April 20, 2011
Even More Matisse Paintings…
Fourth grade students in Mrs. Spotts and Lein’s class work on their paintings the day before Spring Break.
April 19, 2011
April 18, 2011
Spring Bunnies
First grade students spent two class periods creating their spring bunnies. We focused on the Element of Design texture. Students used a sponge painting technique and oil pastels to create their furry bunnies. Then they added supporting details. Projects are being sent home in time for Easter.
Learning about Egypt
Second grade students are beginning to learn about Egyptian Art. We have learned about mummification, heiroglyphs, and a special Egyptian hippo named “William.” William is the unofficial mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He is a ceramic figure decorated with designs of the lotus plant. When I visited NYC last year, I brought home a stuffed version of Willam. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/FAQ/htm/willy.htmStudens are making their own hippos using model magic. They are going to be painted and decorated with black marker.
Check out this site to learn to write you name in hieroglyphs...
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/interactive_fs.asp?swfpath=history/egypt/hieroglyphs.swf
April 8, 2011
Sunflower Paintings
First Grade students have been learning about artist Vincent Van Gogh. We learned about his many self portraits and practiced drawing our own.
The we learned about this famous still life painting of sunflowers.
More 3rd Grade Origami...
Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. White class had fun showing off some of their awesome origami pictures. Great work!
April 6, 2011
Learning about Cave Art…2nd grade
2nd grade students learned about the Lascaux cave and it’s discovery in 1940. We took a virtual field trip to the cave by looking at this website…. http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en#/fr/00.xml
Then we made our own cave drawings in our mock “cave.”
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