Beauvoir Projects

Fourth Term

March 22-26           Portraits - Frida Kahlo - Mexico

April 12-16              Mexico Tree of Life - symmetry

                                4th grade clay cups

April 26-30               Cartooning

                                 4th grade - paint cups

May 10-14                Pop-up Cards

Third Term

 Jan. 11-15        k -2nd                             Chinese Tiger Hats

                           3rd-5^th                            Radial Weaving

 Jan. 25-29        k - 5th             Biloxi My Home Town Paintings

 Feb. 8-12         k-5                                   Clementine Hunter – LA Folk Artist

                                                                  Black History Month Artist  (class quilts)

 Feb. 22-26       k-4                                   complete projects

                                                        I Can Fly : Kids and Creativity DVD (Faith Ringgold/Jacob Lawerence)

                        5^th                                    Clay- sealife or cups

 March 8-12      k-4                    Facial Proportions - drawing lesson                                  

                        5^th                    Clay – complete project

Second Nine Weeks

October 13-16: People in Action Paintings

                        "Color the Coast Healthy" WLOX contest

October 26-30: People in Action Collage Puppets - Pablo Picasso

                        "Red Ribbon Week" - "Team up Against Drugs - Drug Free Picasso and Me

                        3rd grade - clay turkeys

November 9-13: Native American Art

                            4th & 5th grade weaving

                            3rd grade clay turkeys - complete project

                            k-2 grade  Raven (Native American Legends)

November 30-December 4: Native American Art

                            4th & 5th grade  weaving

                            k-3  The Legend of Indian Paintbrush

December 14-18: Pretty Patterned Partridge

                            4th &5th continue weaving

First Nine Weeks

August 5-7: Art Studio Introduction

August 17-21: "Take a Dot on a Walk" with Paul Klee

August 31-Sept. 4:  "Visit the Lascaux Cave" of France

                                www.lascaux.culture.fr (virtual tour of cave)

Sept. 14- 18:  "Phases of the Moon" inspired by Eric Carle's Papa, Please get the Moon

Sept. 28-Oct. 2: "Ocean Life Paintings" - 3rd-5th may enter Marine Education Calendar Contest (see parent info for permission form)