CLAY!!!!

Last week every student did CLAY In Mrs. Tice's classes!

Here are just a few examples: 

 Second grade created their own fabulous fish! 

Kindergarten Made Pinch pot bug bodies and shoe prints...

First grade made magnificent owls!

Fifth grade made a plethora of portraits, from animals to people and realistic to fantasy.

 3rd and 4th graders worked soooo hard! They worked right up until the last second so I didn't get any pictures. :(  But They made amazing animals and beautiful boxes!

We will be firing them soon! Many kids wonder...

How does firing work? And why do I have to wait so LONG!?

Here's you answer! 

Look what I just Found!

Many weeks ago 1st grade did these wonderful color wheel clown masks. It's a fun way to learn our color wheel! 

If you want to learn more about the color wheel watch this....

learn about the color wheel!

Sorry I haven't written for a while! But we've been really busy getting ready for Culture Fest!

 I thought I would share some more artworks that our students created for last week's special night!

 Japanese Cherry blossoms abounded in second grade!

 While Students from Music in Ms Twinings' 3rd grade class sang Sakura! The Japanese Cherry blossom song during our performances. 

Fifth grader's made wonderful Egyptian printmaking Hieroglyphs, with metal tooling Sarcophagi, Cartouches,  and other Egyptian Symbols. 

Kindergarten made Snow globes from around the world!

   Can you figure out 
where they are from?

 Fourth grader's from Mrs. Tices' Class made Adinkra and Kente' printing designs inspired by the work of African artist from Ghana.

Student's made a series of three prints then selected their best ones to put on display!

Third grade made fantastic Paper Molas inspired by the Kuna people of Panama.

Culture abounds at Christie!

Make sure you come up at open house and see them for yourself!

Chinese New Year 2015 Thursday, February 19

"Kung Hei Fat Choy"

It means HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year simplified Chinese: 新年快乐; traditional Chinese: 新年快樂

1st grade is celebrating Chinese New Year!

   

We were inspired by the New Years Parade in San Francisco!

 Chinese New year parade preparation

We heard how it all began with the story of Nian

  

"Kung Hei Fat Choy"

Happy MLK DAY! :)

3rd graders made some wonderful works of art in honor of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. day.

Three wonderful Mom's Mrs. Lindskey, Mrs. Rayo, Mrs. Franks and a student, Maycey helped make this display look awesome today!

 We also had 5 Students whose art works can be seen at PISD Administration Building for the next few weeks as well! They were entered in to the yearly Plano ISD Art Contest.

 PISD MLK Events

Enjoy your 3 day weekend go out and celebrate this wonderful day with family and friends!

More Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Activities 2015

CULTURE FEST MANIA!

Every year Christie Elementary has the best multicultural night in Plano!  

This year, as always, every grade level will be making something wonderful from some place in our world! There is a link for each grade level to learn about each process or artist below.

Kinder is discovering the man who made the first photo's of snow, Snowflake Bentley! We are using what have learned to create beautiful microscopic views of our own snowflakes. The beauty of snow is something that Wilson Bentley wanted to share with the world, and so do we!

Snowflake Bentley's Beautiful Snowflakes!

1st is making Chinese new year dragons or lions. We learned about a mythical beast called Nian and...

The Legend of how Chinese New Year Celebrations Began!

2nd is learning about the artist Hokusai and will be making beautiful straw painting, tissue relief cherry blossom trees.

Hokusai's famous woodcut printmaking

3rd will be designing collages inspired by the Molas of the Kuna People in Panama. Take a look at the...

Magnificent Molas!

4th graders are discovering the country of Ghana and investigating the process used to create Kente' and Adinkra two famous African textiles. Then, they will be designing creating their own printing making project inspired by what they have learned.

Kente'   Adinkra   and how it's made!

Finally 5th grade will be traveling to Egypt to discover the land of the Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies, and hieroglyphs. Every fifth grader at Christie will be making a fabulous Printmaking metal relief to go with our unit.

I want my Mummy!   hieroglyphs

Keep your eye's peeled for more to come!

POP UP CARDS!

We're down the home stretch for the Holidays!
Most students are creating POP UP Cards in Art. 

Pop ups can be created for any occasion! If you and your child would like to make more over the break, here is a cool link with a variety of pop ups you can make together!

 How to make Pop Up cards!  

For more information on the history and engineering behind pop ups, take a look at...

All about Pop ups! 

 Enjoy your Holiday See you in January! :)