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The circle themed #bigartday15 art show has been installed at my school with the help of a few awesome PTA moms and myself,  but an overnight ice and snow storm has delayed our school event! So here goes....a virtual art show!  Let's start with the littlest....Kindergarten created Monet's pond using painted paper on 10 inch cardboard painted circles.  I loved coming up with this new lesson and they were all successful.   see my previous link about this fun lesson!  I used last years most popular blog post for the Concentric Circle lesson in  1st grade with these little artists. Look how bright and colorful they are.  The 2nd grade and 4th grade created Circle Weaving.  2nd grade's project came from the super successful lesson   over at  Cassie Stephens 's amazing blog.  4th graders not only wove in a circle, but they made the clay looms for their weaving.  If you...

This year I really put some thought into my Texas Art Association  entries. My goal was to enter student work that reflected lesson's I wrote, and were tied to Texas curriculum standards. I entered one of our Longhorn still life and weaving lesson, as well as a Day of the Dead project. Wish us luck!