First Grade - Bugs

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   First Grade students have been closely looking at the structure of a bug. Bugs are symmetrical, meaning they are exactly the same on either side of their bodies. Bugs' bodies are composed of three parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
   
   
   In this project students were asked to...
   
   
1. Choose bug
2. Draw line of symmetry
3. Fold image on line of symmetry
4. Draw the head, thorax, and abdomen on paper in crayon. PRESS HARD!
5. Connect the drawing
6. Detail lines.
7. Add color in paint and oil pastel

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Original Works- Deerfield

Original Works

Original Works is a fundraising program that transforms each child’s artwork onto individual, quality products that could be shared with family and friends. Below is a link to the website. The money earned will return back to the Deerfield School.

 https://www.originalworks.com/about-original-works/

Students worked on the following projects:

1. Kindergarten self portraits

2. First grade- Patterned Fish

3. Second grade -  flowers

4. Third Grade- Family portraits 

4. Fourth grade - Optical Illusion or Choice

5. Fifth Grade - Choice

First Grade - Love

Love Prints

Check out these LOVEly art projects created by the first graders!

In these art projects students learned the process of printmaking. Students created a stamp using foam. With a pencil, the foam was indented creating a pattern. A pattern is a design that repeats and never changes.  Then students used a brayer to roll ink across the stamp. Once inked the stamp is pressed onto a paper. Student repeated this process several times until they successful printed four pages. Students then collaged their prints and patterned letters onto a background paper.

1st Grade- Color Science Experiment

Building upon the previous project, first grade students are again thinking about color. In this project, students predicted the results of a color experiment. Together we added vinegar to baking soda and watercolor to create fuzzy experiments. Once we observed what secondary colors appeared, students drew beakers and filled them with primary colored watercolors. Students learned a technique of watercolor that allowed for the colors to mix on the page resulting in a secondary color. Students collaged these beakers onto a background of bubbles. The students colored the bubbles primary colors. Where the bubbles bumped, the students colored in the secondary colors.

First Grade - It's Okay to be Different Self Portraits

It’s Okay to Be Different Self - Portraits!

In this project, 1^st grade students read and discussed the book It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Park. The students discussed with one another how we all are different, which makes us unique. In class the students looked at the portraits in the book. The students observed how Mr. Park illustrated the portraits using vibrant primary and secondary colors.

To create these portraits, students mixed the secondary colors from primary colors. Once the painted paper was dry, students collaged them together to create self-portraits. A self-portrait is an image that an artist creates of himself or herself.

First Grade - Rainbow Lines

In our first unit, of the school year we talked about and examined various types of lines. After reading the book Lines That Wiggle, we talked about how lines start with a dot and go for a walk. As the dot drags its feet, it makes a line. Sometimes the line is straight, and sometimes the line is bumpy. Students chose from a variety of lines and drew 5 across their page. During the second class, students looked at the order of the rainbow. In each space between the lines students painted a color of the rainbow, keeping in mind the rainbow's order. Check out how awesome they look!