Fifth

Fifth Grade Fall Projects

Monochromatic Pumpkins

Fifth grade students developed their paint mixing skills with a Fall Pumpkin project. After breaking the pumpkin and background into sections, students were tasked with creating new shades or tints of orange. 

Plaster Masks

Its that time of the year... for fifth grade plaster masks!

The theme for this year's masks was Identity. Students had to add three patterns, add-ons, or paint techniques that symbolized three traits about their identity. 

 The finished masks!

5th Grade Scarecrow

Boyd Community Center Scarecrow Contest

Fifth Grade students created a scarecrow for the Boyd Community Center's scarecrow contest. Students created these beautiful scarecrow titled Nature. We took a hike around our school to collect the materials used in creating this unique idea. Also, students created paper-mache animals to add onto this "tree-scarecrow." Their hard work and creative idea made this the winning scarecrow, which rewarded them with pride in their creation and a pizza party. Great Job fifth graders! 

1/14/2014

5th GRADE GRID ANIMALS

Students learned how the use of a grid can be helpful in the art room. We studied and analyzed the artwork of Chuck Close to begin this lesson. Close, being paralyzed and having limited mobility in this arms and hands, employs the use of a grid while rotating the canvas to create his lifelike artworks. Students chose an animal that they wanted to recreate and started with the task of creating two grids, one on their printed animal photo and one on their large paper. They had to use basic math division to figure out how to expand the small photo and grid onto the larger paper and grid. Such as, how many times can your small photo fit into the large paper dimensions?

Once their grids were equal and finalized, students began with a basic pencil sketch of their animal, while paying particular attention to work block-by-block. Next, students began using oil pastels and worked in the same block-by-block sequence, focusing on the colors they saw in their photos and not what they necessarily believed. For example, even though Will’s Labrador puppy was yellow and white, there were reflections of greens and browns. When they were complete, we had a class critique that focused on the use of grid, color, craftsmanship, great ideas, and creative choices. These may have taken 3 weeks to complete and discuss, but it is totally worth the students’ artistic dedication, use of mathematics in art, artist exploration, and overall experience with this lesson.

11/5/2013

5^th Grade Pop-Up Haunted Houses

Crafty fun for fifth grade! For Halloween, fifth grade students created spooky 3D haunted houses. As a class, we cut and folded the basic shapes for a house and then added pop-up features. From there, the ideas for the houses were entirely up to the students. I gave them some guidance with regards to the décor and design of their houses. Some questions I posed to the students included:

What is in your spooky yard? Pumpkins, graveyard, or scarecrows?

What or who is flying through your sky? Witches, bats, or howling werewolves?

 What or who is in the windows or doorways of your house? Zombies, ghosts, or spiders?

From here, my role was to simply guide the students, help answer questions, and facilitate any ideas. I was very impressed with some of the students’ ideas, including the opening of windows, pop-up werewolves, and individual shingles.

10/10/2013

Plaster Masks!!

As a tradition, 5th grade students get to make plaster masks! Students began the lesson by researching the purpose and use of masks from various cultures around the world. They each completed a worksheet and then shared their findings with the rest of the class. Then, came the fun part! 

After covering their face with a coating of Vaseline, students paired up and took turns layering on strips of Plaster of Paris. Eventually, each student had their own, unique mask, of their face! Next, students will be adding exaggerated elements, such as a larger nose or fuller lips. Then, they will paint them. 

It has been a fun week in the art room, and we have the messy faces and floors to prove it!

Superhero Comics

For this project, Fifth graders were tasked with creating a comic book hero, as well as, a storyline for their comic. Students created complete superhero profiles, as well as, villain profiles, before beginning the creation of their comic. We reviewed the proportions of the human body and faces before drawing their superheroes. Once the storyline, superhero and villain profiles, and comic book setting were drafted, student began their comic book covers! These are the completed comic book covers or movie posters: