In the Art room this week, Pre-K and Kinder read the award-winning children's book "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister and then created rainbow fishes of their own with paper plates, collage and paint.
2nd grade worked on Freedom Quilts for Black History Month and 3rd grade learned about migration through the works of African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.
2B had a special class this week. They learned about recycling and creating their own paper in a half-day workshop given by visiting artists from the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center. Photo above.
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El Pez Arco Iris y papel hecho en casa
Esta semana en la sala de Arte, los estudiantes de Pre-Kinder y Kinder leyeron el libro infantil "El Pez Arco Iris" del autor Marcus Pfister, y luego crearon sus propios peces arco iris con platos de papel, colage y pintura.
Los estudiantes de 2do grado trabajaron con las Mantas de la Libertad para el Mes de Historia Negra, y los de 3er grado aprendieron sobre la migración a través de la obra de Jacob Lawrence.
Los estudiantes de 2B tuvieron una clase especial esta semana: aprendieron cómo hacer papel en un taller de medio día con artistas que vinieron del Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center (foto arriba).
Fiona Murphy is an Irish artist who has lived in Italy and Cuba. She is the art teacher at Oyster Bilingual School in Washington D.C. Visit her website.