3rd graders are busy weaving this week. Instead of a traditional loom, they are using sturdy paper plates to weave a tree. Landscapes were painted behind the tree and they are using multi-colored yard to reflect a season for each tree.
For the last few weeks, the 4th and 5th graders have been working with clay. The 5th graders are in the final step of creating face tiles. The used 4 tiles to make eyes, a nose and a mouth. This week we are glazing them and wiring them together. These funny faces will hang on the trees that surround Mt. Bethel as an installation art piece! Stay tuned for more pictures of these faces when they are installed.
4th grade has been working on clay birds. Look for them in the hallways next week. Each one is more beautiful than the next! They used bright glazes and adorned them with feathers, wire, raffia, sticks and beads.
2nd grade just started paper weaving. This project incorporates math, measuring and learning how to use a ruler. Weaving with paper is great practice before weaving with yarn.
This week the 1st graders are studying Claude Monet and his famous lily pond paintings. They used watercolors and acrylic paint to create mystical ponds with Impressionistic flair. Next week we will create bridges in our landscape.
2nd grade has been working on Winter Bird and Birch tree collages. We studied the beautiful bark of a birch tree and looked at winter birds in their habitats. Painted paper was used to make the colorful birds.
Kindergarten has been observing fish bowls and drawing from life. They did contour line drawings of fish using markers (no erasing!) and added a layer of tissue paper for water.