Over February break (which was a professional development week for us teachers!) I was given the go-ahead to paint a large mural on the wall in our high school building. I wanted to involve the students as much as possible, so I first painted a background and any areas that required a ladder to reach, then I blocked off areas with painter's tape for the students to fill in. We created rocks crawling with stenciled lobsters and crabs under the water of Narragansett Bay. Soon after completing the mural I attended the National Art Educator's Convention in Boston and heard about this fantastic foundation called Students Rebuild. This year's "challenge" just happened to involve the ocean! I thought it was a perfect project to tie up our ocean-unit. Students created fish and jellyfish from recycled paper and we sent them off to Students Rebuild where each piece counted as a four dollar donation from the Beezos Family Foundation to help ocean conservation. Eventually these recycled sea creatures will be compiled into a huge art exhibit that we are anticipating in the next year. This project really drove home the meaning of small actions to create big movements- our small school ended up raising a total of $316 dollars!
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AuthorI am currently an elementary Art Teacher in Barrington, RI teaching 4th and 5th grade, previously I worked for over 5 years as an art teacher for students on the autism spectrum and other special needs. Posts from August 2019 and earlier are from my previous job. Archives
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