Friday, August 29, 2008

Tuesday, September 2-5, 2008

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

1st Grade-
This week we will be learning how to use the Art Room. We will learn how to do Art duties. We will also start drawing basic shapes to create our very own Wild Thing Creatures. We will be focusing on the illustrator Maurice Sendak.

2nd Grade-
What's a dot? We will be studying illustrator Peter H. Reynolds and his story of The Dot. Students will create colorful dots and then we'll learn about the story. Once they've heard the story, they will then transform their dots using their imaginations.

3rd Grade-
Kaleidoscope Names- Students will learn about radial design and create their names in a Kaleidoscope pattern.

4th Grade-
Picasso Portraits- Students will learn about Pablo Picasso and his style of Cubism. Students will create a Picasso Portrait.

5th Grade-
American Gothic Parodies- Students will learn about the artist, Grant Wood and his style of Regionalism. Students will create their own parodies of American Gothic.