Fourth Grade Birch Trees

Students are studying space in a work of art, more specifically atmospheric and two-point perspective. They painting winter birch trees using these techniques:

First Grade Winter Trees

First graders studied warm and cool colors and created winter trees:

Fifth Grade Rope Baskets

Fifth grade students spent their unit on pattern learning how to create Navajo rope baskets:

Kindergarten Color Study

Kindergarteners have started a unit on color. They are currently studying the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue.

First, they studied the work of Piet Mondrian and made winter hats in his style:

Next, students used the primary colors to draw winter pictures of cardinals:

Square 1 Coming Soon!

Volunteers Needed!

IN ART & TECHNOLOGY

Mrs. DiSalle and Mrs. Davis are seeking assistance with prepping for the upcoming months in art and technology. Jobs include:

·      ART SHOW PREP:

o   Creating labels for student art work

o   Mounting student art work

o   Hanging art work on panels for the show

o   IN JUNE: Hanging the show

·      WEATHERIZING 3D ART WORK

o   Polyurethaning art to be placed in the school garden

·      TECHNOLOGY

o   Sorting and inventorying Lego kits

o   IN JUNE:

§  Hanging work for the art show

§  Helping 5^th graders make buttons for the Rover Derby

§  June 19^th: Rover Derby assistance

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

·      Duct tape

·      Empty granola bar or small pasta boxes

·      Empty 1 liter soda bottles

·      Nuts, bolts, clock parts

·      Old cookie sheets

·      Empty disinfectant wipes containers

·      Foam vegetable trays

IF INTERESTESTED, EMAIL MRS. DISALLE, KDISALLE@AWRSD.ORG,

OR MRS. DAVIS TDAVIS@AWRSD.ORG. THANK YOU!

Fifth Grade Gnomes Continued...

Fifth graders are continuing to finish their garden gnomes, and they are spectacular!

Kindergarten "Me & My Shadow"

Kindergarten students learned about light sources and shadows. 

They then made self-portraits that reflected their understanding.

Fourth Grade Sonja Delauney Cubes

Students in grade four have learned about the artist Sonja Delauney and her use of color and shape. They then made three dimensional cubes that use tertiary colors.

Monochromatic Paintings

Fifth graders have been learning about creating tints and shades and 

how to create a painting using only one color. This is called a monochromatic painting.