The Seasons

Kindergarten has been studying the seasons.  

We've done many projects about the seasons.

Sketch Books

3rd graders have been working on the covers of their sketchbooks.

We studied different patterns in nature.  We realized that most of them are repeating.  We made sketches of repeat patterns and from there, we made our printing plates.

The covers came out great!

1st Grade Printing

After studying fall leaves, we all made a printing plate with a leaf on it.  

On our first day of printing, we printed with cool colors... blues and greens. 

 We used recyclable materials... plastic cups, bubble wrap and packaging materials.  

On the second day of printing, we printed our leaves with warm colors... red, orange, and yellow. 

The students claim they LOVE printing and I can tell from the mess, that it was a huge hit.  They wanted to keep the printing plates and so we decided to make them part of the art.

Next, there will be poems to go with these.

Native Americans

2nd graders are studying Native Americans.  

In art, we drew a buffalo and a teepee and talked about the Plains Indians.  We drew a pueblo and talked about the Pueblo Indians.  We made black and white Pueblo pots.

we're making the pots tomorrow so come back soon

Leaf Creations

Fifth graders wrote Fractured Fairy Tales.
We decided it would be fun and challenging to create the main character out of leaves.  It was very much fun but not as challenging as I hoped.  They amaze me all the time.
 These images are fantastic.... a mixture of 

art, nature, science and writing.

Geology Art

5th graders studied geology in class. 

 They chose a word they thought they would like to illustrate and then wrote an acrostic poem.

As always, good projects get a little chaotic before they're done.  I was so pleasantly surprised!  

They are fantastic!!!!!

Mr. Matt's Alphabet

Mr. Matt's 1st grade class 

wanted an alphabet for the wall of their classroom.  We brainstormed lots of words starting with each sound.  We studied the pictures of the words and tried to see the shapes inside them.  The finished product is fantastic.  I can't look at these pictures without smiling.

alligator

bicycle

cat

dragon

elephant

flamingo

grandparents

hummingbird

igloo

jewel

kangaroo

lion

mask

nose

octopus

pumpkin

quilt

rhinoceros

snake

turtle

unicorn

vase

watermelon

xylophone

yoyo

zebra