What we are studying in February

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 Here are art lessons we are working on in the Salem Hyde art room during the month of February. 






Sixth graders are creating Egyptian mummy masks in an interdisciplinary lesson connecting art with social studies.




                            
                                      

 Fourth grade students are learning about ceramic techniques through the creation of a coil vessel inspired by ancient Native American art. This lesson is connected with the fourth grade social studies curriculum.

 Second grade students are creating self-portraits as fairy tale princes and princesses. This lesson is connected to their studies of fairy tales in ELA. Students are learning about geometric shape and pattern in the creation of their crown.

 Fifth graders are creating rod puppets for Anansi stories from Africa. Students are writing their own puppet shows based on these folktales. The plays will be performed for the students of our school. This project was made possible by a grant from the Syracuse City School District Educational Foundation.

Third grade students are creating Chinese dragon collages based on illustrations from Eric Carle's book Dragons, Dragons. They are learning about primary and secondary colors through the creation of this collage.

 First graders are learning about symmetry through the creation of butterflies in watercolor. Students viewed and discussed the symmetry of                                                       butterflies in Japanese                                               prints.

Kindergarten students are learning about pattern by creating giraffe paintings. Students looked at folk paintings of animals from Tanzania. They discussed the way in which the artists depicted giraffes in their paintings.

Outer Space Drawings by Sixth Grade

Sixth Grade students studied stars as part of their science curriculum. In art class they viewed photographs from the Hubble Telescope. They used the photographs as inspiration for these outer space drawings created using chalk pastel and acrylic paint. In their drawings, students have depicted galaxies, nebulae, constellations and super novas. Some students have chosen to include planets in their pictures.

Sixth Grade Self - Portraits

                                                    

Here are some more excellent symbolic self-portraits by sixth graders inspired by the art of

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