Beautiful Christmas Gift

I have to post this beautiful Christmas Angel that one of my 5th graders did for me for Christmas. Very talented!

3rd Graders

3rd Grade working hard on creating their own city landscapes!

4th grade SCREAM Projects

We learned about Edvard Munch and his famous paint the Scream with 4th grade. We then put our skills to the test and worked with blending paint and using overlapping colors. For fun, I took pictures of each student and they took the place of the screaming figure in the famous painting. They looked AWESOME!

Artistic Elf on the... Ceiling

We had Elf on the Shelf make an appearance in the art room last week. We were learning about abstract art in first grade so he decided to do an abstract painting himself. GO ELF!

ArTy PaRtY

As an incentive for using leadership skills and good manners and behavior skills, I gave the students Dojo points each time I saw them based on their performance that day. If the whole class was able to stay at a 95% or higher, I threw them an ArTy PaRtY at the end of each semester. The kids were able to bring in food. I brought my popcorn machine and hot chocolate fixings and they had a blast with their free create day! Great way to end 2015

Here are some of my 3rd graders

December Artist of the Month

Blanca is a very hard worker and is a great example of a leader. She is dedicated, participates in class and is very active in discussions. She is eager to learn and is always on task. Great Christmas picture Blanca!

3rd Grade Musical Collab Projects

Our 3rd graders recently preformed a musical with our music teacher about Lewis and Clark. PTA asked if I could have each 3rd grade class do a painting within the theme of the musical. I had them do a small part of a mountain landscape to go with the theme. They then auctioned each piece off to the parents and raised $200.00! What a great way to involve our school families with our PTA.