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    • 2nd Grade & Robert Frost

K-5th Grade Arts Infusion





Elementary scholars explore subjects such as language arts and math.  View exciting arts activities, just click on the following link: 
K-5th Grades

5th Grade scholars learned about classic Renaissance-style portraits and the use of math to aid in realism.  They used a grid technique to enlarge a high-contrast self-portrait photo.  The drawings were painted using only black, white and gray.  Below is an example of the artwork created by a 5th Grade scholar:
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5th Grade Grid Transfer using photo of scholar

K-5 Visual & Performing Arts Activities in Previous Years: 
click on the drop-down menu for Inaugural Year and choose 2nd Grade Arts Infusion or 3rd Grade Mr. Popper's Penguins!
Mrs. Jensen collaborated with the K-5th grade teachers through standards-based Visual Arts and Theatre activities that reinforce or introduce content standards from other subjects, including language arts, math, social studies and science.
2nd Grade Scholars Explore a Classic Through Arts

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2nd Grade scholars examined in class Robert Frost's classic poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."  They then met in the Theatre, Dance room to discover the tools actors use to express ideas, using their bodies to portray animals, trees and snow.  A favorite Theatre activity was to create the scene (sounds, images) they imagined for Robert Frost's poem.  Several lively Theatre games warmed up the young actors.

Another day, scholars were invited to the Visual Arts studio (see photos).  They discussed how artists create the illusion of space: overlapping, relative size (smaller in the distance), and placement (foreground, middle ground and background).  Drawings were created on the large paper covering each table.  Scholars then covered a card with oil pastel and, using a transfer printmaking technique, covered the card with another paper, drew on the back of the card and discovered a delightful image that appears on the back of the paper!

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