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Art – May 1, 2012

Kindergarten The kindergarteners created portraits with texture using torn construction paper.  They also discussed points of view and drew a group of fish starting with a long looping line.  They are currently using their imagination and making crazy creatures out of the shape of their shoe. First Grade    The first graders learned about Jackson [...]
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Art – April 2, 2012

Kindergarten The kindergarteners learned about basic printmaking methods and used found objects that formed circles to print from.  They moved to each station using all primary and secondary colors.  They also made their own scratch art paper by filling a page using bright colored crayons.  I then painted them black.  Once dry they used sticks [...]
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Art – March 1st, 2012

Kindergarten The kindergarteners made their own pizza’s complete with plenty of cheese and toppings.  Each drew and cut out all toppings before gluing them on top of their delicious pizza.  They also learned how to write their name using bubble letters.  They then filled each letter with lines and shapes. First Grade The first graders [...]
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Art February 1st, 2012

Kindergarten The kindergarteners worked on their cutting and gluing while creating a group of penguins made from ovals and triangles.  They also looked at the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and painted a close up of a flower with watercolors. First Grade The first graders learned about the order of colors on a rainbow.  Instead of [...]
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Art – December 22, 2011

 Kindergarten The kindergarteners have been making a few different Christmas projects.  They each made their own Christmas tree using strips of green paper and painting snow on and around them.  They also made a snow globe filled with Christmas decorations. First Grade The first graders looked at the work of Piet Mondrian and discussed how [...]
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Art December 1, 2011

Kindergarten The kindergarteners have created many artworks in the last month.  They looked at the work of Carmen Lomas Garza and painted their own crazy cacti using a watercolor and crayon resist.  They also used oil pastels to color and shade shapes inspired by Jim Dine.  They are currently working on changing two dimensional papers into three dimensional [...]
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Art October 28, 2011

Kindergarten The students have been busy painting, drawing and building.  The learned about printmaking and made their own bubble wrap prints.  They most recently worked on Halloween art projects using emphasis to make their ghosts stand out in their Halloween scene.  They also made a haunted house using a lunch bag and construction paper scraps. [...]
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Art, October 2, 2011

Kindergarten The students have been busy with many different art projects.  They recently looked at balance in artworks and created a symmetrical creature. They have made a fish bowl using a watercolor and crayon resist technique and have learned how to show space in an artwork through size, overlapping, and converging lines. First Grade The students have made all [...]
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