Pinwheels for Peace Project--Coming soon!

All fifth and sixth grade students are currently working on a project called 'Pinwheels for Peace.' Images and more info about their work is coming soon. If you'd like to learn more about the project you can visit the link here: Pinwheels for Peace

We hope to have our pinwheels completed and on display for this year's International Day of Peace, September 21, 2016.

5th Grade Collaborative Handprint Raninbows

5th Grade students started off the year by getting messy! They created handprint rainbows using only the primary colors, printing those and mixing them to create all three secondary colors. The end result looks fantastic! All of the rainbows are now hanging throughout the school and I think really brighten the hallways up. :)

• Review/ Recall the primary and secondary colors.
• Review/ Recall which two primary colors to mix to create each of the three secondary colors.

• Print their hands in all three primary colors, and mix and print all three secondary colors in a collaborative class rainbow.
• Follow classroom procedures like following directions, hand washing, and cleanup.

6th Grade Collaborative Organisms

6th Grade students worked together as a class with a randomly selected analogous color family plus neutral colors to create a cell-like organic shape design. A group of lead designers used their collaboration skills to decide how they should be displayed as the class organism. A collaborative artwork helps to create a sense of community encouraging students to find solutions on how to create their art together. Students were inspired by the artwork of Lea Anderson, shown below.

• Review/ Recall the two main types of shapes: organic and geometric, and their characteristics.
• Review/ Recall analogous and neutral color families.
• Analyze Lea Anderson’s artist statement to find context clues.
• Individually create an artwork using designated analogous colors and neutral colors.
• Collaboratively design a class organism using each individual ‘cell’ artwork.

Student Work Examples: