Third Grade Wright Stained Glass Third Graders at Lewis Elementary School studied the beautiful stained glass windows of Frank Lloyd Wright. Each student then created his or her own window using construction paper and tissue paper. Our windows have compositions that use color and line to create symmetrical balance.	Third Grade Romare Bearden Collage After taking a field trip to a local food bank, Third graders examined the art of Romare Bearden and learned how art can positively influence people. Each child then created a Bearden-style collage to demonstrate what it would be like to not have something he or she needed and how people could help others meet their needs. Each child then wrote an artist statement to explain his or her work. Third graders hope that their work will inspire people to help others. This piece is about hunger.	Third Grade Seuss-Scapes Third graders studied the work of Dr. Seuss and explored his use of the Elements of Art- line, color, shape, value, space, and texture. Each student then created his or her own Seuss-scape with an original creature, plant, and building, and with a foreground, middleground, and background. They then used liquid watercolors to paint their masterpieces and sharpie marker to add value and texture like Dr. Seuss.
Third Grade Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls Third Graders at Lewis Elementary School learned all about Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday in which skulls made of sugar are often used in the decor. These skulls are placed on altars in honor of ancestors and family members, and are often painted in elaborate ways with symmetrical designs. Students created these skulls out of oil pastel and paper, working to create symmetry and have strong craft.	Second Grade Wayne Thiebaud Cupcakes Second Graders at Lewis Elementary School studied the work of Pop Artist Wayne Thibaud, specifically focusing on his use of tint and shade, and the relationship of light and shadow. Each student then created a cupcake with clear and logical light, shadow, and cast shadow, using oil pastel.	Second Grade Shape Collage Birds Second Graders at Lewis Elementary School learned the observational drawing skill of breaking an object into basic shapes. They then applied this to their choice of bird, collaging shapes together for a realistic representation.
Second Grade Dalek Crayon Batik Second graders studied the Illustrator Dalek, and explored composition and abstraction in this lesson while also practicing using rulers, stencils, compasses, and protractors. Each child developed an abstract composition of shapes with the goal of visual balance and geometric designs. The final compositions were colored with crayon, crumpled for texture, and then batiked with India ink.	First Grade Sunflowers First Graders studied Van Gogh's sunflower paintings, examining the texture and use of color. Each then created a sunflower painting from observation of flowers in the classroom, making sure to use many colors of orange, yellow, red, and brown to get the multicolored, textural paint just like Van Gogh.	First Grade Symbolic Cat Family First Graders studied the work of artist Laurel Burch and then created a drawing of a grouping of cats, representing their own families. Students used color, line, and pattern to symbolize personality traits, and size to denote age.
Kindergarten Textural Wild Things In an ELA integration unit, students examined the work of author and illustrator Maurice Sendak while reading the children's classic, Where the Wild Things Are. Students then created their own Wild Things while using various types of line to create texture, and working to consider the entire page.	Kindergarten Architecture Prints A printmaking assignment based on famous architectural landmarks. Students practiced observational drawing skills to draw from a photograph of a landmark of their choice, then transferred their design to a printing plate. Students then printed their plate in relief, learning about positive and negative space and image reversal. This is the Empire State Building.	Kindergarten Aurora Borealis Landscapes This cross-curricular unit introduced concepts such as depth, horizon, and the effect of light on our perception of color. Students learned about Aurora Borealis and then used plastic and texture tools to make their own sky. They then created a horizon line and trees to create depth.
Kindergarten Shape Gardens After visiting the school garden and learning about the parts of a flower, Kindergarteners created their own collaged gardens. This assignment focused on variety, refinement, and adding detail to finish a work, while also building scissor skills.