Winter Break begins December 21, Happy Winter!
Congratulations Karina Kling of Miss Trefonas's 5th Grade Class for winning 1st place for her grade in the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors of Northern Illinois! Karina has earned some wonderful prizes for herself and our school! Way to go Karina!!!!
All classes will get to a good stopping point on their project, then the rest of their class time this week we will celebrate their creativity!
1st Grade- Monet Bridges: We will begun learning about Impressionist Artist, Claude Monet. Students will begin building their own bridges based on Claude Monets ever popular Japanese footbridge. Students will color their bridges with oil pastels.
2nd Grade- Legs of Degas: Students will be learning about the artist, Edgar Degas and his French Impressionist style. We will begin creating our own 'Legs of Degas'. Students will finish sketching their shoes, clues and backgrounds.
3rd Grade- Wright Mansions: We will begin learning about architecture and local artist Frank Lloyd Wright! Students will begin creating their own facades of their dream mansion.
4th Grade- MC. Escher Hands and Aboriginal Art: We will be focusing on sketching our hands as realistically as we can. We will consider lines, shapes, forms, and spacing. Other classes that have finished their Escher projects will move on to study Aboriginal Art.
5th Grade-Pop Art Painting: We will use the works of Andy Warhol and other Pop Artists to learn about color and the color wheel. Students will be picking their Pop Art subject matter and sketching it on canvas board. We began with primary colors and now are moving on to Secondary and Complementary colors!
Art FolderWe will be temporarily stopping Art Folder Assignments following Art Folder #8. We will begin Art Folder #9 at the beginning of Trimester #2.
Art Folder #9 (beginning the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4th)
Winter break...no Art Folder assignment!!!
