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Color Wheel Chameleons

1/30/2016

The 3rd graders have been learning about primary (red, yellow, blue) and secondary (orange, purple, green) colors.

Students start out by drawing a chameleon, pencil first then sharpie. They label the chameleon's body in color wheel order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)

3rd graders only use the primary color and mix to make secondary colors.
The students color the background with colored pencils or crayons.

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Warm and Cool Landscapes

1/29/2016

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The 3rd graders just finished creating landscapes. Students would choose either warm or cool colors to draw their trees.
Warm colors: Red, Pink, Yellow and Orange
Cool colors: Blue, Green and Purple

3rd graders would draw at least 5 trees. We talked about background, middle ground and foreground. Smaller trees closer to the horizon line and bigger trees in the foreground

Once finished drawing the trees, we painted the sky and ground. Students would use the opposite colors that they used for their trees. If they use warm colors for trees, they would use cool colors for the background. If they use cool colors for trees, they would use warm colors for the background.

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Color Wheel Chameleons

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