December 2014

All students completed their clay projects during the five school days before Thanksgiving.  During the class period prior to making their projects, the students all viewed a demonstration of what we would be doing and then practiced some part of the project.  Most classes practiced with Play-Doh, but some did their practicing with drawings in their sketchbooks.  Kindergarten made pinch pots based on Native American pottery (desert).  The students learned where clay comes from and what happens after we make our projects.  They also created patterns on the outside of their pots.  First graders traveled to the temperate forest and created owls with slabs of clay made with rolling pins.  They used the score and slip method to attach the owl’s beak.   Second graders and Ms. Swenson’s class traveled to the rainforests of South America and made slabs of clay into symmetrical butterflies.  They also had to use the score and slip method to attach the butterfly’s three body parts.  The third graders went to the ocean and created clay fish using many of the clay building methods learned over their years here at Hilltop.  This third grade project always shows that they have learned a lot in art class.  Mrs. Henk’s class created pinch pot bells with ocean drawings on them.