Grand Ave. 3rd and 4th Grade Disability Unit

The third and fourth grade students at Grand Ave. have participated in activities in various classes to increase their understanding of what it is like to have a disability. In art, students watched several short films about a blind painter, a painter that uses her feet to paint and an artist that is autistic. Students then drew a picture and colored it using their feet or non-dominate hand. After working without their dominate hand we discussed the challenge of having a disability.

Grand Ave. 3rd Grade Snowmen Portraits

In the spirit of the season the 3rd grade students created snowmen portrait collages. Students started by reading Snowmen at Night by, Caralyn Buehner and then painted a snowman portrait. Then they added accessories and facial features using paper, felt, buttons and paint. We had a lot of creative snowmen!

Grand Ave. 3rd Grade Molas

Third grade students at Grand Avenue created paper molas based on the traditional molas made by the Kuna Indians from Panama. While making their molas students learned about warm and cool color families and organic and geometric shapes.

Root Vegetable Paintings - 3rd Grade Grand Ave.

Third Grade students at Grand Avenue studied root vegetables and then created wax resist paintings.

The Grand Gardens

 Quilled Dragon Fly Created by a 5th Grade Student

Quilled Flower Created by a 5th Grade Student

5th Grade Students Hard at Work

 Woven Flowers Created by 3rd Grade Students

3rd Grade Students Hard at Work

Visit all three of the Grand Gardens the next time you are at Grand Avenue. They are located inside the Library, outside the Library and in the hallway by Miss Sadie's office and the Little Theater.