Mrs. Stotz's art gallery

COLOR- I would use this image above to teach about color. I would plan this around the fall time and point out to the students each of the colors in the photo, and then talk about other places they see these colors of orange, green, brown, and white around them.  UNITY- I would use this image to teach about unity. Each of the squares is its own square and different color, but they all come together to form one unified rug.  TEXTURE- I would use this photo to teach about texture. This image is kind of a honeycomb image that you would be able to feel.  SHAPE- I would use this image to teach my students about shapes. This is a good real life example of shapes around them. This is a good example of squares, rectangles, and circles.  EMPHASIS- I would use this image to teach about emphasis. The photo uses a gold frame and black letters so those stick out in comparison to the white background.   Extension activity-- I would have the students find different elemen...

 Description:  This footprint activity was used as an activity to introduce myself. This would be helpful in the classroom to initially get to know your students and what their interests, hobbies, and families are like. The criteria for the footprint activity was to use three different mediums. For my footprint, I put my name- Mrs. Stotz in the middle and then surrounded it with things that make me me. I included a set of Minnie Mouse ears with crayon because I LOVE Disney. I also included three little people and a puppy in crayon to represent my daughter Parker, husband Michael, myself, and my puppy Winston. I used a toothpick to create a fishing rod and a google eye to represent my love of fishing. I used pencil to sketch a 1919 root beer because that is my favorite thing to drink. I also glued on flowers from a wedding card I received because i love flower bouquets.  I think a fun extension activity would be doing a "family footprint". The students could go home and ma...