Here is the curriculum for all the grades this year. I will be working closely with the classroom teachers in implementing the Core Knowledge curriculum. At the bottom are the library notes.
Kindergarten-
• Focus on lines and colors in art.
• Mixing colors
• Learn how to use a paint brush
• Introduction to a variety of different artists
• Experiment with a variety of art media
• Introduction to sculpture
1st Grade
• Focus on the different elements of art
color, line, shape and texture
• Look at art from long ago
Cave paintings
Art of ancient Egypt
Create a mosaic
• Recognize the difference between a still life and a portrait
• Introduction to the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Diego Rivera to name a few
2nd Grade
• Review the elements of art
• learn about famous sculptors
• Introduction to landscapes
• Introduction to abstract art
•Introduction to architecture
•Create a variety of art
3rd Grade
• Review the elements of art
• Observe how artists use light and shadow
• Introduction to two and three dimensional works of art
• Learn to use perspective to create space in a work of art
• Introduction to design principles in art
• Become familiar with American Indian works of art
• Introduction to the art works of Ancient Roman and Byzantine civilizations
4th grade
•Create works of art demonstrating their knowledge of the elements of art
• study the art of the middle ages
• create a clay gargoyle
• learn about illuminated manuscripts
• study Gothic architecture
• introduction to Islamic art and architecture
• Note the spiritual purposes and significance of African works of art
• Intro to the arts of Africa
5th grade
• Review the elements and principles in art
• Introduction to the art of the Renaissance
• Learn about linear perspective
• Observe and discuss works in different genres such as portrait, fresco, Madonna, sculpture …by Italian Renaissance artists
• Study American landscape artists from the 19th century
• Become familiar with art related to the Civil War
• Introduction to the art of Japan
• Learn how to draw the perfect face in the style of da Vinci
• Make a Carnival mask
6th grade/7th grade
• Intro to art and artists of the 20th and 21st century
• Study Impressionism…Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh
• Expressionism…Kandinsky, Munsch, Paul Klee
• Fauvism…Matisse, Raul Dufy
• Cubism…Picasso, George Braque
• Surrealism…Salvadore Dali, Rene Magritte, Marc Chagell
• Realism…O’Keefe, Grant Wood Edward Hopper
• Abstract expressionism…Jackson Pollock, Frank Stella, Willem de Kooning
• Experiment with a variety of sophisticated art materials
Library notes
We have a reading incentive program this year. It is based on earning an ice cream scoop for every hour a student reads at home or is read too. The students name is written on a scoop and hung on the wall by the library. I am trying to see how large our ice cream cone can become. At the end of the year we will have an ice cream party to celebrate. There are extra reading sheets on the web site for parents to sign off on.
I am encouraging parents to donate a book to the library in honor of their child's birthday. I will put a bookplate in the front of the book recognizing your child's donation. I am also accepting gently used books that your child might have out grown.
We will have Barnes and Noble day in November and The Scholastica book fair in January.
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