(the way cool) Donald Art Room: teacher appreciation

A (way cool) Elementary Art Room in Flower Mound, TX

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Leslie McReynolds: Flower Mound, TX, United States; Hi, I am an artist, wife, mom, gamer and the Elementary Art Educator at Donald Elementary, a sweet and wonderful school in Flower Mound, TX (outside of Dallas). This is a great place to see how we are integrating studio habits with technology and interdisciplinary connections. I also love to share my "wisdom" (Re: Experiences. From mistakes.) about teaching Elementary Art. I love what I do, and I've been doing it for a long time. Creating and teaching Art is what I live for. Enjoy.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Holy Sweet Tooth, Batman!

Teacher Appreciation, May 2012

Well, I sure feel appreciated! Thank you to all my amazing students and their wonderfully supportive parents! I love my job! Now to hide a year's worth of chocolate...

But this is really what makes it worth it! Love!

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My Conditions

· -Suburban elementary, average 640 students, K-5.

· -4 day rotation, class periods are 50 min. with 5 minutes in between. 50 min. planning period.

· -Philosophy (see tab above for in- depth), this is flexible:

· -Happily incorporating 21st Century Skills into a studio-rich, student-driven art program.

· -Flexible learning spaces: students are encouraged to sit, stand, sprawl to their heart's content, as long as they are thinking and acting as artists.

· -Student work displayed in halls, online, in the community to further educate the public of the importance of Art Ed.

· -We are a STEM elementary (science, technology, engineering and math). Art is taught through purposeful curriculum integration, and by a knowledgeable master teacher.

· -Seamless, meaningful integration of technology to enhance the experience of clay, painting, observational drawing, weaving, printmaking, etc.

--4th and 5th graders have iPads with a variety of art apps for creating, researching and portfolios.

Latch hook!

4th graders create original latch hook designs.

Drawing and iPads

Using the time-lapse function to record his progress

Optical Illusions

3rd grade: using color and shape to create depth

Tech in the Art room

using tech to help with research, digital photography and e-portfolios

Glue Batik, 5th grade

Everyone loves Textiles!

Dallas Museum of Art visit

Every year, I take our 4th graders to the DMA for a fabulous day. They love it!

Sewing, 5th grade

Everyone loves textiles!

Kaleidoscope Origami

One of the very first projects I ever taught, the idea came from a 1988 article in Arts and Activities!

Learning 3D Drawing Skills, traditionally and digitally

5th Grade, 1 point perspective drawings

Art and Science integration

Landscapes + landforms = gorgeous, seamless STEAM based learning

Cave Art, 4th grade

with as-close-as possible supplies and fire :)

(way cool) Art blogs I follow:

Art Ed Guru - BLOG

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Deep Space Sparkle

My Favorite Paint Sticks, Gel Crayons and Oil Pastels - I truly believe that you don’t need expensive art materials to create a really rich art program. But every now and again it’s nice to experiment with new...
1 month ago
Art With Mr. E

Mayor's Art Show 2026 - The work from my school on display at the Frist Art Museum.
3 months ago
smART Class

Hand Print Animals - For this project we painted wet on wet watercolor sky for the background on the first day. The next day they chose 2 animals and painted their hands a...
1 year ago
Princess Artypants: Visual Arts in the PYP

Doodle Art Lesson - Click here for a step by step Doodle Art lesson that your students will love! Perfect to sub plans or Elementary Art Centers, doodling is always a hit wi...
1 year ago
Mini Matisse

Happy Teacher Application Week - Celebrating the Teacher Appreciation Week with a new lesson and a SALE May 3rd and 4th on Teachers Pay Teachers. Animal Weaving Project
4 years ago
K - 6 Art

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4 years ago
The Artistic Edge

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6 years ago
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Live Art Class #8- Bunny Doodles! - I hope you will join me Monday morning on my Facebook Page!
6 years ago
There's a Dragon in my Art Room

DragonWing Arts Students 'Discover' Treasure! - Our theme for the fall DragonWing Arts session was Discover! My five students (two 3rd graders, one 4th grader, one 5th grader, and one 6th grader) did ...
6 years ago
Eric Carle Blog

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tinyartroom

Collaboration + Black History Month - We got a jump on February and celebrating Black History Month with this collaborative project. Students looked at this article on Beanz (a magazine for kid...
7 years ago
My Adventures In Positive Space

Color Theory Leaf Paintings - I've been working on different ways for my 5th grade students to collaborate in the art room. We discuss how every child's work has value, and how all of u...
9 years ago
Rainbow Skies & Dragonflies

The Best Pencil Sharpener You Will Ever Own! - Welcome the NEW Popular Purple Pencil Sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies! The NEW Popular Purple next to my tried and true Blue Classroom Frien...
10 years ago
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12 years ago