FIRST+GRADE

[|First Grade Visual Arts State Core Curriculum].
 * Week of March 1st-** imagine that- art express


 * Week of February 22nd- No school

Week of February 12th to 19th**- paint and design ocean creatures


 * Week of January 25th-

Week of January 18th**- We will be making a large mural of Martin Luther King

resources here http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=253231
 * Week of January 11th-** We will be talking about emotions and drawing emotion pictures


 * Week of January 4th-** We will be learning about artist Gilbert Stuart and his famous painting of George Washington. We will then make our own drawings of George Washington. They will need crayons.


 * Week of December 14th-** Snowmen drawings. They will need crayons. No markers will be needed. http://msjuliesartschool.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-12-06T21%3A44%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=3


 * Week of December 7th**- We will be making holiday cards. The students will need their paint shirts. Thanks.

No supplies needed.
 * Week of November 30th-** We will be having some special guests from the Springville Museum of Art come and visit us!


 * Week of November 16th-** We will be making a thanksgiving quilts.


 * Week of November 9th-** Art Appreciation. We will be looking at and discussing artwork.


 * Week of October 26th-** HALLOWEEN! We will be doing haunted houses with fingerprint people inside. All they will need is a blue or black pen.


 * Week of October 19th-** Ghost Paintings! We will be drawing our ghosts with white crayons, and painting colorful backgrounds to make the ghosts "magically appear" They will need their watercolors and paint shirts.


 * Week of October 12th-**We will be talking about the changes in the seasons and what happens to the leaves in fall. We will be using watercolors to paint fall trees and leaves.


 * Week of October 6th**- We will be talking about the artist Guiseppe Archimboldo and body parts and then creating our own work after his style. The students will need their art supplies.[[file:Guiseppe Arcimboldo.ppt]]
 * Week of September 21st**- We will be reading a book about neighborhoods and talking about maps. Then we will create our own neighborhood map using collage techniques.


 * Week of September 14th-** We will be cutting and pasting our creatures using our color papers.


 * Week of September 7th-** This will be a two-part lesson based off of Eric Carle's artwork and bugs. We will be doing paste paper paintings the first week and cutting and organizing the bugs the second week.

Week of August 31st-Self Portrait Activity with Portfolios- Students will need to have their desks cleared off to use the whole surface area ( their portfolios are quite large!)