Mrs. Buehler's K-2 Art Class

K-2 Art with Mrs. Buehler Kindergarten Curriculum Map Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Element Shape Value Color Form Artist/Masterpiece Waterlilies by Claude Monet Saguaro Painting Piet Mondrian People and Dog in the Sun By Joan Miro Icarus By Henri Matisse The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel The Banjo Lesson by Henry Tanner Tahitian Landscape with a mountain by Paul Gauguin Tuning the Samisen by Katsushika Hokusai Purple Robe with Anemones by Henri Matisse Rainforest Birds Statue of Liberty Blue Atmosphere by Helen Frankenthaler Dove of Peace by Pablo Picasso Totem Poles Eiffel Tower Mother’s Helper by Diego Rivera Lobster Trap and Fishtail By Alexander Calder First Grade Curriculum Map Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

    The art room is a buzz with all kinds of excitement. We have just finished our first art lessons and are on to learning new things. In Kindergarten, we just finished our shapes and rocket ship drawings. It was pretty neat to see how capable your students are and I am excited for them to grow in all their artistic talents. We will be learning a little bit about the artist Henri Matisse. We are going to study his "The Goldfish." We are going to recreate it and get to use tempera paint. Silent Celebration!!! A sample of our rocket ship Matisse's The Goldfish    In First Grade, we are reviewing lines and the importance of lines in art. After all, without lines we wouldn't be able to draw. We will be working on Line Lions this week. We will be adding some crazy lines to our lions' manes. We just finished our cave man drawings and had some fun getting messy in the art room. Cave Drawing    In Second Grade, we finished our Blue Willow vase

For the first few weeks of the quarter, I will be assessing everyone's ability. I like to get a good idea of where we are starting so I can see where we are going. In kindergarten, I am looking to see how your child holds a pencil, understands lines and colors, and follows directions. We will be reading Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. We will be using pre-cut shapes to create pictures. We will also be drawing a rocket ship using shapes and crayons. In First Grade, we jumped right into our Lascaux Cave drawings. I read The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein. It has stunning visuals and a fun description of what it might have been like to create the first drawing. We then created a story using pictures and images. We will be recreating an animal and finishing our project with paint and chalk pastels. In Second Grade, we are studying symmetry. The students have been drawing lines of symmetry on different shapes. We are also cutting a butterfly using symmetr