October 2017

Our stick mural will be installed in the front hallway very soon.  Be sure to check it out when you next visit Hilltop.  Our Kindergartners have been practicing how to draw different kinds of lines and shapes.  Next, we will be working on scissor skills with a variety of projects.  First graders & Ms. Dressel’s class are finishing up a patriotic self-portrait where they used shapes to make their bodies.  No more stick bodies for us!  We will be holding flags made from our handprints!  Second graders are now working on a fall still-life painting.  Ask your 2nd graders what a still-life is.  They have practiced their observation skills by drawing objects as they really look.  Third graders have been observing and drawing pumpkins.  They are in the process of tracing their drawings with black glue, and will then learn about the art element of value in order to add color to the pumpkins that makes them look three-dimensional.