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Landscape Scroll Displays

By Marcia Beckett | April 22, 2013 - 9:09 pm |July 5, 2024 painting, third grade

How is your year going? Ours is rapidly coming to a close. There is so much to do… grading, finishing projects, finishing the yearbook, planning a middle school dance, inventory and cleaning the room! Yikes, I don’t know about you, but April is the craziest month. I think in the summer, I am going to blog about some tips for organizing Student Council events. Not that I am an expert, but since I’ve done it for about 7 years now, … Read more… →

Chinese Landscape Scroll Paintings for 3rd Grade

By Marcia Beckett | April 4, 2013 - 8:08 pm |July 5, 2024 painting, third grade, watercolor

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A child's painting of two mountains, a river, trees, and a small hut, displayed on green-bordered cloth, evokes the charm of 3rd grade artistry and Chinese landscape scroll paintings.

This 3rd grade lesson was related to the Chinese scroll paintings. I have taught this lovely project for several years and I know I saw a version of it online when I first started teaching it. I did some internet digging and this awesome scroll project from Oodles of Art looks like it might have been where I saw it. The students studied Asia in their classroom and we learned a little about Chinese art through a video: Oriental Art- … Read more… →