Feisty Fifth Graders~ Annual Mask Project

Before the end of the year I need to show off the most incredible masks my 5th graders finished up. I do this project every year with fifth grade. They're allowed to choose whoever they like for their mask and this year they simply stunned me with their ideas and how they were able to make them work!

They started with the mold above and a ton of plaster wrap

 and ended up with these!

 Snowman

 Pippi

 Avatar

 These clever girls turn their masks sideways to make Cookie Monster and Oscar!

 Capt. Jack

 Cirque du Soleil

 Jesse from Toy Story

Miss Jada

Stepping Back in Time

Check out grade level links to the left to see what your child has been working on. Look for those projects coming home soon! I am so excited to begin my Ancient Egyptian theme here at Eagle View! Every year I choose a theme to be taught school wide from kindergarten to fifth. It allows us to explore art concepts, world cultures and historic periods more in depth instead of just grazing the surface with each artwork we do. Little did I know when I planned for Egypt back in the summer that it would be such perfect timing! The King Tut Exhibit just arrived at the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul only a few weeks ago and will be here until September 5! What a once in a lifetime experience to go see Tut's treasures from 3,000 years ago!

More importantly we will learn how art today has been influenced by an ancient civilization from long ago.

Ancient Egypt Rocks!

{Most slides above were viewed during class}

So far, since beginning our Ancient Egyptian Unit, 51!! Eagle View students have visited the exhibition! I hope that number will reach 50 or more by the end of this school year! Kinders through fifth for the next two months will be learning about the Nile River, Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the mummies, the Pharaohs and much more. By the time we're finished we will know what they ate, what they wore, how they worked, and even what kinds of games they played!

Spectacular Second Graders~ Winter Forests

Second graders practiced drawing and painting objects near and objects far away. We talked about how colors look faded the further away they are as they demonstrated with their trees. They loved how "real" they looked compared to how they were used to drawing before. They had no clue they were entering the realm of perspective.... oooh-ahhhh:)

 JOSIE

ARYANA

JILLIAN

 TYLER