Art with Mrs. O'Neill

Our school has a tradition of celebrating the International Day of Peace with our annual pinwheels for peace ceremony. It is always a big hit and a great way to remind students to be peacemakers on a daily basis. I use the pinwheel lesson to teach using symbols in art to show meaning. We talk about the many different symbols that are used to express peace and also symbols from other cultures.The music teacher leads our students in song and sign language and we plant our pinwheels in front of the school for the day. Here are the pictures from this years event.

Every year we celebrate the International Day of Peace (September 21st) by creating an art installation of pinwheels in front of our school. Every student creates a pinwheel. Our wonderful PTO helps students assemble them and our music teacher works with students to learn a song of peace and sign language. It is a great event and our school district made a video this year. Here are some of the pictures and the link to the video. http://cmcssfocus.net/2015/09/23/pinwheels-for-peace-at-rossview/

Here are some close up pictures of some of the writing the kids have done for our bulletin board. They have a lot of wise words to share that the world can learn a lot from! 

Students are working hard on their pinwheels for peace & other peace day projects. One of the activities the students are enjoying is this interactive bulletin board. Students are writing on a post it note what peace means to them & then placing it on our bulletin board. They have had some great responses! 

There are so many pictures from our art show, I just have to keep posting! 2nd Grade work Chalk Pastel Pumpkin with Glue outline on black paper Beautifully done! This project was a combination of Picasso and Matisse- Based on the book "When Pigasso met Mootisse" More 2nd Grade art work 3rd Grade artwork of Peacocks, Trees in Charcoal and tempera, Van Goghs chair, and our Tints & Shades Icecreams Wayne Theibaud cakes from 1st & 2nd Graders Love the craftmanship in this students work! 3rd Grade Op art, perspective drawing, Van Gogh chairs, and Tints & shades icecream 4th Grade Landscapes and Geometric art