“Before the winter holiday break the 3rd grade classes were working on their personal narrative storytelling and descriptive writing skills. Our writing and art project was based around important family stories- telling them in words and pictures. I showed the classes photos from a large sculpture at the Denver Art Museum that explored themes of family. Then the students thought about their own family stories- some sad, some happy- and started to write them out. Several drafts and many hours in class with their teachers their first ideas into very well written narratives. Then came time for illustration. I worked with the students to highlight an important scene from their story and turn this into an illustrated painting. The students learned different watercolor painting techniques to express their story through art. We partnered with the local Montbello Branch of the Denver Public Library and were able to display some of the best student artwork and stories there for the public to see. It was such a joy to share the students hard work in art and writing with the rest of our community.” ~Adam (Harmony Artist)
Check out their non-fiction writing brochure project.
Click here to see projects from room 110.
Click here to see projects from Ms. Jones' class.
Click to see projects from Ms. Waugh's class.
Click to see projects from Ms. Batool's class.
3rd Graders Artwork at the Montbello Library
“Before the winter holiday break the 3rd grade classes were working on their personal narrative storytelling and descriptive writing skills. Our writing and art project was based around important family stories- telling them in words and pictures. I showed the classes photos from a large sculpture at the Denver Art Museum that explored themes of family. Then the students thought about their own family stories- some sad, some happy- and started to write them out. Several drafts and many hours in class with their teachers their first ideas into very well written narratives. Then came time for illustration. I worked with the students to highlight an important scene from their story and turn this into an illustrated painting. The students learned different watercolor painting techniques to express their story through art. We partnered with the local Montbello Branch of the Denver Public Library and were able to display some of the best student artwork and stories there for the public to see. It was such a joy to share the students hard work in art and writing with the rest of our community.” ~Adam (Harmony Artist)
Check out their non-fiction writing brochure project.