Art with Mrs. O'Neill

 I tried this GREAT Dream Catcher art Lesson I saw on: http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2016/03/dream-catchers.html Thank you to the Smart Art Class Blog for the inspiration! I had to share the results I got with my students on this project. We didn't have compasses so students used various sized circles to trace and make their circles. We traced with sharpie, colored in chosen areas with construction paper crayons and then dripped liquid watercolor over a wet paper. Some students chose to sprinkle salt for the additional effect it creates.

This year we have been working hard on a new garden project at our school. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of work, but totally worth it. We had the local newspaper come out and do an article about our project. Here is a link to the article and a little more about what we have done with our project: http://clarksvillenow.com/local/rossview-elementary-growing-carton2garden/     The carton2garden project at Rossview Elementary School   is the best of teaching STEM, using science, technology, math, and engineering lessons as well as the incorporation of health and nutrition, and sustainability practices. Our students are learning what it is to plant something from a seed, grow and take care, nurture it, and see it come to life to make a plant that they can actually harvest. This garden is something very special to our school that we want to use every year for our students to enjoy. Our garden is all STEM based and it has taught our students how importa...

In May we always have our annual school art show. This year we did continents as a theme and each grade level studied about different cultures and their art. Art club made hot air balloons out of paper mache and had toilet paper food sculptures. So, we turned the art room into a cafe! Here are some pictures of our fabulous art show! Toilet paper food! Kindergarten projects were aboriginal dot paintings, masks, and x-ray baramunda fish