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last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
After checking out the work of Wayne Thibaut, an American Pop Artist, we drew these cakes using oil pastels.
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
A quick directed drawing lesson during a shortened art period due to an assembly. Didn't they do a great job?
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Just like the artist, Wayne Thibaut, our kindergarten classes created wonderful cupcakes! (Pop Art is fun!)
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
After a quick, directed drawing, kindergarten students painted their walrus...aren't they fun?
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
After a directed drawing, the kindergarten students did watercolor paintings of a cat!
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We did a directed drawing of a Jack in the Box for the boys, and a Jill in the Box for the girls. We then painted our d ...
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Jun 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Inspired by the wonderful geometric and organic shapes, vivid colors and the use of bold patterns, our second grade clas ...
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We viewed a video on the importance of line in Art, and created this line and texture exercise.
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We watched a video about the importance of shapes as a tool in art and created this fun paper shape collages!
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We drew and painted a great meal with a banana split for dessert in the style of Wayne Thibaud.
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read the book, "Planting A Rainbow" by Lois Ehlert. We looked at all of her beautiful illustrations of garden flower ...
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"Cupcake Wars"
(22 artworks)
May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We studied the Pop Art Artist, Wayne Thibaut, who painted cakes, cupcakes, ice cream sundaes and all sorts of everyday, ...
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our 2nd graders painted colorful watercolor Toucans.
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our first graders created warm and cool colors seascapes with watercolors. We then made Origami ships to sail on the wa ...
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our 2nd grade students designed a background for printing fish, butterflies and plants. They learned about Gyotaku, the ...
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Some of the second grade students in Mrs. Strunk's class printed on canvas banners using the Gyotaku fish printing molds ...
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May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We did a directed drawing of a happy puppy and then colored the drawing with markers.
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Welcome Spring!
(147 artworks)
May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Tucked amidst the grass, is our first sign of Spring!
Kindergarteners created these fun birds with cut paper, applique ...
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A Single Flower
(136 artworks)
May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade students painted a single flower on canvas for Mother's Day. Aren't they beautiful?
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Aaron's Shirt
(150 artworks)
May 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read a story about a little boy named Aaron who had a favorite shirt.
We talked about our favorite shirts and then b ...
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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A Toucan's Beak
(136 artworks)
Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read the book, "Inch By Inch" by Leo Lionni which is a story of an inch worm that measures various parts of birds' bo ...
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
First grade used diffusing paper on which to paint vibrant paint colors. After the paint dried, they enhanced the fish ...
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Tessellations
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Painted when he was 80 years old, Picasso's "Hands With Flowers" is a timeless expression of love.
This is the Kinderga ...
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Working from a branch of fresh forsythia, we painted the branches and flowers and created the vases from printed paper.
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Apr 2012, taught by Stephen Rishko
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read Marcus Pfister's book, "Hopper Hunts For Spring" and drew these delightful oil pastel drawings of Hopper. We tr ...
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read the book, Let's Make Pizza by Mary Hill, and created our own pizza. Can you pick out the tomatoes, pepperoni, m ...
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Bunny Puppets!
(96 artworks)
Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
A fun project just in time for Easter!
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Apr 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We took tthe letter B and made it into an adorable bunny!
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
After a directed drawing, each student made a printing plate from styrofoam and pressed the lines into the styrofoam.
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We talked about Pysanky, the Ukrainian wax and dye eggs which are so beautiful and detailed and we did our version using ...
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Origami Puppies
(153 artworks)
Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We talked about Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, and did our very first Origami project. Aren't they adorabl ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Look at the difference that color makes to a project. Compare the "natural" sculptures to the painted sculptures. Both ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second graders created these whimsical creatures using self-hardening clay in this fun sculpture project!
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Leo The Lion
(144 artworks)
Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students heard the book by Marcus Pfister, "How Leo Learned To Be King".
We made our own lions with paper ...
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Fruit Drawings
(11 artworks)
Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We learned the proper order of the colors in a rainbow. We used watercolors and markers to create this fun project!
