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SPORTS LOGO DRAWINGS FIFTH GRADE THESE IMPRESSIVE DRAWINGS WERE MADE TO BE PART OF A CLASS COLLAGE. LOOK FOR PICTURES LATER! PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, AND 9.3

	DIOS DE LOS MUERTOS BOXES THIRD GRADE THESE INTRICATE SCULPTURES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE MEXICAN HOLIDAY.



SWAMP BIRDS FIRST GRADE THESE COLORFUL BLOTTOS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING PAINTING TECHNIQUES AND ABOUT PASTEL COLORS. PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1




	PAPIER MACHE FIGURES FOURTH GRADE THESE COOL SCULPTURES WERE DONE IN THE STYLE OF LEROY NEIMAN. DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE FIGURES? PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



GOD'S EYES THIRD GRADE THESE COLORFUL WEAVINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT WEAVING AND MEXICAN CULTURE. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4





	JELLY FISH THIRD GRADE THESE COOL JELLY FISH WERE DONE IN PREPERATION FOR AUTHOR DAVID CATROW'S VISIT. PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

MEXICAN TIN ART

FIRST GRADE

THESE COLORFUL PIECES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT MEXICAN CULTURE AND FOIL REPOUSSE.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4



		SADIE AND DAN PAINTINGS THIRD GRADE THESE COLORFUL PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT POETRY, PATTERN, AND MATISSE. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



ALPHABET FIRST GRADE THESE BOLD LETTERS WERE DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THE SPRING CONCERT. THEY ARE A PROP FOR ONE OF THE FIRST GRADE SONGS. THE FIRST GRADERS LEARNED ABOUT PAINTING AND PATTERNS IN THE PROCESS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, AND 9.2




	RED GROOMS STYLE PORTRAITS FIRST GRADE THESE DETAILED MIXED MEDIA PIECES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT RED GROOMS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
A HUGE THANK YOU TO TRISH DELLANA, JESSICA DEWITT, LAUREN BAKER AND LIZ DOMERACKI FOR HELPING US MAKE THESE!!! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!

FLOWER FAIRIES SECOND GRADE THESE ADORABLE SPRITES WERE DONE WHILE READING SEVERAL BOOKS ABOUT FAIRIES. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2



CERAMIC WATER LILIES SECOND GRADE THESE MAGNIFICENT SCULPTURES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT MONET, GIVERNY, AND IMPRESSIONISM. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4



CERAMIC TILES FIFTH GRADE THESE TILES WERE DONE AS THE FIFTH GRADE LEGACY PROJECT. THEY WILL BE MOUNTED IN "THE ART HALL OF FAME" . PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4


WILD THINGS FIRST GRADE THESE SCARY MONSTERS WERE DONE AFTER READING THE STORY "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" THESE ARE THE FIRST GRADERS VISIONS OF "WILD THINGS". PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

	SNOW PEOPLE SECOND GRADE THESE COLORFUL PEOPLE WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING DIFFERENT PRINTING AND PAINTING TECHNIQUES. PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1





RANGE ROOSTERS FOURTH GRADE THESE BEAUTIFUL WATERCOLORS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT HAWAIIAN CULTURE. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

HARING DESIGNS THIRD GRADE THESE PSYCHEDELIC DESIGNS WERE INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF KEITH HARING. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



	PEACE SIGNS FIFTH GRADE THESE COOL DRAWINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE 60'S AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

GLITTER TREES

FIRST GRADE

THESE COLORFUL PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT WARM AND COOL COLORS AND JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4



PATRIOTIC SILHOUETTES THIRD GRADE THESE STRIKING COLLAGES WERE DONE IN HONOR OF OUR SOLDIERS FOR VETERAN'S DAY. THE STUDENTS LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE SYMBOLS OF THE UNITED STATES. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2 AND 9.3


FALL TREES FIRST GRADE THESE COLORFUL PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT HARD EDGED AND SOFT EDGED PAINTERS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4


SCULPEY GECKOS FOURTH GRADE THESE AMAZING SCULPTURES SURVIVED A FIRE IN THE SCHOOL OVEN, OPEN HOUSE, AND A TRIP TO MRS. SPECTER'S HOUSE! THE STUDENTS LEARNED A VARIETY OF CERAMICS TECHNIQUES, AND LOTS OF PATIENCE!!!! PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, AND 9.3

PICASSO FACES SECOND GRADE THESE UNIQUE PORTRAITS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT PICASSO AND CUBISM. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4


FOO DOGS THIRD GRADE THESE FIERCE CERAMIC PIECES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT CHINESE FOO DOGS AND ABOUT HOW TO "MODEL" CLAY. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND, 9.4


THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF ARTWORKS DONE FOR THE "ART TO REMEMBER" FUNDRAISER. PICTURES WILL BE COMING HOME SOON. PARENTS WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN'S ARTWORK PLACED ON T-SHIRTS, NOTE CARDS, MAGNETS...

