• KINDERGARTEN
    Artist Unit: Georgia O'Keefe & Wassily Kandinsky
    Multiculture Unit: Native American Art
    • Introduction to lines, shapes, patterns & color
    • Introduction of primary and secondary colors
    • Introduction to paint, clay, sculpture and paper weaving
    • Students will learn use and maintain art tools & materials
    FIRST GRADE
    Artist Unit: Henri Matisse
    Multicultural Unit: Art of Asian Cultures
    • Review of creating lines & shapes
    • Pattern making
    • The color wheel
    • Exploration of paint, clay, basic sculpture & weaving
    SECOND GRADE
    Artist Unit: Vincent van Gogh
    Multicultural Unit: Art of Middle Eastern Cultures
    • Symmetry, line & movement
    • Brush stroke variety
    • Mixing gray and color values
    • Stencil printing
    • Additive clay forms & adding textures
    • Introduction to loom weaving
    THIRD GRADE
    Artist Unit: Claude Monet
    Multicultural Unit: Art of Central and South America
    • Introduction to landscapes
    • Painting conveying time of day and weather
    • Relief printmaking
    • Loom weaving
    • Identifying common themes, symbols and styles in art
    FOURTH GRADE
    Artist Unit: Pablo Picasso
    Multicultural Unit: African Art
    • Drawing the human form in correct proportions
    • Using color and application of media to express ideas & feelings
    • Creating movement in 2D and 3D art
    • Reviewing styles of art & explore the meaning of selected works
    FIFTH GRADE
    Artist Unit: Alexander Calder, M.C. Escher & Maria Martinez
    Multicultural Unit: Native American Art
    • Illusion of space (perspective drawing)
    • Shading and creating depth in drawings
    • Creating three dimensional sculptures and clay figures
    • Computer Art
    • Composition
    • Abstraction