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read "The Story Of The Leprechaun" by Katherine Tegen and did a directed drawing of a Leprechaun using markers.
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our second graders used glue to draw the lines for the sun and water. After the glue dried, they used oil pastels to de ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We had fun drawing and painting these cheerful Leprechauns! Be sure to comment on your favorite!
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After Delaunay
(10 artworks)
Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Quilt Designs
(71 artworks)
Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our Kindergarten students studied the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky and made this paper adaptation of his famous Square ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade students watched a movie on the history of masks from around the world. They painted their masks and then ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our first graders studied the works of Vincent Van Gogh and painted these sunflowers in his style using bold lines and v ...
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten drew and painted The Cat In The Hat in honor of Dr. Seuss week!
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Mar 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Feb 2012, taught by Steve Rishko
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our school celebrates "Dr. Seuss" week with various reading activities. On Wednesday, our cafeteria serves Green Eggs & ...
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Rainbow Fish
(91 artworks)
Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten classes used polymer medim for the first time to complete this project. We tore or cut tissue paper and ad ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We drew Teddy Bears with black markers and colored with unwrapped crayons over texture plates to create these adorable f ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read a story about Presidents' Day in our Kindergarten Art classes. We learned that Abraham Lincoln lived in a log c ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Our second grade students learned to make pour and melt glycerine soap to compliment their clay dishes.
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade students created these wonderful dishes with texture from clay. They then glazed their pottery.
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We looked at the paintings and sculptures of a Pop Artist named Jim Dine who loved to paint hearts! We did our hearts w ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade students traced their hand with permanent marker onto a paper printed with hearts. They then colored with ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
After reading the book, "Snowmen Games", we created simple snowmen with hats, scarfs, boots and hands. We emphasized ba ...
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Working on the concept of snowmen in profile wearing crowns, we did a series of "The Royal Family of Snowmen"!
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Feb 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
One of my first grade students in Mrs. Mann's class gave me a packet of foam crowns as a Christmas gift. I thanked her ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students made beautiful bird houses with cut paper, markers, oil pastels, glitter, feathers and white paint ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
First grade students drew owls with marker, then went over the lines with a mixture of black acrylic paint and white glu ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students learned a little bit about Chinese culture this week. We read a story about the 14 day celebratio ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Steve Rishko
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students designed patterned mittens and painted with watercolors to create these fun mittens. Wouldn't you ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We read the book, Snowtime, by Dave and Julie Saunders, about two white ducks named Dibble and Dabble who get caught in ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Pulling together the prehistoric paintings, paper palm trees and clay dinosaurs, our first grade students completed this ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
First grade students made paper palm trees and clay dinosaurs to complete their prehistoric scenes.
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade students designed their own skates and combined painting and lacing to create these wonderful skates. Whic ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We created our own unique skates with poster paint and laced them to make these wonderful skates. Which is your favorit ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
Bundled up for winter, these delightful penguins were made from various papers to create a fun collage!
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
First grade students began a multi-tiered lesson about dinosaurs and prehistoric times. This painting was done with tem ...
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Jan 2012, taught by Margaret Melody
We drew polar bears and dressed them up for winter. Using oil pastels and crayons, we colored the bears and their cloth ...
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grader made a scratchboard ornament and learned how to use rubber cement as a contact glue.
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Dec 2011, taught by Steve Rishko
First graders created sparkly Santas just in time for Christmas!
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Pop-Up Cards
(96 artworks)
Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Inspired by Robert Sabuda, our first grade students created greeting cards that pop-up!
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We read a wonderful 3-D book by Kathryn Smith about a Father and son in search of the perfect Christmas tree. They deci ...
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We did a multi-media collage of three beautiful candles in a bed of holly with 2nd grade.
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Using paint and petal shaped sponges, we created these incredible, multi-colored poinsettias. Wouldn't they make a beau ...
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our Kindergarten classes studied the works of Piet Mondrian, who painted a series of geometric compositions using vertic ...
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Second Grade students created painted poinsettias which we stylized to create these beautiful works of art!