	STILL LIVES FIRST GRADE THESE INTRICATE DRAWINGS WERE INSPIRED BY VAN GOGH'S STILL LIVES. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4




REPTILES FOURTH GRADE THESE INTRICATE DRAWINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO MATCH COLORS AND PATTERNS. I THINK THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB!!! PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.3
MORE DRAWINGS FOR ART TO REMEMBER TO COME!

THESE PINWHEELS WERE DONE BY ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-5 IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY.

WHILE DOING THE PINWHEELS, THEY LEARNED ABOUT PATTERN, THE ARTIST SAMI SUNCHILD AND THE 1960'S.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4


PATTERN BIRDS FIRST GRADE THESE CUTE BIRDS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT PATTERN AND HOW TO USE PASTELS. PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1



CERAMIC HANDS FIRST GRADE THESE ADORABLE HANDS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE AND HOW TO WORK WITH CLAY. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2








TESSELATIONS THIRD GRADE THESE INTRICATE DRAWINGS WERE DONE WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT M.C. ESCHER AND TESSELATIONS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

DUBUFFET FIGURES THIRD GRADE THESE INTRICATE DRAWINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT ABSTRACT ART, DUBUFFET, AND THE ART BRUT MOVEMENT. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4


		KALEIDOSCOPE COLLAGES FOURTH GRADE THESE GORGEOUS PIECES WERE DONE AFTER READING THE STORY "DONOVAN'S JAR" AND LEARNING HOW KALEIDOSCOPES WORK. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



	PLATES FIFTH GRADE THESE COLORFUL CERAMIC PLATES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT FRANK STELLA, MINIMALISM AND UNDERGLAZES. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



	FUNKY FACES SECOND GRADE THESE HILARIOUS FACES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR DOROTHY FLEMING, COLLAGE AND PRINTMAKING. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

	PRINTED LEAVES FOURTH GRADE THESE COLORFUL LEAVES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT RELIEF PRINTING PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1


TOOTHPICK SKELETONS SECOND GRADE THESE ENTERTAINING SKELETONS WERE DONE IN CELEBRATION OF "DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS" THE STUDENTS ALSO LEARNED LOTS ABOUT ANATOMY AND PROPORTION. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2
	WISH STICKS THIRD GRADE THESE FASCINATING SCULPTURES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT WISHES AROUND THE WORLD AND DIFFERENT FIBER TECHNIQUES. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE DONE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.

CERAMIC FROGS

FOURTH GRADE

THESE ADORABLE FROGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING SOME SOPHISTICATED CERAMIC TECHNIQUES AND STUDYING IMAGES OF THE "PEACE FROGS"

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4



	STENCIL FLOWERS FIRST GRADE THESE INTRICATE RADIAL DESIGNS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND LEARNING HOW TO MAKE AND USE STENCILS. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME USING PASTELS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4






CONCRETE LEAVES FOURTH GRADE THESE AMAZING PIECES WERE DONE FOR THE SCHOOL'S BUTTERFLY GARDEN WHILE LEARNING A BRAND NEW SCULPTURE TECHNIQUE. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.3

BUTTERFLY MAGNETS

FIRST GRADE

THESE COLORFUL BUTTERFLIES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT COLOR MIXING AND ABOUT THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY IN SCIENCE CLASS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2




	CERAMIC TILES FIFTH GRADE THESE TILES ARE THE FIFTH GRADE LEGACY PROJECT. THEY WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE ART HALL OF FAME. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

BEST FRIEND PUPPETS

SECOND GRADE PUPPETS

THESE DETAILED PUPPETS WERE MADE WHILE LEARNING SOME SOCIAL SKILLS AND READING SOME WONDERFUL BOOKS ON FRIENDSHIP.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2








UNDERWATER SCENES FIFTH GRADE THESE MIXED MEDIA PIECES WERE DONE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT WIDE FIFTH GRADE ASSESSMENT (THE ART VERSION OF A PSSA) THESE PIECES USED A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIA AND SHOWCASED THE MANY SKILLS THE STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

LEAF BAG BUILDINGS

SECOND GRADE

THESE ADORABLE "COSTUMES" WERE MADE WHILE STUDYING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE IN MT. LEBANON. THEY USED THEIR HOUSE BOOKS TO DECIDE WHICH FEATURES TO USE IN THEIR BUILDING DESIGNS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2 AND 9.4

	IMPOSTERS FOURTH GRADE THESE PIECES WERE DONE CONCURRENTLY WITH THEIR FAMOUS ARTIST RESEARCH REPORTS. EACH STUDENT CHOSE AN ARTIST THEY WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, RESEARCHED THEM, DID A WRITTEN REPORT ON THEM, AND DID AN ARTWORK EMULATING THEIR STYLE. CAN YOU TELL WHAT ARTIST EACH OF THESE STUDENTS CHOSE? (HINT: ONE OF THE ARTIST'S WORKS IS SHOWN IN THE CORNER OF EACH STUDENT'S WORK.) PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4