Williamsfield School District #210

Curriculum Map 2007-2008

Ren, Cathy / Art / Third Grade / Elementary School

Month

Content

September

Warm color design straight lines brush control
Warm color design using different media, tempera, color chalk, crayon and cola
Fold and cut shapes form secondary colors

October

Fold and cut pumpkins, add crayon grow lines, then cut color paper for stem and pumpkin face
Draw the human body form, then add the Halloween costumes

November

A landscape drawing of animals getting ready for winter fill the paper in crayon
Positive and negative turkey where the students fold and cut paper to fill both sides of a large paper using all the cut pieces to complete the design
Crayon design a turkey from circles then cut color paper scrapes to finish the design

December

The students make worry raddles in clay form two pinch pots; the finish project look like Santas elves
Christmas wreaths from folding and cutting paper, then add a looped bow
Glaze the clay project

January

Crayon drawing of winter fern
Cool color circle design.  The table group picks the background cool color.  Brush control project

February

The making of many hearts by folding and cutting paper
Stitching design, tying knots and working on loop netting with large needle and yarn

March

Paper weaving wind socks, 3 color repeat, then 3 D construction to make a wind sock to hang up
A crayon drawing landscape with color paper scrape easter eggs in space- foreground, middleground, and background
Art history cave drawings- charcoal on brown paper

April

Easter bunny design by tracing circles placed on colored paper finish design with crayon and colored paper
Spring flower design in watercolor
Art tool test

May

Spring trees and landscape with tempra paint
Lunch sack houses 3-D construction color paper scrapes and markers
Modern art history- Piet Mondrain crayon design of New York City