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Just in time for the holidays...Kindergarten students designed and laced stockings for their first lacing project!
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Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students made reindeer with antlers and either a red nose, like Rudolph, or a reindeer catching a snowflake ...
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Pinch Pots
(153 artworks)
Dec 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students had their first experience with clay by forming pinch pots and then glazing them. Isn't it fun to ...
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Mrs. McGinnis' class drew a Native American girl using markers and crayons.
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Pop Art Hands
(148 artworks)
Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our Kindergarten students learned about Pop Art and Andy Warhol who would take everyday, common objects that we see on a ...
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We created pencil and crayon drawings on charcoal paper in honor of the Native Americans who taught us so much!
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our first graders will be performing a holiday music program entitled "It's A Bugs Christmas". One of the "bugs" is a g ...
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten students painted the background with tempera markers and made a scarecrow from paper, yarn and buttons!
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
In cooperation with the PTA's Original Works Fundraiser, we teach the proportions of the human head and create self-por ...
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We studied Still Life paintings from the artists Cezanne, Monet and Van Gogh and did chalk pastel drawings of three appl ...
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Self Portraits
(23 artworks)
Nov 2011, taught by Steve Rishko
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November Skies
(157 artworks)
Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
After blowing waterproof black India Ink through a straw to create dramatic leafless trees, our Second Grade artists pai ...
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Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We studied the proportions of the human head and created our likenesses with oil pastels and markers!
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Exploring Lines
(106 artworks)
Nov 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We watched a video on lines in Art and created our own fun collages. Kindergarten students used their imaginations to m ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We read Eric Carle's book, THE VERY BUSY SPIDER, and got busy making our own web with silver metallic markers. Out spid ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Kindergarten created these beautiful leaves with oil pastels and liquid watercolors. The wax from the pastels resisted ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
I brought several different kinds and colors of Apples into class.
I cut the apple in half to show the Kindergarten stu ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Each year, we do a lesson on self-portraits in conjunction with the PTA fundraiser, Original Works.
Our second grade ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
After hearing a poem about fireworks, first grade drew their own version of exploding fireworks using oil pastels on bla ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Second grade drew pumpkins on the vine with permanent markers and covered the lines with glue to create interest and tex ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Kids will often do something a little special or bring something in from home to include on Artsonia.
They find their s ...
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Humbug Witch
(156 artworks)
Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
We read the book, Humbug Witch, by Lorna Balian. The story is about this little witch who had a big nose, two yellow cr ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Written in 1818, by Mary Shelley, the book is a tale of artificial life. When Shelley started this book, she was only 1 ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
What fun was it to paint trees and leaves on the top of the paper and fold and rub to the bottom of the paper to create ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our Kindergarten students are working on skill building, from cutting and pasting to drawing and painting. They did a g ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
In conjunction with our Music Department's Veteran's Day Concert, we created an Op Art stars and stripes drawing. The p ...
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Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Paper weavings can be very challenging...it requires a child to think three-dimensionally..."over/under/over/under" whil ...
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Autumn Leaves
(132 artworks)
Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our kindergarten students drew a large letter "Y" on their papers with marker. I came around to each student and put wh ...
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Color Wheels
(162 artworks)
Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Our Kindergarten students learned to mix the three primary colors to make the three secondary colors while creating the ...
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Shape Painting
(15 artworks)
Oct 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
This was a fun project learning about shapes and colors!
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Grey Mouse
(128 artworks)
Sep 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
The kindergarten students painted their own colorful mouse after reading the book, "Grey Mouse", which was about a littl ...
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Sep 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
Keeping with the theme of our book fair for this year, Outer
Space, our second graders drew and painted their idea of ...
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Sep 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
This year's theme for our book fair is Outer Space. Our second grade classes created their own idea for a planet on whi ...
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Sep 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
This year's book fair theme is outer space. Our kindergarten art classes created their own rockets from cut paper, mark ...
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Sep 2011, taught by Margaret Melody
The theme of this year's book fair is Outer Space. First graders created their very own aliens from their first name wr ...
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