Butterfly Garden

Student Work- 1st grade

McGinley's Butterflies 

Madelynn

 Jack, Aidan, lizeth,
Lily, Anthony & Trysten

Mrs. White's Butterflies

Kathryn, Marvin, Abigail, Elizabeth,
Hunter, Asher, Hazel & Kylee

Chloe & Jeremiah  

Bluhm's Butterflies 

Addison, Tim,

Sam & Austin Y.

Chloe, Julia B., Leah, Fernanda,
Jameson, Mia, Kyler & Diego

Logan from Torres

 Mrs. Torres 1st grade

Bailee, Nicole & Aubrey

Hudeck 1st grade

Alex, ?,
Trey, Connor,
Maddox & Greyson

Find pieces of colorful paper about 6 inches wide and 4 inches tall. 

I cut a piece of construction paper in quarters.

Fold paper to find center. Make a long oval on the center fold without going to far to edge.
Add to bumps to side like the letter B. Make them BIG, stretching out as far as the paper goes. 

Contiue on other side as well with a backwards B.

Use black crayon or marker to make your designs darker. 

Whatever design you add to one side, you must add it to the other as well. This keep it SYMMETRICAL.

Make 1-3 butterflies. 

Paint the background paper with greens, yellows and blues. 

Use only dots or stripes. THis is suppose to look like the blurry grass behind our scene. 

Find papers with black and white text on them.

This is symbolic of using what is old to make something new again. 

It is giving a new purpose to the newspaper, book pages, or sheet music. 

Just like the butterfly, it has changed. 

 

Draw the grass blades onto the paper. They should be about 6-8 inches tall. You can draw multiple together overlapping or singe blades.

Cut out blades of grass and apply glue to back in dots, making sure to add to the very tip and bottom especially. 

Glue on the grass blades at the bottom of the paper. You can add flowers using a black crayon if desired as well. Any other details (bees, wind, snails, planes) can be added as well. 

Put glue only on the center area of the back of the butterfly.
(if you want it 3D)

Press down on middle section for about 30 seconds. 

Draw on antennas. 

Then wings should be safe to fold upwards. 

 (Mrs. Torres's 1st graders working)

Rodeo Art 2017

Krahn Elementary's Rodeo Art Winners 

and District Finalists

GOOD NEWS!

These talented cardinals will be on display for the 2017-18 Klein ISD Rodeo Showcase! 

We also have been so blessed to finally have the first (in my 4 years here at Krahn)

to move to the finals for the Houston Livestock Show this February as well!

The talented 5th grader, Kenut will have the opportunity to attend

the awards ceremony this year at the Rodeo. 

WINNERS from KRAHN

Vivian and Jordan in Mrs. Wycopen's Kindergarten class

Giovanni from Mrs. Torres's 1st grade.

Fernanda from Mrs. Bluhm' s 1st grade class. 

Tobias in Mrs. McMillian's 2nd grade

Elizabeth in Mrs. McMillian's as well.

Emma in Mrs. Matthai's 3rd grade class

Maddison in Mrs. Burkes 3rd grade class

Alexandra in Mrs. Thomas's 4th grade class

Jake in Mrs. Ahmed's 4th grade class

Makayla in Mrs. Elijah's 5th grade class, 

and MOVING THE FINAL ROUND

Kenut in Mrs. Gonzalez's 5th grade. 

Thank you for all of your support in helping us get there. 

I am attaching the images of each grade for you to see. 

DISTRICT FINALIST

Kenut, 5th grade

(above)

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Kinergarten

Vivian and Jordan in Mrs. Wycopen's Kindergarten class

First Grade

Giovanni from Mrs. Torres's 1st grade.

Fernanda from Mrs. Bluhm' s 1st grade class. 

Second Grade

Tobias in Mrs. McMillian's 2nd grade

Elizabeth in Mrs. McMillian's as well.

Third Grade

Emma in Mrs. Matthai's 3rd grade class

Maddison in Mrs. Burkes 3rd grade class

Fourth Grade

Alexandra in Mrs. Thomas's 4th grade class

Jake in Mrs. Ahmed's 4th grade class

Fifth Grade

Makayla in Mrs. Elijah's 5th grade class, 

Ugly Duckling Swan

We watched the Classic Disney short

Ugly Duckling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCX-mPstrPU

Watch my instructional video for this lesson here on YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=bsjgbVd0Rf4   

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Cramer's 5th grad class

Andrea, Sean, Regan, 

Salvador, Justin & Elsa

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Mrs. Ahmed's 4th grade class

Justine (?), Jake, Jordin,

Isabel, Martin & Christy

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Mrs. Thomas's 4th grade class

Isabel, Justine, Jordin, Jake, JoJo,

Christy, Heaven, Martin, Xavier & Tonie

Reggie D. 4th grade

Mrs. Thomas's 4th grade class

Ellis, Jaslene, Addyson, Daniela,

Alexandra, Sophie, Erik, Zayd (?),

Angel, Saige, Santiago & Julian

Mrs. Duncan's 3rd grade class

Taylor, Ellie, Katelyn & landen

Mrs. Burkes 3rd grade class

Ava, Peyton R., Bryan,

Maddie (?) & Kimberley.,

Leo, Draven,

Meredith & Alex

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Mrs. Do's 2nd grade class

Annie, lily, Aiden,

Minghui, Zowie & Samuel

Mr. Ansari's Swans

Natalie, Linsey, Maci,

Jax, NoName, Brielle,

Alyssa, skylar & Angie

Mrs. Beaulieu's Swans

Ashton, Andrea, NoName,

Charlotte, LiH?, Jalynn

Ms. Jamison's Swans

Trinity, Chloe, Justin, Emily,
Maddox, harmony, Aiden C. & Nathan

We practiced drawing swans starting with the number 2. 

THen formed the head and body from this. 

Students added the water lever at half way.

They were encouraged to add pond life to the underwater area. 

We brainstormed and made a list of what could be in a pond environment:

frogs, tadpoles, fish, dragonflies, flies, butterflies, turtles, ducks...

Fold paper in half. This fold is the surface of the water. 

WIth a PENCIL, Draw the swan on the surface of the water. 

Add bottom of swan under the fold (belly and feet). 

Madelynn, 1st grade, is here outlining her drawing with a

permanent marker before coloring and  painting. 

Kenut, 5th grade is coloring the areas he does not want to paint with crayons.

 Color all details (excluding the sky and water)