Exotic Egypt Lesson

Pack your mental bags

and hop on the plane, we are headed to Egypt!  Students will learn a little about Egypt while creating their own self portrait as a sarcophagus.  Every time I do this lesson my students love it!  I know yours will too!  Stop over at my store and grab this fun lesson.  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jennifer-Barretto

Summer Fine Arts Camp: Week One

This year is the inaugural year of Fine Arts Camp.  Fellow teachers Angela Ogg Swain and Jennifer Butler and I have teamed up to teach an Arts Camp that will incorporate art, music, dance and enrichment activities.  Our theme this year is Around the World through the Arts!

Summer Learning at SENSEsational Science

So far this summer has been crazy busy!  Two weeks at SENSEsational Science workshop and then last week and next teaching at the Fine Arts Camp.  Great experiences and lots of learning going on.  Here are some of the highlights from the SENSEsational Science week.  Some of the places we visited were The Children's Museum, Oxley Nature Center, Linneaus Teaching Gardens, The Tulsa Aquarium, The Tulsa, Zoo, Philbrook Museum, and Gilcrease Museum. Excited to incorporate more science into my lesson plans for the upcoming year!

New Lesson Plan Available!!

I am finally back to pulling together some new lessons for sale at my Teachers Pay Teachers site.  The first is up today.  It is a lesson where I teach the students to combine the art of Blue Dog artist George Rodrigue with the art of Paul Gauguin.  This is always a student favorite!  I use it at the second grade level but it could be adjusted to use at another level. Here are some highlights.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jennifer-Barretto

POP Art Fun!

I am a big fan of POP Art and love Andy Warhol's work.  What a wonderful opportunity I had recently to hear Andy Warhol's nephew James Warhola speak about his uncle and his art.  So many interesting stories and a documentary about the family to film soon!  James Warhola has written two clever and appealing picture books about his time with his famous uncle-Uncle Andy's and Uncle Andy's Cats.  I can't wait to share them with my students!