(Second Semester, 3/2/26-5/28/26)
Third Grade Projects: 1) Cardboard Art; 2) Forest Pop-Up (instructions in Google Classroom); 3) Notan: https://www.instructables.com/Fun-with-Notan/ (but we are using scissors to cut-out); 4) Mise-En-Scene (“Setting the Stage”)
3rd Grade Digital Cartooning (above)
Fourth Grade Projects: 1) Thank-You X (collaborative mural); 2) Glimpsing Galaxies (watercolor with optical illusion); 3)Weaving; 4) Digital Mosaics (video in GC, example below)
4th Grade: Digital Mosaics, using Google Drawing (example above)
Fifth Grade Projects: 1) Graffiti Fences (Choice); 2) Clay; 3) Low Relief Art; 4) Canva Animation
5th Grade Graffiti Fence: 1) Glue down 6 1″ by 8″ popsicle sticks onto railroad board horizontally; 2) Practice doing your name in a graffiti style on sketch paper before redrawing onto the sticks; 3) Using acrylic paint, add color, but save outlining for second class. The first layer of color will soon into the wood, the second layer will strengthen the color. You cannot use markers on the wood, as it will “bleed”.
5th Grade: Canva Animation
- Two class periods project.
- Go to Canva > “Log in with Google.”
- Using stop-motion across multiple video frames to tell a story.
- Post to our Artsonia online art gallery at the end of second class.