The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Leaf Printing

In term 3 week 2, children will be doing leaf printing. They can bring a variety of leaf-cuttings from home.

Materials provided:

• Paint
• Leaves

Discuss:

• Colours scheme
• Textures

Pupils' work

Collect fresh leaves

Primary colours

By Julia from P2 Thinker

By Szee Wei from P2 Thinker

By Vernice from P2 Thinker

Instructions:

• Paint the BACK of the leaf using a colour they desire. The BACK of the leaf has veins and stem that are most prominent so it make a better imprint

• Press the painted leaf down onto the blank paper PAINT-SIDE DOWN

• Rub gently over the entire leaf to transfer the paint evenly

• Gently peel the leaf off the paper to see the beautiful imprint
  

Pupils' work: 3D buildings

3D buildings

This week, pupils will continue their model of 3D buildings. We are interested in exploring parallel lines of a 3D object. Pupils are encouraged to bring their own boxes for this project but not bigger than the size of a shoebox. Some pupils have discovered that that their watercolour could not stay on boxes with glossy finishes. An alternative is to put patterns on plain papers and use it to cover the boxes or cover the boxes with plain paper first and apply the design later.

P2 Art Evaluation

Week 9: Pupils will be selecting their favourite piece of work.

Week 10: Teacher will grade pupils' work according to a rubric. Additional comments may be added.

Week 10: Pupils will bring the art file home. Parents will select one of their favourite artpieces and make a comment. Please acknowledge by signing in the bottom right-hand corner of the paper. A handful of pupils still did not hand in their art files, they weren't given the art pieces to bring home.

Week 8: Collage

The Primary 2 pupils browsed through magazines and looked for suitable pictures to be pasted on last week's drawing (about lines).

Week 7: Lines

The lesson began with children discussing about a landscape made out of lines (on Powerpoint slideshow, not shown in the pictures). They described the picture given as accurately as possible. Then we moved on to talk about the various kinds of lines and its names.

The 4 general steps for doing Art discussion are listed below. I will further break down the questions or build on children's answers depending on the topic:

Desciption: Observe the artwork closely. Describe what's seen.
Analysis: Identify significant art elements and principles. Analyse how these are used to achieve effects.
Interpretation: What does it mean/ represent? Explain based on visual evidence and one's knowledge, experiences and ideas.
Judgement: Form personal opinions about artwork and evidence.
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What do you think this is?

 It's a chair!

Lines are all around us. Be observant about lines in our environment and how functional they can be.

 

30 second animation beginning and ending with a straight horizontal line in the middle of the page. Made with Flip Boom Draw on an iPad. Some sounds recorded on the iPad with (free) Sound Recorder with Skins Lite. Used Final Cut Pro on a Mac to place the sound effects in the right place.



Week 6: colouring

In Week 5, the children have learnt to blend colours of similar tones. The medium used were colour pencils and crayons. This pupil has successfully used yellow, light and dark green to mimic the appearance of grass in his drawing.

I use this example to discuss the good habits of colouring. Many pupils were quick to point out that number 1 is neater than number 2. When prompted further, they can tell me that:

1. the strokes (directions) are different in too many ways
2. lots of spaces (white) still waiting to be filled
3. number 2 is untidy
4. they would prefer number 1 if they were a teacher

The children used crayons and water colour this week. We started off with talking about protecting ourselves against the rain. The children were able to list the things we can use to prevent us from getting wet. That is to either use a raincoat or an umbrella. The term "waterproof" is introduced in the context.

Now, relate this story to their art supplies. The drawing paper is our clothes and the crayon is the raincoat/ umbrella. When we are using the crayon to draw on the paper, the area (in this case, I drew lines) became waterproof. That means the lines will not be wet. The rest of the area not covered by the crayon will be wet because it is not waterproof.

Children has to mix well when using their watercolour. Otherwise, they will be "painting with water" instead.

water colour, crayon and colour pencil

Water colour and crayon



Week 4: Occupations

The pupils discussed about occupations this week. Take a look at their drawings and guess their job!

Reminder to all P2 pupils: Bring colouring materials in Week 5.

Week 2



Cutting carefully





Cutting into strips





Done





CNY lantern

This week, we practise making a CNY lantern. It's not easy making a series of cuts but we can manage. We will do better next week!

REMINDER to P2 pupils:
* Bring in the following in WEEK 3:
- some red packets/ red construction paper/ gift wrapping
- gluestick/ double-sided tape
- scissors

Thanks for your attention!

Week 1

The P2 pupils are adding details to their thumbprints. They are to draw their neighbours/ friends and themselves doing an activity together.