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Elementary visual arts resources for GATE
Kaleidoscope Lettering Symmetry Project - Designs with Names or Inspiring Words
Kaleidoscope Lettering uses the concepts of bilateral (reflective) symmetry, tessellation, and positive/negative space to transform a name, initials, or an inspiring word into a unique design that looks much more complicated to create than it actually is! This project was so successful and so well-loved by my students that I did it year after year... until I figured out we were doing it the hard way! Here I’m sharing my new and improved method that is faster, easier, and virtually mistake-proof!
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4th - 7th
California Missions Overview Informational Reading & Activities
Most information on the California Missions is too detailed, difficult or overwhelming for 4th graders. Our Mission Overview Text is engaging for kids and works as a companion for individual mission projects. This flexible but comprehensive unit works for shorter time frames and includes all necessary background information, a writing assignment based on the text, and a visual arts component suitable for classroom display.Topics covered: Purpose of California missions, construction and locations
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3rd - 7th
Haiku Tunnel Books: Art & Haiku Writing Project using Postcards for Prompts
Tunnel books are unique and fun! A tunnel book is a three-dimensional movable book that you read by looking through it. Originally from the mid-18th century, tunnel books are enjoying new popularity as an art form in their own right. The tunnel books you've seen may look complicated, but I've developed a method that simplifies the process so that students from 3rd or 4th grade and up can be successful making tunnel books of their own. We'll use a postcard as a prompt for writing an original haik
PHOTOGRAPHY using iPADS Unit 1 for ART and STEM - 12 lessons Best Seller G3-8
Are you teaching Photography, Art, Digital Technology or STEM, and need an impactful series of lessons that you can teach immediately? All you need is a digital device. Your students will love participating in each of 12 engaging lessons, as they navigate through the digital photography challenges. These lessons are purposely designed for choice and differentiation, while keeping the skills taught consistent across the class, to save your sanity. ⏰ How long will these lessons last me? iPAD PHOT
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3rd - 6th
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Wanted: Creature Creator! STEAM Activity for Gifted Students or Enrichment
Your advanced or gifted students and fast finishers will LOVE this S.T.E.A.M. activity integrating Science, Art, and Engineering! Watch your students' creativity ooze as they design an original creature for the New Zoo. Focusing on animal adaptations, this product guides students through the design process of brainstorming, planning, illustrating, labeling, and building. Differentiation made easy- let me do the work for you!
Want a fresh schoolwide enrichment program that's not just for the g
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K - 6th
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California Ranchos Unit Informational Reading Activities Writing Art Project
This California Ranchos Era no-prep unit will give your students an excellent overview of the Mexican Rancho period. Written in a student-friendly and entertaining manner, history will come alive! Student text is included along with 28 text-dependent questions, a writing project and a fun directed drawing art project anyone can do!Topics covered: land grantsdisenos, vaqueroshaciendasfiestas reatas Native Americans during this time periodCalifornia Bank Notesfandangosthe end of the era and more!N
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4th - 6th
Also included in: California Ranchos Informational Reading and Activities & 2 Games Bundle
California Missions Poster Project
Students can use this project with any California Mission. Minimal Prep! Students will use higher-level thinking skills to complete. We have included a list of several resource websites for your convenience, but we especially love our own kid-level Mission texts available in our Thank A Teacher store.This 4th grade-geared poster project includes a rubric based on a 100 point scale. Students flex their research skills and their creativity to make this cool poster which doubles as a great display
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3rd - 4th
Easter Reading Comprehension & Craft | Making Inferences | Spring CSI Mystery
Add a little Springtime differentiation and art to your classroom. Students will love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Bunny BrainteaserThis Springtime Activity is an engaging hands-on workshop that’s super easy to set up. Students start off by reading, Bunny Background: History of the Domesticated Rabbit. Students re-read a CLOSE READ for better comprehension. For the CSI activity, students read, What Happened? and analyze
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Easter Reading Comprehension | Easter Math Activities Escape Room BUNDLE
15 String Art Designs for Triangles
Directions and sewing pattern template only to sew 15 string art designs based on an equilateral triangle. Easy enough for early grades (with adult supervision) and challenging enough for middle school through adults. You need to supply sewing materials. Great for geometry enrichment or art/math. Fosters hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and ability to follow directions.
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1st - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Gifted and Talented Unit: Photography Project/ Theme: Emotions
Imagine:Students will brainstorm as many emotions that they can think of. (Fluency) Provided, is a series of 10 photos with no faces. Students must select an emotion that best categorizes each image and record it on the response sheet provided. For example, photos with bright warm colors and a lot of light might represent happiness. Blurry photos might represent confusion, or a photo with a singular object might represent confidence, independence, or lonliness. There is no one right answer t
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4th - 8th
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Beginning of the Year Collage DIGITAL
This is a fun, digital activity that students can work on from home or at school! Students add information reflecting their own personalities and life to create a personalized collage. This is a great getting to know you activity as well as an awesome keepsake for the parents to have! The pdf file is also available for students to complete in the classroom on paper.
