Update on the Year

We have been working hard on a number of things this year- from symmetry self portraits, Rousseau inspired tiger paintings, Van Gogh Starry Nights, and friendship villages, paper sculpture, and now hand knitting. Art has been a blast!


We studied the artist, Henri Rousseau and learned about his "dreamy" paintings. We then made our own brightly colored, dreamy tiger habitats.

We did a unit on self portraits. 1st and 2nd created their own portrait schema's.

3rd, 4th and 5th created "Symmetry Selfies" using digital media, and pencil. 

We learned about the Cave Paintings of Lascaux, France and did some writing, too!

Second Grade learned about volcanoes in science, so we integrated the unit into art! Students researched different volcanoes from each continent and did a presentation to their peers. We sculpted animals from their volcano's region, and got to explode them at the end. We even made the front page of the NWA paper!

We learned about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh, did opinion writing, and painted our own Starry Nights. 

Right now, we are learning to finger knit (2nd-5th) and weave (1st). The kids LOVE this! They have chains at the end that they can make as necklaces, bracelets, or headbands. They have been making them at home and wearing them to school. 

It is so exciting to see how students are growing and learning this year. Thanks for stopping in!