Shape Robots

First Grade students made robots out of shapes. They made a list of shapes that they knew and identified shapes in everyday objects. They used this knowledge to create a robot completely out of shapes. Then they wrote what their robot does to help them.

 

Kindergarten Kissing Hand

Kindergarten students read the book, The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and discussed some feelings we had on the first day of school. They learned that lines and colors can show feelings.

Students drew, and then traced their hands. Then they drew lines to show how they felt on the first day of school. Finally, they painted their hands with colors that showed how they felt, after reading My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss.

 

Diego Rivera Study

4th grade students looked at artwork by Diego Rivera and discussed themes in his artwork. They learned that artists often create art as a way to show connections between people. They concluded that Diego Rivera showed these connections through the themes in his artwork (love, family, oppression, working people and traditions). Students focused on the artwork "Mother's Helper" by Diego Rivera. They discussed that Rivera was showing love between the girl and the mother, without drawing hearts on his artwork. They discussed ways they help someone they love and used the way his composition was set up in "Mother's Helper" in their own artwork.

 

Los estudiantes de cuarto grado miraron obras de arte por Diego Rivera y discutieron los temas en sus obras. Ellos aprendieron que los artistas muchas veces crean arte como una manera de demostrar conexiones entre personas. Ellos concluyeron que Diego Rivera demostraba estas conexiones por medio de temas en sus obras de arte (amor, familia, opresión, trabajadores, y tradiciones). Los estudiantes se enfocaron en la obra de arte “Ayudando a mamá” por Diego Rivera. Ellos comentaron que Rivera estaba demostrando el amor entre la niña y su madre sin dibujar corazones en su pintura. Ellos hablaron sobre las maneras en que ayudan a sus seres queridos y usaron la composición de “Ayudando a mamá” en sus propias obras de arte.

Rural Landscapes

2^nd grade students learned to differentiate between rural, suburban and urban landscapes. They drew and painted rural landscapes with characteristics often found in rural landscapes, such as farms, barns, and crops. They looked at artwork by Grant Wood. They learned that Grant Wood liked to paint scenes of farmland because he was born in a rural area of Iowa.

Birch Trees

Students in 3rd grade created birch trees using a non-traditional technique. They used cardboard dipped in paint to create these birch trees. Then they used either warm or cool colors to paint a background.  When they glued their birch trees on, they showed their knowledge of foreground, middle ground and background by putting the biggest trees in the foreground, and the smallest trees in the background. They added details with oil pastel and marker.

 

The Dot Mural - It's Done!!!:)

Here is our finished mural! Thanks so much to everyone who helped, we couldn't have done it without you!