Reflections

The Christie PTA and Mrs. Tice would like you to encourage your student to: Reflect on this year's new theme, create an original work, and be recognized! 

This year the Texas PTA reflections theme is

"The world would be a better place if…" 

There are six categories you can enter: 

Dance Choreography
Photography
Film Production
Musical Composition
Visual Arts
Literature


In order to help get the info you or your parents may need & for your convenience, there will be a binder at the front office with EVERYTHING in it. The binder contains every document in English & Spanish.  You can also go to  http://www.txpta.org/programs/reflections/reflections_resources/ to find all of the forms and guidelines as well as view the attached files.

Students may enter in each category as many times as they like, or choose to enter in more than one category.  There are no limits!

Deadline for entries is Friday, October 31st. Please bring all submissions to Kimberly Lewis in the Learning Commons!!! Thanks again everyone & have FUN! Have a Fantabulous week!!!

Sabrina Edmundson

(3^rd – 5^th Grade) - Reflections Committe

(520) 483-6745

sabrinaedmundson@yahoo.com

Vanessa Corder

(KG – 2^nd Grade) - Reflections Committee

(214) 577-5913

v_corder@yahoo.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In Kindergarten we are off to a "Beary" good start! We are taking the lines that we have learned about and turning them into shapes. Then, we are using what we have learned to make our very own bears to celebrate our great start in kindergarten.

Every one is working hard on the art they started last week. First grade is painting! 

 If you would like to help out in art, please let me know. Just email me at ruth.tice@pisd.edu.  Tell me your student's name and teacher. Please email Nelly Castillo as well at <ptanelly@hotmail.com>. She is creating a spreadsheet for me of all my wonderful art ANGELS.

Artists and their Inspirations

Kindergarten is learning about Lines: Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal and Curved. Ask your students to show you those LINES.  J

In First Grade we are like Wassily Kandinsky, we are drawing hard and dark to create lines and shapes that look like music sounds, and painting Next week!

Second graders are learning about Joan Miro and how the invention of the camera changed art! We are creating our own work inspired by his work created from his imagination. He said “a line is a dot you take for a walk.” And we did some walking!

In Mrs. Tice’s class, Third graders looked at Notre Dame’s stained glass Rose Window. Then, we talked about the how the compass rose is used to tell directions on maps. Both are examples of radial design and symmetry. Finally, we learned how to use a safety compass to start our wonderful radial art work.

Frida Khalo inspired fourth grade Art 1 students with her triumph over tragedy. We will be making Symbolic art works that describe who we are, as well.

Mrs. Tice’s Fifth graders learned about the tough job people had in the middle ages just to create a single page for a book. We looked at amazing illuminated manuscripts and letters that many artists created by hand. Then, we fast forwarded to today’s letter abbreviations that stand for things like the CIA or FBI. Then, we talked about Technology and how texting has created LOL, or BFF. With this in mind, we will be making a letter box with a personal message.