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	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
MAY	Land & Water/Ring of Fire	Volcano clay project
JUN	Ring of Fire (earthquakes and volcanoes)

MONTH	CURRICULUM TOPIC	ART PROJECT
SEPT	Inquiry Process – science
	Geography Exploration – social studies
	Art	Self portrait – teacher led project
OCT	Geography Exploration – social studies
	Energy – simple machines science
NOV	Geography Exploration social studies
DEC	Colonialism – social studies
JAN	Colonialism – social studies
	Body Systems – science
FEB	Revolutionary War – social studies
	Body Systems – science
MAR	Revolutionary War – social studies
APR	Oceanography – science
	Constitution – social studies
	Memoir – writing
MAY	Oceanography – science
	Poetry – writing
JUN	Oceanography – science
	Poetry – writing