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The world's best grade 6 grad portraits!
These are my FAVORITE!! For grade 6 grad, our school always does some kind of self portrait project with the students. Last year, we did pop art style self portraits. This year, using an idea I adapted...
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How to run a summer camp - part 1
With only three weeks left of school, I am getting super nervous and excited about my upcoming summer camp! It has been a huge learning curve setting up the details of my camp, so I'll share a bit...
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How to run a summer camp - part 2
I’m back with the second part of my series on how to run your own summer camp! In case you missed it, my last post covered getting insurance and deciding on the details of my camp. Today, I'll talk...
View ArticleBig changes coming up - I'm moving schools!
I've been wanting to post about this for a while, but was just waiting for the right time. Now that students and parents at my school know, I can finally share that I am moving schools! Currently, I am...
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Trees for Earth Day
This is so late, but I have some more projects to share that are even later!For Earth Day, my first graders did trees on blooming trees. They used marker to draw the tree, then scraps of old tissue...
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Flowers on salvaged paper - grade 1
I'm a huge fan of using dictionary pages for anything and everything. At my school, we have a huuuuge collection of dictionaries, and as you can imagine, there isn't a ton of use for them. Rather than...
View ArticleJust a reminder
Google reader is leaving us tomorrow, so don't forget to update your blog feeds! I found feedly incredibly easy (you can follow me on feedly by clicking here, although it will import all of the blogs...
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1 point perspective optical illusion on collage background
Well it's sure been a long time since I've updated - this is mostly due to the fact that my summer camp is in full swing, so I just haven't had time to get on the computer! Days are spent 100% with the...
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Another art camp goodie - hand lettered quotes!
Hand lettering is one of my favorite things to do. As someone that can't really draw, it's always been something that I am able to fine tune and feel a moderate amount of success with. I decided to try...
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Art camp - Sharpie doodle art!
Here's another quick update from the world of art camp. I am three weeks in and it's going so well! Only six days left.There's an artist I really love, over at ihopethismakesyouhappy.com, who does...
View ArticleA LONG break comes to an end!
It's been so long since I've updated! I've been having a busy, fun summer and just have not taken the time to log on. Here are some updates:Summer camp was a huge success. I did 4 straight weeks, and...
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Antique treasure maps - grades 4-8
Ok I am being worse than usual at updating! Summer has just been toooo appealing - we've been working like crazy on the house, and I have been busily getting ready to teach a new grade, in a new...
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Jr. High is HARD!
While I am really enjoying teaching at a junior high school so far, I have to say that keeping myself organized has been so incredibly difficult. I am used to casually using a planner and winging it...
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Grade six unity/collaborative candy
This is the third collaborative art project that I have done with a class. The first time, I did collaborative crayons with my grade 5/6class. Next, I tried collaborative snakes with grades 4/5. I was...
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Record cabinet DIY - turning a record cabinet into a toy chest!
This project is exciting for a few reasons. For starts, I have always loved the look of old record cabinets, but never had any need for one in my house. We already have a record player to begin with,...
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Fall scarecrows - grades 2/3
It feels odd to be writing about a grade 2/3 project now that I'm at an intermediate school, but actually, this is a project a friend of mine did with a grade 2/3 class she supply taught for. I thought...
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Hand dyed paper with chalk pastel solar systems - grade 6
In grade six, we are currently learning about the solar system. Doing science integrated art lessons is so much fun, and I especially enjoy doing projects with outer space themes (see here and here.)A...
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Aboriginal/Native American inspired art - grade 6, social studies link
Since we've been studying Canada's first nations in social studies, I wanted to do an art project based on aboriginal art. I did a lot of research on different types of art from different times through...
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Day of the dead skulls - grade 6
This is a repeat of a project I posted about two years ago. It's one of my all time favorite projects, because it's so visually stimulating, and kids love it!I use the same process every time I do this...
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This years Halloween costume!
I am pretty pleased with my Halloween costume this year, and now that my students have all seen it, I can share it with the blog world!This year, I decided to go as a wacky waving inflatable arm...
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