Art and Wellness
Like the second graders did a few months ago, the 5th graders are making art that connects to wellness. There is a state wellness standard that encourages students to reflect on their favorite physical activities and the benefits from health to social reasons. Students then create artwork that expresses these ideas. 5th grade students could bring in an image of them or someone they knew participating in a physical activity, or use an art room stock photo, as the basis for their painting. We used carbon transfer and tracing to get our image on the paper. Students then chose a realistic or arbitrary (imaginative) color scheme for their painting. Some of us are adding decorative text to advertise the sport. Below are some in progress shots...