Even though the school year is winding down, we are still recognizing students who create outstanding pieces. Three of our Georgetown Elementary students have had their artwork selected for display in our Administration Building for the 2012-13 school year. I’ve heard that the arrival of new student artwork each year at the Administration Building creates [...]
Continue Reading Add comment May 24, 2012
Georgetown’s 5th grade artists are completing this beautiful project – and I’m liking it! As the school year winds down, I look for ways to use up opened materials and odd-shaped leftover paper, AND ways to keep my antsy summer-break-ready students engaged. The Blob Project worked beautifully! First we used up some old watercolors, creating [...]
Continue Reading 4 comments May 20, 2012
Fourth Grade artists are finishing up their “Split Face Portrait” project this week. We looked at the work of American Artist Mary Cassatt, who painted many portraits of her young nieces and nephew. Of course then we HAD to draw our own portraits! Cassatt’s “Mother and Child” There was a little groaning in the art [...]
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My third grade artists recently wrapped up this neat project that tied in to our study of Middle Eastern Culture. I took their profile photos and printed them in black and white, and after discussing King Tut and Queen Nefertiti and looking at Egyptian hieroglyphs, they were ready to work! [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments May 16, 2012
We’re adding a new twist to Georgetown’s 2012 Just Write Week – art AND writing! Just Write is a huge celebration of our year long work in writing, with student and staff stories covering every bit of space in our hallways and classrooms. This year, we’re featuring artwork and poems in our multi-purpose room the [...]
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The Georgetown teachers have been enjoying teacher appreciation week, all thanks to our FAB Parent Club! We’ve had a scrumptious Monday Breakfast Buffet, Tuesday Coffee Bar, Wednesday Fancy Cookies and Flowers, and today, this fun springy goodie bucket. (Loving the Target Gift Card too!). Looking forward to our final treat – lunch on Friday! THANK [...]
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Artsonia is the worlds largest kids’ art museum….and Georgetown Elementary is now featuring our student artwork in the Artsonia On-Line Museum. You can visit our Georgetown Art Displays here. Parents – your students will be bringing home a paper this week with special information about the Artsonia Student Art Museum, including the code and security [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments May 8, 2012
My first grade artists are finishing up a special Mother’s Day project. They are so excited to sneak their artwork home and hide it until May 13th! We began by looking at the art of the great American artist Norman Rockwell, learning that Rockwell often told a humorous story through his art. First Graders created [...]
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My awesome 5th grade artists have really been enjoying creating these Chinese Dragons. I gave them lots of resources and pictures to look at as they drew……and the results are amazing. I love the way they interpreted their dragons – from realistic to cartoon ideas…and the fun backgrounds too! [...]
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First graders have been learning about architecture. We looked at lots of interesting buildings and talked about why homes in other parts of the world look different. My smart first graders figured out that the available building materials can determine how the architecture looks, such as igloos in cold northern countries and structures made of [...]
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