Art
WHY IS ART IMPORTANT AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY?
The aim of the Highland Elementary art program is to provide a positive art experience for all students in grades K-5 through the use of a wide variety of media such as; drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, clay, and crafts. Students learn to express themselves in creative and individual ways. The visual arts program incorporates reading, writing, math, history and technology as well as integrating with what students are learning in other classrooms. Art is not just fun to do it is very important, because it develops self esteem, an appreciation of others, self expression, cooperation, and builds thinking and problem solving skills. Art provides a different way to visually communicate with one another. Creating art physically helps in the development of fine and gross motor skills along with hand-eye coordination. Projects are also designed to stimulate imagination and creativity. Students learn about themselves and their environment through careful observation.They learn to "see" like an artist!
WHAT CAN YOU SEE AND DO AT OUR WEB SITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART?
Take a look around our ART web site and have fun while you learn more about art! Explore links to sites at the SIDE of this page that include all kinds of educational art games, museum tours and more! Try your hand at some of the drawing exercises and bring your finished masterpieces to share with others in art class. Read some of the discussion blogs below and let me know your thoughts and ideas. You never know how much your imput contributes to the projects that I plan for you.
If you want to see student artwork you can click on the Artsonia picture below and you will be taken to Highland's online website. gallery. The artwork that student's create is awesome so enjoy and be sure to leave comments to encourage students.
WHAT IS ART CLASS LIKE AT HIGHLAND?
All Highland Elementary students have 45 minutes of art instruction every week. Class time may include:
Highland teachers impliment a POSITIVE based schoolwide behavior plan known as REACH. This plan allows students to learn life long skills that they will value.
Recent ActivityInstructor: Mrs. Baker
WHY IS ART IMPORTANT AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY?
The aim of the Highland Elementary art program is to provide a positive art experience for all students in grades K-5 through the use of a wide variety of media such as; drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, clay, and crafts. Students learn to express themselves in creative and individual ways. The visual arts program incorporates reading, writing, math, history and technology as well as integrating with what students are learning in other classrooms. Art is not just fun to do it is very important, because it develops self esteem, an appreciation of others, self expression, cooperation, and builds thinking and problem solving skills. Art provides a different way to visually communicate with one another. Creating art physically helps in the development of fine and gross motor skills along with hand-eye coordination. Projects are also designed to stimulate imagination and creativity. Students learn about themselves and their environment through careful observation.They learn to "see" like an artist!
WHAT CAN YOU SEE AND DO AT OUR WEB SITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART?
Take a look around our ART web site and have fun while you learn more about art! Explore links to sites at the SIDE of this page that include all kinds of educational art games, museum tours and more! Try your hand at some of the drawing exercises and bring your finished masterpieces to share with others in art class. Read some of the discussion blogs below and let me know your thoughts and ideas. You never know how much your imput contributes to the projects that I plan for you.
If you want to see student artwork you can click on the Artsonia picture below and you will be taken to Highland's online website. gallery. The artwork that student's create is awesome so enjoy and be sure to leave comments to encourage students.
WHAT IS ART CLASS LIKE AT HIGHLAND?
All Highland Elementary students have 45 minutes of art instruction every week. Class time may include:
Art Learning Time:
- where we learn about various artists,their art and unique cultures that produce art. We do this through books, observation, discussion and visual educational presentations using technology.
Art Making Time:
- where student artists get to apply what they have learned to a piece of their own own art work.
Art Reflection Time:
- which is time where student artists get to critique and appreciate what they and others have created. Students always learn from seeing how someone else completed the same task.
Highland teachers impliment a POSITIVE based schoolwide behavior plan known as REACH. This plan allows students to learn life long skills that they will value.
Highland Hawks REACH goals by using...
RESPECT for self and others. Also for school property and tools that are used in art class.
EFFORT follow procedures and do your best!
ACCOUNTABILITY Participate, problem solve and do your job.
CONTROL over all actions.
HONESTY at all times.
Art Schedule
Class Announcements  Class Crayon AwardsStudents work together to achieve class crayon awards each week in art. This can be done by following all class and school REACH rules. Students are encouraged to always have a positive attitude and act like Hawks! After a class recieves ten paper crayons they get a day in art where they each can choose what they would like to create.This allows students the perfect opportunity to work on special projects, try new things and learn individually. Many students enjoy looking through the many "How to draw" books that are provided or they enjoy creating collaborative artwork with one another. It's just FUN to be CREATIVE!!!
 WANT TO SEE STUDENT ARTWORK ON THE WEB? Click on the Art Sonia logo above to see student artwork! Check back often as they finish other projects. You can find PAST year's artwork in separate portfolio folders. It's still there to enjoy and will remain in each student's own personal web portfolio For new students at Highland Elementary that would like to sign up to have their artwork posted, you will need to have your parent fill out a parental-permission form and return the form to Art. The form can be found below in the class file section of this page if you would like to go ahead and print and fill it out ahead of time. Then you'll be able to enjoy seeing all your masterpieces online!  Get caught being a HAWK!We are proud to be the Highland Hawks and our school colors are yellow red blue green the same colors we have in our hallways and throughout the school.Go Highland Hawks! |
Class Links  A Lifetime of ColorA great web site filled with educational drawing activities and games to learn more about art and artists. Enjoy and remember learning something new is always FUN! Art History for KidsBe an Art Detective and look for clues as you travel to some of the major museums of the world. Search for famous art works and learn about the artists who created them to enhance your learning of art history. Art PadPaint and create art as unique as you are. Print it out and bring it to art class for everyone to see. Artists Helping ChildrenLearn to draw what you see with these drawing lessons, beginning with the first steps in drawing through to developing technique. KaleidoDraw This is a cool website from Protozone that allows you to create beautiful Kaieidoscope designs that uses six fold symmetry, both mirror and rotational. See what you can come up with and have fun creating!!!! |
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