Danielle Robertson's ePortfolio

As an end to our plant unit we create coffee filter butterflies. Materials: 23 coffee filters A permanent marker Washable markers Red solo cups Water Scissors Instructions: I coloured the “body” of the butterflies prior to the activity because the bodies needed to be coloured in permanent marker.  I coloured both sides of the coffee filter on the seam. Then I gave the filters to the students to colour chunks of different colours that would “seep” throughout the coffee filter making different patterns. I pour about a cm of water…read more

This week when I went into practicum, the school was celebrating the Lunar New Year.  The students had been discussing the importance of the dragon throughout the week, so as an art project the students created their own dragons.  They first practiced on white boards, going step by step instruction.  Then the students were given paper in which to re-create their dragons in pencil.  Once this was finished, the students were given black pastels to outline their dragons.  They were also given coloured pastels to add some elements to their…read more

On my second last day in the classroom before Winter break I did an art activity with my students.  We talked about how we put up Christmas lights around the holidays.  I showed them pictures I had found off of the Internet of houses that were absolutely covered in Christmas lights.  We then made our own Christmas lights using thumbprints. After the students had created their lights, we went over the line with black glue to give a raised feeling to the artwork.  Interestingly, the upstairs grade three class also…read more

During my two week practicum we made shadow trees on a sunset background.  My students painted the background with water colours starting with yellow, then orange, then pink, then purple and ended with blue.  Once the paintings had dried we created trees with black pastels.  The students enjoyed this very much and it made a cool image.  In the future it might be cool to do a four piece image.  One image with a blue background, one with a pink background, one with an orange background, and one with a…read more

Last Thursday, when I was in my practicum my students were working on an art project.  It was a wreath of corn and leaves with seeds around the centre.  It was a great craft that was simple enough for a Grade 1 level, but was still a complex craft.  My school advisor had painted bubble wrap and the students placed sheets of paper onto the bubble wrap to make the “corn”.  After that had dried, and my SA had painted sheets of paper with green paint to make the leaves,…read more