September 2018

We are already very busy in the art room!  Kindergarten students have gotten an introduction to what we do in the art room through a couple of stories.  We have done a drawing of ourselves for a special book we will be putting together at the end of the year.  The students also showed what they could do on a line and shape survey.  These surveys will help plan out future lessons.  LOP students have been busy drawing different shapes.  We are practicing staying in the lines while coloring in the shapes.  1st, 2nd, 3rd, SES, and LOP students all helped create a Post-It note mural.  We all drew something about our summer break - places we visited, activities we did, foods we enjoyed - anything we wanted to share. Hope you spotted it during our Parent Night last week.  All of our projects this year will come from different continents around the world.  First grade is starting in Australia with a koala drawing focusing on texture.  Second grade is focusing on complex patterns on a project from Russia.  Ask your 2nd grade student what a "babushka" is!  Third grade is learning more about Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday, while learning the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical balance.