Primary Art Class
Teacher Expectations
Children will be expected to:
1. Listen to and follow directions
2. Follow art room procedures
3. Complete assigned project to assess skills learned
Fourth Quarter Skills
Kindergarten children will be doing a lot of hands-on-activities and
learning about themselves and their world using line, form, shape, color and texture. They will
continue to develop cutting, pasting, and painting skills motivated by animal and pet themes.
They will be painting Japanese blossoms and doing some painting of spring.
First Graders will create art based on imagination, sensory awareness, and
visual recall. They will look at artworks by Matisse, Monet, and Van Gogh. They will be painting a
bowl of flowers and butterflies. They will have practice drawing things of spring.
Second Graders will continue to identify colors in their environment and in works of
art. They will continue learning design as a process of planning visual qualities to create a mood and
express their ideas. They will respond to a variety of art works and explore cultural heritage through
art. They'll begin with a unit on the circus and paint clowns.
Intermediate Art Program
Teacher Expertations:
1. Come prepared (with sketchbook).
2. Listen to and follow directions
3. Make good use of allotted class time
4. Meet scheduled project deadlines
5. Cooperate in clean up duties
The intermediate level discipline plan is used in art class. Grades are
based on completed projects
and achieving teacher expectations listed above.
Concepts covered in the Fourth Quarter:
At all levels I aim to motivate children to enjoy art as a never ending, forever rewarding adventure.
Art fundamentals (elements and principles of design) are taught sequentially, purposefully, and
fundamentally.
Third graders will respond to a variety of art works and especially those of El Greco and Raphael.
They will be studying architecture and focusing on cityscapes with an emphasis on skyscrapers.
Fourth graders will be working with the elements of design: line, shape, form, texture, value,
color. They will be working with fibers with a focus on felt and will begin with pillow pals.
They will log ideas and techniques in their sketchbooks. Look for their work in the halls and gold
room.
Fifth Graders will be completing their Andy Warhol projects and then their design birds. Time will be
given to paper strip self portraits. Look for their work in the Gold Room and the halls.
Middle School Art
Teacher Expectations
1. Come prepared (Have sketchbook, assignment)
2. Listen to and follow directions
3. Respect and take care of materials and school property
4. Meet scheduled project deadlines
5. Cooperate and participate in group work and cleanup duties
The middle school discipline plan is used in art class. Grades are based on
completed porjects and achieving teacher expectations listed above
Concepts covered in the Fourth Quarter: The process of learning includes teaching
art skills and concepts through thematic units of study. These units will take students through a
process of perceiving and critiquing fine art images from cultures around the world.
From drawing and painting to architecture and graphic design, we will interweave studio production
with narrative lessons on the elements and principles of design We will take inspiration from
masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Holbein, Van Eyck, Durer, El Greco, and Peter Brueghel.
Sixth Graders are beginning to learn to do charcoal drawing. They will focus on still life drawings.
A study of architecture will lead them into designing skyscrapers and the reasons they came about.
They will log notes, ideas and techniques in their sketchbooks.
Seventh Graders are working with the principles of of organization: balance, harmony, repetition,
unity and pattern. They will continue to strengthen their drawing skills both in and out of class.
They will create logos by design as they discuss graphic design .
Eighth graders will review the elements of a good composition as they are challenged to enlarge the
subject and use the Rule of Thumb dividing the composition into a tic-tac-toe grid. Students learn
that where the lines intersect is a terrific place to create a point or points of emphasis. Drawings
will be outlined in black glue and finished off with watercolor. They will be inspired by Raphael,
Michelangelo, Hans Holbein, and El Greco. They will log and and keep ideas in their sketchbooks.
Look for their drawings in the halls and Gold Room.
