5th+Grade

=5th Grade =

===During the fifth grade year George Wolf students will begin to refine and improve their artistic skills and thought processes. ===

=== Lessons will include figure drawing, print making, sculpture, color theory, global art, mathematical integrations, and critical thinking activities. The students will also participate in classroom discussions, brain storming sessions, and observations of famous/historic artworks. ===

===The goals of my fifth grade curriculum are to strengthen the student's fine motor skills to an advanced point as well as improve their problem solving and independent thinking techniques. I place a high importance on encouraging students to take personal confidence in their artwork during this age. ===

Fifth Grade Projects 2010

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5th grade has just completed a unit on the artist __Keith Haring __. They learned that he was part of the pop art movement in the 1980s. Keith Haring was born in Reading and grew up in Kutztown, Pa. and later moved to NYC where he started his art career. Keith Haring began drawing cartoon figures in the city subway with white chalk. His style developed to painting these same figures with bright colors.

The 5th grade started the unit by practicing figure drawing with charcoal pencils. Next, the students created marker drawings of two figures illustrating an action verb . Lastly, the students created a __3d __ plaster __sculpture __ of their <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 156%;">__action verb__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">. The results were awesome!

<span style="color: #ff002c; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Keith Haring Unit

<span style="color: #ff0060; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 225%; text-align: center;">Radial Design <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Using the website [|Math Cats] for ideas, the fifth grade created an original __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">radial design __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">. First the students cut a shape from thick paper. Next, the students traced this piece over and over, while rotating. Black marker was then used to trace over the lines. Lastly, the students filled in their radial design with colored pencil.



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Here is a video of some of the finished projects.

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<span style="color: #ff5900; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Aboriginal Art Scratch Boards

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> The fifth grade took half of a class observing and discussing __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 142%;">Australian Aboriginal Art __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">. First someone located Australia on a globe and on a map. The students then discovered that the art of the Aboriginals was very, very old, older than the Egyptians! The native people of Australia used to paint hunting scenes and hand prints on rocks. The students also observed modern Aboriginal artists, who use bright __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 142%;">colors, lines, dots __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">__,__ and squiggles to create artworks. Both can be appreciated for their beauty and uniqueness. The fifth grade then used __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 143%;">oil pastels __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> on craft paper to create a mass of color. Over this color, the students painted brown __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 143%;">tempera paint __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">. As the paint was drying, the students created a <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 143%;"> __sketch__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> based on Aboriginal art using a visual research packet. Many students chose animals and then created a detailed frame around the animal. The students then used a tool to __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 143%;">scratch __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> the dried paint away, reveiling the colors underneath. The results are fantastic!

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Here are some of the results: