Tag+Art+5-6th+grade

Congratulations on being chosen for TAG Art! This decision was a difficult decision for Ms. Shaw to make. Pulling names out of a hat of choices was one option after thinking about behavior and overall drive for finding your artistic ability. You being chosen for this class does NOT mean you will stay here! If you fall behind on your classwork, or your behavior becomes distracting, you will be dismissed from class, and a replacement will be chosen. Rules for TAG art:
 * **No bragging.** This was a very hard decision for your teacher, so please do not make myself or other students upset about this choice.
 * **You will have good behavior in here and in your classroom**. If you get a referral, that will be a strike against you in TAG art. Depending on what has happened, myself or your teacher will have the right to dismiss you from TAG art. I will have alternative students waiting to take your place. 3 Strikes and you are out!
 * **Keep up with your school work**! If you have work that needs to get done or is late, your classroom teacher has the right to keep you in their class during TAG art!
 * **You will be doing fun and interesting projects, so please remember to bring your best artistic skills to the table**. I want you to be researching, sketching, and working with your best ability and craftsmanship! I expect great results from you all!
 * I will be sending you weekly emails with links for our current projects since we have a short time every week to work. So please check out the links, keep looking at my Wiki, and be ready on Fridays!

Projects for TAG Art will be chosen by Ms. Shaw and her 6th grade class. Our first project will be: Clay Whistles: The Artists will: Links: [|Clay whistles], [|clay whistle lesson and steps], [|clay whistles]
 * Discuss clay whistles.
 * Research and sketch ideas.
 * Watch a clay whistle video and use modeling clay to practice.
 * Use air dry clay to make a basic whistle. Decorate, dry, and paint.
 * Use clay to build their final whistle. Build, decorate, fire, glaze, fire again.

The Clay unit will be included in Project 1: We will be creating more techniques of clay building, such as pinch and Coil.

[|Good website that has some cool ceiling tiles!]
 * Project #2: Ceiling tiles. This project will be to create a cool design or picture to attach to the ceiling tiles in the elementary art room. This project will be boys on one tile, girls on another (4 tiles all together for 5th and 6th). The students will either split up their tile into sections and create their own ideas, or they will work together for a common theme.**
 * The students will:**
 * Research ideas
 * Decide on their theme
 * Sketch and color ideas
 * Draw on their large paper
 * Paint
 * Trace and finalize.
 * Laminate and attach to the ceiling.

Project # 3: Holiday Projects: Depending on the time

Project #4: Paper mache sculpture:


 * Students will start with a balloon and paper mache the entire thing.
 * The students will then decide if they want to make a sculpture, pinata, etc. Out of their project. This means we might be adding tissue paper, paint, more parts to make the sculpture look more interesting (hot air balloon, limbs and nose for an animal, etc)
 * Finish it off using anything else needed!

Project #5: Embossing: Learn some techniques and create a cool relief project! Project #6: Tie Dye: Learning to Tie Dye using different techniques shown. []
 * Watch different styles of rubber banding to create these cool projects.
 * You have to bring in an item to tie dye in order to do this (shirt, socks, cloth napkins, etc)
 * Create a cool style using techniques shown.