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Digital Growing Bundle
Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
Dog Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Art Project | Word Search
Who doesn't love PUGS?Dive into the history of Pugs with this fun and engaging informational text activity. Students will use reading comprehension, word banks, a quiz, and more to explore the breed's origins and characteristics. This art project is perfect for a dog-themed bulletin board as well!Did you know that National Pug Day is held every October 15? It is one of many dog and cat holidays founded by Colleen Paige and was launched in 2012.The resource is easy to use; just print, gather some
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4th - 7th
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Winter Seasonal Math Craft Multiplying Decimals Gingerbread House
Are you looking for a way to help your students practice adding or multiplying with decimals that is engaging, creative, and just plain fun? Perfect for December, January, February, or the winter months, this Gingerbread math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and multiplying with decimals (5.NBT.B.7)The task:Chocolate Chip and Joanna Gumdrop help gingerbread families fix up their gingerbread houses to be the house they always dreamed of. The Gingy family has asked for
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5th
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Also included in: Classroom Transformation Kit Bundle - Gingerbread Edition
Making Inferences with The Golden Rule
Challenge students to identify the theme of the iconic painting The Golden Rule by Norman Rockwell through multiple "readings," close observation of details in the painting, and discussion of the cultural and historical context of the artwork.What's IncludedSlideshow with the Norman Rockwell painting, versions of the Golden Rule from around the world, and a quote about the painting from the artistDiscussion questions with background/support for the teacherDiscussion question cards (for use in ji
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5th - 8th
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Create a Culture Student Project | Gifted and Talented
Get your students thinking creatively! This project can be tackled in small teams or individually. Your students will use their imagination and creativity to invent their very own culture. The packet included will walk them through illustrating and writing about the following aspects of their invented culture.
- climate and geography
- language
- education
- architecture
- religion and beliefs
- economy
- clothing
- artifact list
Writing frames and a rubric are included.
This project is perfec
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PreK - 8th
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Math & Art Project-Based Learning: Monet, Perimeter, Area,& Metric Measurement
Welcome to Monet Math! This 3 part-project is an interdisciplinary one that combines area, perimeter, metric linear measurement, art history, reading, research, and drawing and design. This investigation began when we posed the questions, “If we were going to design your own garden, how would we design it? What would we plant in our garden? What features would we include in your garden?”This product includes step-by-step directions for investigating Claude Monet, garden planning using centimete
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4th - 6th
Project Based Learning | Picasso Art Lessons | Growth Mindset | Elements of Art
Picasso’s Perspective is perfect for getting your students excited about learning art history, art elements, and Cubism. Pablo Picasso presents a wonderful study for the building blocks of art. In this workshop, students will visit the visual elements of space, line, shape, color, texture, and form as they work their way through a Picasso Perspective craftivity. Easy-prep for you or for substitute teachers. Students will also read about the benefits of art on the brain. They will take a Right/Br
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4th - 6th
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Famous Artists | Depth and Complexity | STEM Biographies
Artist Biographies | Depth and Complexity | The Story of ART-tellingAre your students ready to visit an Art Museum?This is PERSPECTIVE teaching at it’s best! Every picture tells a story and what you see is what you getThis is a complete 2.5 Hour Enrichment Workshop is perfect for a GATE pullout program, Monthly Gifted Curriculum, Parent-led enrichment, Grade-level rotation, Homeschool, After-school or Sub PlansThis workshop is perfect for getting your students ready to visit an art museum. Doce
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4th - 6th
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ART PROJECT BUNDLE Choice Board Independent Project PBL Genius Hour Digital
30% OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an ART INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you separate the activities so that you have 4 art units with this resource! Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/Creative Problem-Solving Cycle to R
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4th - 12th
How to Draw a 3D House (2-Point Perspective)
This lesson is designed for students who have learned how to draw basic boxes using 2-point perspective.
This is a two-part lesson that is designed to show students that their quality of their artwork can be improved by applying what they know about linear perspective. The lesson will reveal successful "before and after" pictures.
Part #1: Students (who have been taught the principles of 2-point perspective) will be challenged to draw a house. Most students will revert to old drawing habits
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4th - 12th
Spinning Tops: STEAM Challenge
Update (6/14/2017): The size of this pdf has more than tripled! If you've already purchased and downloaded, be sure to grab an updated copy!
This would make a fabulous STEM activity to end the school year...especially if your school has banned fidget spinners! On the day that I announced that we would be using fidget spinners for a math activity, I learned that the gadgets were now banned. I started from scratch, making a new activity to inspire students...this time, with tops that THEY create!
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3rd - 5th
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Emergency Sub Drama Lesson| Set Design The Rendering| Christmas
Great for a substitute! This set design lesson with a holiday theme was created for gifted upper elementary or middle-grade students or a beginning drama class. Students read a short holiday story or poem, and draw a rendering of their choosing becoming set designers themselves. HOW DO I USE THIS LESSON IN MY CLASSROOM? It could be used as part of a drama unit, art lesson or in conjunction with reading one of the short stories I mention below. This resource was updated and added to on Decemb
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5th - 7th
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Math & Art Project-Based: Kandinsky, Literacy, Circumference & Problem Solving
This math and art project is an integrated project to be used in reader's and writer's workshop, and math class. Students read a mini-biography of Wassily Kandinsky, use a viewfinder to view his "Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles" and complete an art response to it. In addition, students read famous quotations of Kandinsky's using a quotation biography, Read-Think-Wonder and Step Inside thinking routines. Students also complete an exploration of circumference, and solve a patterni
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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