HANDOUTS AND HOW TO’S
Artwork by Melody Weintraub. Do not use without permission. 2020
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Sketchbook Frenzy Handout!
POP-UP POSIES—Illustrated
Why Art Matters to Me-A Handout for Youth Art Month
Art Talk Lists
My Middle School Art Students use these lists to sign up for an artist/artwork that they present to the class using the criteria below. Students then write a summary of the information presented.
Pop Ups- Illustrated Guide by Melody Weintraub
More to Come!
CLAY COTTAGES OF HOPE TEMPLATE
Here is the template for the clay cottage project published in the January 2020 issue of SchoolArts Magazine. If you make these with your students, take photos and please tag me on Instagram and Twitter @tnartteacher.
FAVORITE PICTURE BOOKS
READ TO YOUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY!
As you might know I wrote and illustrated a children's book that was published in 2001, "The Little Bluebird." Here are some wonderful books that I love to read aloud and the list keeps growing...
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold (1991) Crown Publishers
The Little Engine that Could, Watty Piper (1930) Platt and Munk, Publishers
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Tomie dePaola, Penguin Putnam Books
I Aint Gonna Paint No More!, Karen Beaumont /Illustrated by David Catrow (2005) Harcourt, Inc.
Degas and the Little Dancer-A story about Edgar Degas, Laurence Anholt (1996) Barrons
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail-A story about Pablo Picasso, Laurence Anholt (1998) Barrons
Camille and the Sunflowers-A story about Vincent Van Gogh, Laurence Anholt (?) Barrons
Art, Patrick McDonnell (2006) Little, Brown and Company
Not a Stick, Antoinette Portis (2008) Harper Collins Publishers
Not a Box, Antoinette Portis (2007) Harper Collins Publishers
The Dot, Peter H. Reynolds (2003) Candlewick Press
Ish, Peter H. Reynolds (2004) Candlewick Press
What Do You Do With an Idea? Kobi Yamada, Mae Besom(2014) Compendium, Incorporated, Publishing & Communications
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (2013) Penguin Young Readers Group
Drawing Lessons from a Bear, David McPhail (2000) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
When Clay Sings, Byrd Baylor (1987) Aladdin Publishers
The Wonderful Little Boy, Helen Elizabeth Buckley (1970) William Morrow