Student Work Samples: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

CentreView Art Work

Art instruction is taught by a certified art teacher once every two weeks for one hour and ten minutes. The art teachers,
Mr. Ballato and Mrs. Czarny, work in collaboration with the classroom teacher to design instruction to integrate with other areas of the curriculum. Students explore the world of art and artists who work in that world. In addition, students have the opportunity to express their feelings and ideas and develop skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, ceramics, paper sculpture, architecture and fibers.

Art experiences focus on solving problems independently and collaboratively in creative ways. In the spring, selected students have an opportunity to display their art work in a Pyramid Art Show at Centreville High School in conjunction with Youth Art Month.

The Art program includes:

Kindergarten Students 
1. Draw using felt tip markers, oil pastels, crayons
2. Paint self-portraits
3. Print found objects
4. Stitch yarn and burlap using the running stitch
5. Make sculptures with paper and modeling clay
6. Form pinch pots

First Grade Students
1. Draw using felt tip markers, oil pastels, chalk
2. Paint portraits
3. Print evergreen leaves
4. Weave patterns
5. Make cut paper masks and architecture
6. Form pinch pots and turn them into animals

Second Grade Students
1. Draw still-life objects using felt tip markers, animals using chalk, and 
   architecture using crayons
2. Paint Native Americans
3. Print Native American homes
4. Make cut paper insects
5. Stitch butterflies using running, back, couching, French knot, and cross 
   stitches
6. Use the modeling method to make clay animals

Third Grade Students
1. Draw using felt tip markers, chalk and oil pastel
2. Paint birds
3. Print color graphs
4. Make cut paper dioramas, Matisse cut outs and 3-D portraits
5. Weave animals
6. Make slab method clay plaques

Fourth Grade Students
1. Draw with marker, pencils, and oil pastels
2. Paint flowers using cardboard palate knives
3. Gyotaku Printing
4. Make wire sculpture people
5. Make a cut paper quilt
6. Stitch a "Sampler" using 5 different stitches
7. Build a coil pot with clay

Fifth Grade Students
1. Draw profiles and make Egyptian Crayon resist
2. Paint medieval portraits
3. Print fabled creatures
4. Use yarn to weave a tapestry
5. Make cut paper monuments
6. Use the slab method to make clay castles

Sixth Grade Students
1. Draw with pencil and chalk and include Perspective
2. Form coil baskets with yarn and coiling core
3. Paint abstract faces and watercolor flowers
4. Stencil with paper and chalk
5. Make Lino print of Explorers and a Mono print
6. Make ceramic flowers