Fourth Grade Color Wheel

This is by far one of my favorite projects to do with my fourth grade students. We start by learning all about the color wheel: primary colors, secondary colors, intermediate colors and how to mix them all. Then, we make our own color wheel with... FROSTING! The students love it! I give the students some yellow, blue and red frosting and they mix the other colors of the color wheel. They spread each color on a vanilla wafer and make a color wheel. The kids have fun and learn a lot, and I get to eat the extra cookies :)

First Grade Texture Collage

First graders have been learning all about texture. Texture is the way something feels. It may be smooth or rough, bumpy or flat, scratchy or soft. We used our knowledge of texture to create sheets of paper that had textures on them. From those sheets we created beautiful ocean collages. I love the way these turned out. Way to go first graders!

1st Grade Hearts

Aren't these fun? The first graders learned about cutting hearts out of paper and then used chalk to make these great projects. We're all ready for Valentine's Day!

4th Grade Rhythm and Movement Projects

These are some of my favorite projects the 4th graders make. They are so bright and beautiful! We used our knowledge of Rhythm and movement to create the back ground and our knowlegde of proportion to make the figures. Way to go 4th grade!

2nd Grade Jim Dine Hearts

The artist Jim Dine LOVED hearts. He did many paintings using hearts as this theme. We drew inspiration from Jim Dine and the color wheel as we made these hearts. The students had to incorporate all the primary and secondary colors in their artwork. Can you name all six colors?