February 2019

Kindergarten students have been creating giraffes with shapes.  We are now adding details needed to make our animals really look like giraffes.  First graders, Ms. Natoli’s students and Ms. Dressel’s students have been creating Khamsa designs from Morocco.  Khamsa designs are hands symbols with lots of line and shape designs on them.  They are used for good luck.  The students used their own handprints to begin the designs.  After a review of lines, these lines were used to create the backgrounds.  Second graders are learning about landscapes and how to show space in them.  They can identify the parts of landscapes and can name different ways of showing space.  Third graders are learning about Leonardo da Vinci’s proportions for portrait drawing.  They will be creating self-portraits after reviewing the different parts of the face.  ​