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Third grade Shoe Autographs

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 28, 2010

I got the idea off another art teacher’s website to have the kids fill out a “shoe autograph” sheet after they did their string rubbings. I just xeroxed the words “_______’s Shoe Autograph Page” onto 1 sided clean paper, and showed them how to use a friend’s shoe to make a texture rubbing. The rules [...]

Woodstock Library: Color!

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 25, 2010

Fourth/Fifth Grade: Quilt Blocks

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 19, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan         Fourth/Fifth Grade: Colonial America Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 Quilt Blocks Cost per student: $.05 Materials: 12”x12” paper for backing, fabric (you will need to cut it up into fairly uniform squares and triangles ahead of time, but any scraps will work [old clothing, leftovers from a [...]

Third Grade: String Texture Rubbing Plates

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 19, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan                  Third Grade: Measurement Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 String Texture Rubbing Plates (Linear measurement) Cost per student: $.05 (that includes items that you would only use a small portion of for this lesson) Materials: cardstock ( I have cards from someone’s art gallery opening, you know, that [...]

Second Grade: Art Through the Mail

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 19, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan         Second Grade: Letter Writing Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 Art through the Mail! Cost per student: depends on final postage, but I am guessing $.03 per kid. Materials: white paper (when the office lady cleaned supply shelves she found a stack of 4”x8.5” strips, which will work [...]

Kindergarten: Rainbow Crayons

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 18, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan         Kindergarten: Plants Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 Rainbow Crayons Cost per student: $.05 (this includes garage sale muffin tins) Materials:  old broken crayons (the equivalent of 8 unbroken crayons per kid), muffin tins not used for baking (one muffin cup per kid), plastic cups or bowls to [...]

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Kindergarten: Leaf Rubbing Plates

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 18, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan         Kindergarten: Plants Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 Leaf Rubbing Plates Cost per student: $.02 Materials:  cardstock (It can be printed on one side leftovers), pencils, real or faux examples of leaves, white glue in bottles, 1 unpeeled crayon & sheet of paper for demo, reused plastic tablecloths [...]

New Seasons Gallery

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 16, 2010

Second Grade: Custom Letterhead

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 12, 2010

Creative Reuse Lesson Plan         Second grade: Letter Writing Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10 Custom Letterhead Cost per student: $.05, assuming you have access to free copies at your workplace. Materials: 1 sheet of clean white copy paper for each student, black writing utensils, copies of different font alphabets, 5 sheets of [...]

Woodstock Library: Quills and Portraits

Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: January 12, 2010

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