Class Masterpiece

I was really happy with the piece that my students created for the Art Show. The last week of practicum I was able to embrace Remembrance Day in my grade one class by focusing on a theme of peace. We had done multiple lessons embracing the theme and a few different art projects.

For this lesson I had my students paint a sunset sky together. We went out in groups of four, each group painted one colour and had to be mindful of what others painted before them and what others were going to paint after them. We used Peter Reynolds book Sky Color to inspire creativity while painting a sky with colours other than blue. On a side note - I just LOVE Peter Reynolds books. The students traced their hands to their elbows and cut them out to create a forest of trees at the bottom. We talked at length about how alone we are each an individual but together we create something bigger, a "forest" or a community. We talked about how we feel when someone is missing or is not wanting to be a part of our group. We feel like there is something missing, like there is a hole. I really enjoyed the lessons and really love the project that they created.