Winter treesstudents worked on fine motor skills to draw triangles, and cut them out. Students demonstrated proper use of materials with glue and paper creating a collage of colors for their trees in a winter background.
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Chinese New Year DogClasses discovered the Chinese culture and traditions. Then students conducted experiences with applying water to tissue paper to see what colors would spread on their paper to "paint" their dogs.
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Indian ElephantsWe learned about an annual festival where elephants are decorated and there is a parade. Students then created their own elephants using crayons and watercolor to create a resist. students also learned how to control paint by making gray using just a little bit of black paint with lots of water.
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SnailsWe watched a short Art:21 interview with Korean artist Doh Ho Suh who described the feeling of missing his home, and wishing he could carry it on his back like a snail. then students drew their own towns on top of snails. We discussed highlighting certain features using their favorite color.
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Veterans Day PoppiesA tradition at our school is to celebrate our Veterans and serving military. This years project for kindergartners was to use pipe cleaners to create the red flowers
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Shape CastlesStudents analyzed the shapes and colors they saw while looking at the image of Paul Klee's Castle and Sun.
Then students used math shape manipulatives to help create shapes to make their own castle design |
Line MonstersStudents combined the use of lines, shapes, and colors to create monsters. Students analyzed the types of lines, shapes, and colors in the illustrations while reading Where the Wild Things Are. Students also discussed how to mix colors using the three primary colors while reading Rabbit's Color Book
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Math SnowmenStudents were inspired by the readings of Snowmen at Night, and the Biggest Snowman Ever. We discussed the different types of winter clothing their snowman would wear, and how big snowman might be and how we could measure it. Students then drew out snowmen and had to use math cubes to count how tall their snowmen were and write it on the math sentence. Lastly, they painted their snowmen and collage their winter attire.
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Fireworks Over Denver SkylineHappy New Year! Students discussed when they they have seen fireworks and if there was a celebration. Then they related their experience to the use of fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year.
As a group we analyzed a photograph of the Denver city skyline at night to draw how buildings looked at night. Topping it with a little collage fireworks. |
2017 Year of the RoosterContinuing our exploration of Chinese culture students learned about the story of the Chinese zodiac. 2017 is the year of the rooster. The students then created their own roosters adding patterns to design them
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Architecture CarnivalStudents were introduced to carnivals around the world. Then using examples of famous architecture, students were art observers and drew what they saw. Once colored they created a mask design and the Architecture became their mask for our Architecture Carnival
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