K-5 Get Healthy

The American Heart Association recently launched its 2015 GET HEALTHY! Poster Contest for Rhode Island schools. Students in grades K-8 are asked to draw a picture of their favorite physical activity and favorite healthy food(s), demonstrating how they GET HEALTHY!  In addition to being entered to win great prizes, posters will help educate lawmakers about the importance of supporting policies that promote access to healthy foods and safe places to play and be active in our communities.  Students began working on these posters and we're coming up with some very interesting ideas such as these vegetables being expelled from cannons. Be sure to submit your contest application no later than April 8th to have your poster sent in.

We have many, many super submissions going to the contest. Here are just a few!

Some lessons have been taught to multiple grade levels. Not all schools participate in the same lessons due to budget, materials, student needs, etc. Please leave a comment with praise, questions, or ways to polish.

Grade 4 Pop Art

The Pop Art of ROY LICHTENSTEIN was the inspiration for this grade 4 project. Images created by Roy Lichtenstein, like the one below, have a few characteristics that students were required to have in their art.

 

An ONOMATOPOEIA was the first requirement in our Pop Art. An onomatopoeia is a word that is also a sound. Some examples are "blam" (seen above), "crash", "wham", and "buzz". Students could also only use the PRIMARY COLORS, red, yellow, and blue. They needed an interesting background that matched their word, and a thick black outline on their entire drawing.

The comic book style of Lichtenstein's art was a big hit with the students and for many of them coming up with an idea for their onomatopoeia and background was fairly easy. Here are some examples of the final products using marker. All student Pop Art will be on display at the Celebration of Learning on April 15th.

Some lessons have been taught to multiple grade levels. Not all schools participate in the same lessons due to budget, materials, student needs, etc. Please leave a comment with praise, questions, or ways to polish.