Tuesday, November 19, 2013

I am enjoying this week of The Discovery of Puerto Rico Celebration preparation.  I love that every classroom is working so hard towards a common goal.  The studio is covered in murals, palm trees, boats and masks.  We've learned much about history, art, working toward a goal and positive critique, all celebrating our shared culture with Puerto Rico.

120: Our New York Skyline mural is nearing completion.  We have a few more glittery windows to create and the water needs to be filled in.  There was talk of glitter on the water to make it look like it's sparkling. 

116: The students decided to use the tree trunk that they were building for the community mural to create a palm tree for the performance.  They painted a large Puerto Rican flag and a frog.  We researched the flag, using a photo for accuracy, and we researched the way palm leaves look so they could be portrayed correctly.

108: We painted boats for the celebration, after looking at passenger boats in the 1940s and 1950s. 

112: We finished the mural of Puerto Rico! This is a group of first and second graders and I think this mural looks like it was painted by much older students! 

103: We worked on our Taino and Vejigante masks. I had three stations going, which was not an easy feat!  One group finished up their papier mache step, one group painted a base coat and one group added details to their masks.

104: We continued our many faces of Puerto Rico portrait project.  They only have to add some details and cut them out to be finished.