Ode to Food

This post is a bit late as this lesson is from a few months back when all the Thanksgiving / holiday cooking was going on. Second graders were introduced to Pop art, looking specifically at Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud. They learned that art could be about everyday objects like food. They then chose their own favorite foods and drew them using oil pastels to blend and mix their colors. Students finished the lesson by writing an ode to celebrate their food and then read their poems aloud to the class. We had a lot of fun with this one and it certainly made us all very hungry! Enjoy!

Listen to Amber's poem: Chocolate Cake

Dustin's Cake and Ice Cream

Conley's Pizza

Listen to Bryce's poem: The Tall Cake



Listen to Madeline's poem: Turkey!



Listen to Hannah's poem: Apples

Aztec Mosaics

Third graders learned about Aztec culture by examining their art and architecture. After viewing many different types of mosaics, students selected an aztec symbol and started planning out their own mosaic. They had to select their color palette, make choices about how to fill their symbols, and design patterns for their backgrounds. After much hard work their finished mosaics look great!!!