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 Email:  Mrs. K. Tate

    Welcome to art class! Below is a brief overview of what we do in art for each grade level. I have created many exciting projects to share with your children pertaining to our art curriculum. Sit back and take a look, but most importantly enjoy the projects that come home!

Kindergarten

1. Motor Skills-cutting and pasting

2. Begin learning elements and principles of design (Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Pattern)

3. Explore different cultures and history related to art (Art related to China, Folk Art)

4. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Printmaking, Expressionism, Pottery, Collage, Symmetry, Jackson Pollock, Pointillism)

5. Explore different mediums and technique

First Grade

1. Enhance motor skills by cutting more difficult shapes

2. Introduction to positive and negative space

3. Utilize elements and principles of design (Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Pattern) and become more aware of them in different pieces of artwork  

4. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Expressionism, Batik, Grandma Moses, Van Gogh, Symmetry, Relief Sculpture, Wassily Kandinsky)

5. Explore different cultures and history related to art (Native American art, Art related to Mexico, Symbols related to the U.S.)

6. Enhance ability to use different mediums and technique

 Second Grade

1. Utilize positive and negative space

2. Utilize elements and principles of design (Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Pattern) and become aware of them in different pieces of artwork  

3. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Surrealism, Still life, Self Portraits, Symmetry)

4.  Explore different cultures and history related to art (Art related to Africa, Native American pieces of artwork, Japanese pieces of artwork )

5. Explore 3D sculpture and perspective

6. Dinosaur , Native American and butterfly projects related to second grade curriculum

7. Advance in the use of different mediums and technique

 Third Grade

1. Apply positive and negative space to all artworks to create balance

2. Utilize elements and principles of design (Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Pattern, Balance, Repetition) and become aware of them in different pieces of artwork

3. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Grandma Moses, M.C. Escher, Norman Rockwell, Still Life, Narratives, Surrealism vs. Realism, Impressionism, Landscapes)

4. Explore different cultures and history related to art (Aboriginal Patterns,  Japanese art)

5. Create art projects using mixed media related to Earth, Sun and Moon-Third grade curriculum

6. Explore 3D sculpture and perspective

7. Advance in use of different mediums and technique

 Fourth Grade

1. Apply positive and negative space to create balance in all works of art

2. Utilize elements and principles of design (Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Pattern, Balance, Repetition, Rhythm/Movement and Value) and become aware of them in different pieces of artwork.

3. Explore different cultures and history related to art (Native American, Egyptian Art, Cave Paintings, Renaissance Art, Societal Values in Different Areas of the World, Art from Diverse Cultures, Narratives)

4. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Drawing exercises, Egyptian Art, W. Homer, Leonardo Da Vinci, Andy Warhol)

5. Art terminology improved while verbal and written critiquing applied.

6. Advance in use of different mediums and technique

 Fifth Grade

1. Apply elements and principles of design

2. Critique

3. Explore different artists, art and art styles (Calligraphy, Sculpture, Careers in Art, Perspective Drawings, Medieval art, Expressionism, Impressionism, 3D Sculpture, Structural Arrangement, Graphic Design, Functional vs. Aesthetic, Realism, Abstract, Nonobjective, Symmetrical vs. Asymmetrical)

4. Advance in use of different mediums and technique

 Sixth Grade

1. Apply all previous information learned on

   1. Elements and Principles of Design

   2. Art, Artists and Art Styles

   3. Mediums and Technique

2. Use this information toward different projects to be completed throughout the year

   1. Portraits

   2. Clay Projects

   3. Computer Projects

   4. Color Projects

   5. Graffiti “Tag” Projects

    Critiques will be held periodically. 

    My goal for the sixth grade is to help them develop their own projects using previously learned information while incorporating their own interests. I will be circulating around to each student helping them with different skills.