Flanders Elementary School has grade three through five. 

• Mrs. Ducharme teaches at both Flanders and St. Joe’s.
• Each class visits the art room once a cycle for 45 minutes to work on basic art skills and developing an appreciation for the artist, history and culture, of other countries.
• One piece of each student’s artwork will be saved in their permanent portfolio each school year and given back to them at their fifth grade awards assembly.
• The art work that will be chosen is a self-portrait and hand print
• The aim of the portfolios is to give each child an overview of their artistic growth though their elementary years. The parents and students really enjoy looking at their son/daughter’s portfolio.

Grade 3

• Starting in the fall we will begin portfolio design and draw our self-portraits.
• Then we continue learning about color theory with our color wheel design project.
• In the winter months, we work on stitchery and a mask unit, dealing with different cultures.
• We finish up the year with a printing unit. 
• Throughout the year the students will work on a color workbook to help reinforce the color theory.

 

Grade 4

• In the fall the students start exploring sculpture by making a papier-mâché crayfish.
• Then the students will explore the world of fiber art through  a weaving unit which they will create a paper weaving and a yarn weaving. 
• In the spring, they move on to a self-portrait. 
• Students will be working on their color workbook throughout the year.

 

Grade 5

• In the fall the students will start working on the self-portrait.
• The next project is the 3-View project dealing with time and motion. The students really enjoy creating these unique pictures with three different scenes.
• In the winter, the students will start on the mask unit.
• In the spring we will do a kite project, which teaches that art can be both functional and fun!
• This project has Art and Physical Education working together.  The students design and build the kite in the art room. Then the students fly the kites in Physical Education class.
• The students finish up the year with the color theory unit.
• Throughout the year, the students will work on their color workbook and pages that match the lesson in progress.