Curriculum Related Art Projects

MONTH

CURRICULUM TOPIC

ART PROJECT

SEPT

Apples

OCT

Scarecrows

Pumpkins

Spiders

Leaf clay project

NOV

Mayflower

Pilgrims

DEC

Gingerbread Men

JAN

Snowmen

FEB

Presidents

MAR

Spring

APR

Kites

MAY

Flowers/seeds

JUN

MONTH

CURRICULUM TOPIC

ART PROJECT

SEPT

Friendship

OCT

Ocean life & water

Starfish clay project

NOV

Nutrition

DEC

Fairy Tales

Gingerbread Man

Cinderella

Red Riding Hood

Jack and the Beanstalk

Three Little Bears

Gingerbread houses (teacher project with graham crackers)

JAN

Fairy Tales

FEB

Balls & romps

MAR

Magnets

APR

Plants

MAY

Insects & butterflies

JUN

Flight

MONTH

CURRICULUM TOPIC

ART PROJECT

SEPT/OCT

Communities and wetlands

Turtle clay project

NOV

Wetlands and soil

DEC

Soil continued

Germs

JAN/FEB

Solar system

Sound

MAR

Rainforest

APR

Rainforest continued

Plants and animals

MAY/JUN

Deserts

MONTH

CURRICULUM TOPIC

ART PROJECT

SEPT

Salmon

OCT

Salmon

Water cycle

Fall poetry

NOV

NW Native Americans

Clay fish project

Persuasive Turkey Writing

Winter poetry

DEC

NW Native Americans 

Idea: Totem pole project – all third grade classes participate.

Winter poetry

Heritage Celebration Project

JAN/FEB

Geography and Mapping Skills

Color of snow writing project

Changes Science Kit

Electricity Science Kit

MAR

Pioneers  

Story Quilt

Idea: Tar Beach art lesson plan

Pioneer Art

Teacher led project

APR

Rocks & Minerals

Creative Writing/Poetry

MAY/JUN

Tide Pools & Marine Life

MONTH

CURRICULUM TOPIC

ART PROJECT

SEPT

Air & Flight

OCT

Earth, Moon & Sun

Idea:  Starry Night (van Gogh)

WA State Regions

Salt relief maps – teacher led project

NOV

WA State: Regions/Geography

DEC/JAN

WA State: Forests & History

FEB

WA State:  

History (explorers, settlers & tribes)

MAR

Pacific Rim

APR

Economics