Grade+4

Students study the element of shape while they learn about cultural art used in the Hispanic festival of El Dia de los Muertos. Students learn about perspective as they create dancing skeletons in a landscape that contains a foreground and a background.
 * Week 10/17-10/21**

Students study the element of shape. Students learn about origami, the art of paper folding.
 * Week 10/10/10/14**

Students study the element of color. Students create name color wheels while reviewing primary and secondary colors, and how to divide a page into quadrants using a ruler.
 * Weeks 9/19-10/7**

Students study the element of wire. Students create wire contour sculptures in the style of Alexander Calder.
 * Week 9/12-9/16**

The first project of the school year -- while we learn and practice the art room rules and procedures -- is to create a //mandala//. Our mandalas contain //symbols// that show what the Gateway Lab School stands for. There is also a symbol that shows what qualities we bring to the school as individuals. The 4th Grade will begin the year reviewing the element of **LINE**.
 * Week 9/6-9/19**