all teachers whether you teach middle school or high school to read this! It may put a different perspective on teaching! :)

Despicable Me

 

http://giantgag.net/teachers-be-like-minions/

Despicable Me is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I mean come on...who doesn't love the minions!? :) As teachers, we all have had the despicable moments of our career or even of our week.  We love seeing our students everyday and love seeing their smiles each morning (well after a skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks) but mostly seeing them grow throughout the year.   Anyways, now that it is the end of October, I think/know we all feel a little burnt out and a bit despicable.  So, I want to let you, teachers, know that you are not alone in your job! Everyday counts and does makes a difference in your students life...even the days that can feel a bit despicable!

6th Grade Science- 3D Animal Cells

My 6th grade class just finished learning about plant and animal cells! I really wanted to do a hands on activity with cells, so this past week we created 3D-models of an animal cell out of jello and candy.  My kids LOVED IT! In my opinion, they looked okay and I probably would make a few adjustments for next year, but like I said the kids had a blast! I mean come on, what 6th grader doesn't like artificial colors, sugar, and getting a bit messy!?  So here is what I did before we completed this lab.


Materials:  (A great project to do around Halloween!)

• Snack Sized Zip Plastic Bags = Cell Membrane
• Yellow/Orange Jello = Cytoplasm 
• Nerds = Ribosomes
• Skittles = lysosome
• Jelly Beans = centrosome
• Gopstoppers = vacuole
• Peel and Pull Twizzlers = Golgi Body 
• Raisins = mitochondria
• Gummy Worm = Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum 
• Sour Gummy Worm = Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum 
• Palmer Wrapped Eyeball Carmel Chocolate = Nucleus, Nucleolus, and Nuclear Membrane 

Before lesson:

Over the weekend, my oh-so-kind sister helped me make the jello and put the liquid jello in each snack sized plastic bag. We figured that about 3/4 cup of jello was a good amount for each student.  I bought 8 packages of jello for my 30 students and it worked perfectly.

After making the jello and putting them in the individual bags, we put all the little 30 zipped bags in the fridge to fully gel.  Then, we distributed all the candy the students would need in bags (dixie cups would work well too) so there wouldn't be 30 hands in the nerds box, skittle bag, raisin bag, etc.  After placing all the candy/material in individual bags, we took a break and ate some of the left over candy! Please, don't forget that step! ;)

Here are a few pictures of the prep work!

Lesson:

After going through an example, I passed out the individual jello bags and then had a student pass out the candy bags.  After passing out the bags, I had a poster and we went through the names and functions of each part of the cell.  I was really surprised how much the students remembered the functions and the names of each part of the cell. Once we got to the golgi body, I had students all take their twizzlers out and fold them like a wave to really make the golgi body stand out.  Finally, I had my students write a lab report and examine their 3D animal cell! I did not let them eat it in class, but would have to wait till they got home to eat it! Hope this is helpful and make's your students smile too!

Pictures soon to come!