Alter(ed) Ego, 6th Grade

In 6th grade, we talked about how colors can evoke emotions. For example, red can mean love or anger. The students took self portraits with cameras, and tried to match their emotions to the colored backgrounds. Then, they enhanced their photos even more using picnik.com and Photoshop. We also made a merge photo that had the 2 photos in one. This photo acted as the contrast between the two personalities. This merge photo is the photo in the shadow box that you can see straight-on. The other two alter egos, each can be seen from either side. So, there are three different images that appear when viewed from three angles.

Mrs. Malone-Smith at NAEA

Learning & Creating in NYC

That's me!

A gift to me from 3 of my 5th grade students. That's me, Little Miss Malone-Smith, with all of things I love! Thanks girls!

Egypt Festival, 7th grade

The Egyptian faience that you see blow were a collaborative effort between science and art. Jane Burke from Flying Cloud worked with the 7th grade science classes as well as myself to create these beautiful pieces.

Sculptural Teapots, 8th Grade

8th Grade students created these Sculptural Teapots from Clay. Each teapot had to have a vessel (to hold tea), a spout, a lid and a handle. Some teapots had a combined lid & spout so the structure of the sculpture would made sense. Some teapots had a combined vessel and handle. What ever the case may be, students were challenged to think outside the box (teapot, that is!).

A Little Gift

One of my 5th grade students gave me this little gift recently.

It's a shrinky dink necklace!