Alma Thomas inspired rainbow paintings by 1st Grade

1st graders learned about Alma Thomas last week.  We first painted our papers with watercolor paints starting with a red circle in the middle.  We then painted around the circle using the colors of the rainbow. Alma Thomas was an artist from Georgia who loved to use bright colors in her art work.  Her paintings often looked like mosaics from the way she placed the paint on the canvas so the finial step we did to our paper was to add pieces of construction paper over the paint to complete our pictures. They did a great job! 

  

A Visit From Mr. Richard

Mr. Richard Gnann, author of the children's book Dreaming of the Redcoat Band visited Art and Music classes today.   Mr. Richard is also a singer/songwriter and performs children's shows all around Georgia.  Check the summer schedule at the Winder, Auburn, or Statham Library to see when Mr. Richard will be there!

Visit Mr. Richard's Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/mrrichardoriginalkidsongs

We are back on the blogging wagon!  Here are some pictures to get you up to date on what has been happening in Art, Music and PE at KES...

3rd grade students are working on the color wheel.

4th Grade students performed Elfis Goes West With Lewis and Clark

Rhythm and Bones

Our 4th Graders playing a "bone" passing game while singing the African American Spiritual
"Dry Bones Come  Skipping".

Our 2nd Graders composed their own rhythms, using quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests.

Pinwheels for Peace

We celebrated the International Day of Peace in September.  Every student made a pinwheel and placed it in front of the school     .  There were over 800 pinwheels!

SNOW!

Using food coloring and a snowy canvas, our 1st and 5th graders mixed primary colors to create secondary colors.

A visit from Mr. Richard

Recently, our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders were surprised with a visit from local musician/author Richard Gnann.  Mr. Richard shared many songs with us.  Some of the favorites were "If You're Happy and You Know It" (complete with crowd participation and props), and his original, silly song about his brand new shoes.  "Zip, zip, zip...weeeee!"

  

Mr. Richard also shared his book, "Dreaming of the Redcoat Band", and left us an autographed copy for the library.   Thanks to Mr. Richard for the visit, and we hope to see him again soon.  For more information on "Dreaming of the Redcoat Band" (a book every Dawg fan should own), visit his website:  http://dreamingoftheredcoatband.webs.com/