It’s hard to believe that the end of the school is fast approaching.  All the students will be given the opportunity to create a scene from around town to help support the Norfolk Community Day art contest on May 25, 2012.  Afterwards, the third grade students will create textured paper that will be used to make collage illustrations based on Eric Carle’s and Leo Lionni’s books.  Fourth and fifth grade students will paint a still life based on Vince...

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During the month of April the 3rd grade art students will celebrate the arrival of spring by creating a flower using a watercolor crayon resist technique.  Third grade will also produce a chalk piece based on Vincent Van Gogh called silky sunflowers & swirling skies. The fourth grade art students will continue to explore camouflage by creating a natural habitat for a fish print. Next, the 4th grade students will paint a southwestern landscape using watercolors based on Paul Klee’s...

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The hallways of the Freeman-Centennial School are lined with art work! Come find your child’s creation. Every student has one piece of art work displayed for the Art Show. The art work will start to come down after the March 8th parent teacher conferences. During the month of March, the 3rd grade art students will be constructing a 3-D animal from tubes, masking tape and paper mache to help support many students’ animal research projects. The fourth grade students will use paint and...

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During the month of February, students will be preparing for two events in March, Read Across America and the Freeman Centennial Art Show. Read Across America is on March 2nd. The theme is green and will showcase Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax book. The Freeman Centennial Art show will take place during parent/teacher conference days on March 6th and 8th. The show will celebrate students’ creations, which have been produced since September. Please be sure to stop by to check it out! On an on...

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During the month of January, the Freeman-Centennial students will be keeping busy with various art projects. Sixth grade students will build a 3-D ceramic castle, which will be placed within a European scene. The scene will include knights and fair maidens. Fifth grade students will be decorating a glass bottle to accompany their Explorers project. The bottle will include adding a portrait of the explorer, maps, and key phrases.   The outside of the bottle will be covered with tissue...

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During the upcoming month, students in the art room will be creating various projects to support the classroom curriculum. The third grade will continue to make Native American projects by building and painting ceramic coil pots. A musical instrument based on Native American animal rattles will follow this. Just before winter break third and fourth graders will create a winter scene of snowing birch trees. In December, fourth grade will begin learning about symmetry. They will use mirror symmetry...

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As the art program moves into November, student art projects for each grade level will support the curriculum content areas within the classroom. During the next few months, sixth grade students will be creating a Latin American Folk Art Print, which is based on Mexican serapes and images from Latin American Folk Art. They will then work on Australian Aborigines Dreaming Cultural art work. Fourth and fifth grade students will create a landscape or animal using appropriate shapes (polygon, hexagon,...

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