5th Grade at Liberty

5th Graders are working on...

2021-2022 School Year:

January 2022:

Students worked on creating their Valentine's Day bags for the Spring Party in February. These bags were created by choosing different videos to watch and draw from on their Google Classroom. Students then added color to them, cut them out, and add them to their bags.

December 2021:

Students worked on their drawing skills and picked from different winter or holiday options to draw pictures to turn into cards to give to their families. Students practicing their outlining skills and coloring fine motor skills also to create their cards.

November 2021:

Students practiced their drawing skills in creating three animals: a bear, cat, and a hedgehog. Students then colored them with crayons and colored pencils. Students picked out the favorite animal, practiced their cutting skills, and then glued their animal to a background. They added leaves or snow depending on whether they wanted an Autumn or a Winter animal.

October 2021:

Students learned about Color Theory, and about primary and secondary colors along with warm and cool colors. Students completed a drawing of a three-dimensional of a pumpkin and then filled them with Zentangle designs made of lines and shapes. Students were given the choice to add color if they wanted.

September 2021:

Students created a Name Tag to show case their name as an artwork. Students used lines and shapes to create patterns and designs along with their first name to create an artwork. They added crayon to their patterns and designs, and then by adding watercolor paint to create a crayon resist.

August 2021:

Students worked together to create a collaborative artwork Emoji Face Flower by decorating a strip of paper with their name, lines, shapes, and colors.

2020-2021 School Year:

May 2021:

Students learned about Recycled Art, and how to shrink #6 plastics to create a Recycled Keychain. Students finished their ABC Books and took them home.

April 2021:

Students learned about the colors of the rainbow and zentangles. They created a Paint Brush Zentangle drawing.

March 2021:

Students will learn Optical Illusion and created a waving American flag.

February 2021:

Students learned about Chinese New Year and created inspired drawings of dragons. Students spend part of the month at home doing Distance Learning because of snowy/icy weather. During that time they reviewed their knowledge of Chinese New Year watching a video and answering questions on Edpuzzle.com.

January 2021:

Students returned to school physically in January and worked on creating their Valentine's Day bags. These bags were created by choosing different videos to watch and draw from on their Google Classroom.

December 2020:

Students were sent home for Distance Learning, and while there they created Pixel Art Emoji Face, Snowman, and Winter Art. All of these were made in Google Classroom in Google Sheet.

November 2020:

Students learned about the warm colors of Red, Orange, and Yellow along with the cool colors of Green, Blue, and Violet. They created a Optical Illusion drawing with shapes and lines. They used the warm colors for the 'rays of light', and cool colors for the 'ladders'. They were not finished before being sent home for Distance Learning at the end of November, but we finished later in March 2021.

October 2020:

Students created an artwork to showcase their initials. Students drew their initials in bubble letter style. They circled it and then divided up the background around the middle and added designs and patterns with lines and shapes. They traced everything using makers and then with a paint brush they added water to create their own watercolor paints.

September 2020:

Students created a Lego Character following along with Mrs. Naugle.

Check out Fall 2020 Learning to keep up to date on what is going on in Mrs. Naugles' Art Classrooms.

2019-2020 School Year:

April/May 2020:

Check out Continuous Learning Spring 2020 to see what extra projects and ideas your students can do while at home.

February/March 2020:

Students learned about 40 famous artworks from Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, Edgar Degas, Paul Gaugin, Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Michelangelo, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh. They compared and contrasted the artworks, and identified them into the different painting genres of portrait, self-portrait, landscape, still life, or abstract. They made predictions about the artworks. The students then used this information to design their own museums.

January 2020:

Students worked on creating collages of drawings and woven paper hearts on their Valentine's Day Bags for their Spring party on February 13th.

November/December 2019:

Students will create their own Holiday Caroler. They will create a collage by glue different papers on a background black construction paper. Students will pick out different colored construction paper to create their artwork. They will create patterns on a hat, gloves, and shirt. They will cut out their body, head, hair, hat, and glove, and then glue them together in collage form. Students will create a white construction paper to look like a sheet of music and it is added to look three-dimensional.

October 2019:

Students will create a Mondrian Animal. Students are inspired by the artwork of Piet Mondrian. Students will draw a large animal, and then divide it up into a checkerboard pattern. Students will use a color scheme to color in their dinosaurs using markers. Students will use black, along with their color scheme of Complementary Colors. They will create a turtle.

September 2019:

Students create an artwork to showcase their name and future artwork for future hallway display. Students will draw their letters of your name in bubble/block letter form. They will use strips outlining the letters in their name with markers.

August 2019:

Student participated in a Collaborative ‘All About Me Mondrian T-Shirt’ Project. Each student designed a tshirt with information and drawings about themselves. They then colored them in and cut them out. They are on display in the hallway near the library.

2018-2019 School Year:

May 2019:

Students worked on creating a mosaic of squares we called Pixel Art. They picked out a design and colored it with a plan, and then use squares of color to glue on their plan.

May 2019:

Students created a recycled art project by reusing a plastic #6 type sheet. They drew on it with Sharpies, and then Mrs. Naugle shrunk it using a craft oven. It was turned into a keychain.

March and April 2019:

Students have been working on a Famous Artwork packet. Students learned about the artworks:

The Scream by Edvard Munch

American Gothic by Grant Wood

Bedroom at Arles by Vincent van Gogh and Roy Lichtenstein

The Parthenon by the Greek Culture

Students made prediction of what they think is happening in the artworks. They learned about the artists, art movements, and history during the time of the artwork was created. Students then created their own version of the artworks by coloring in with crayons and colored pencils.

February 2019:

Students created a Valentine's Day bag for their Spring Party on Valentine's Day. Students used collage technique to glue paper on their bags to create a Valentine's Day character. They need added drawings to the back of the bag.

January 2019:

See Liberty Hallway Display page.

December:

Students created a collage of paper where they learned about foreground, middle ground, and back ground. Students learned about overlaying, and worked on their cutting and gluing skills. Students added drawings to their paper to create a Winter Scene.

November:

Students learned about Color Schemes of Primary and Secondary color schemes. They completed a worksheet on color schemes and worked on their fine motor skills of coloring inside the lines. They also did practice drawings of dinosaurs to use in a future project.

October:

Students learned about the Elements of Art including line, shape, and color. Students used lines and shapes to create patterns and designs along with their first, middle, and last initials to create an artwork. They added marker to their patterns and design and then by adding water they created a watercolor effect.

Mrs. Bishops' Class:

Mrs. Williams' Class:

August/September:

While Mrs. Naugle was out on Maternity Leave students worked on creating a collaborative artwork with their classmates. They learn about how Ponca City is now all Wildcats, and they decorated the Wildcat logo. It can be found on display in the hallway. Also while Mrs. Naugle was out they learned about Landscapes and Still-Life drawings/paintings. They created their own Landscapes and Still-Life drawings by playing an academic game called Roll-A-Landscape and Roll-A-Still-life where the chance of the rolling of the dice helped them create their artworks.

2017-2018 School Year:

February/March 2018:

Students participate in Art Madness 2018.

January 2018:

Students have been working on creating a collage of paper to decorate a bag for their Valentine's Day celebration coming up next month.

December 2017:

Students created a Gingerbread Paper Bag House. Students learned about three-dimensional form in their drawings and how when you stuff the bag with paper it becomes a sculpture. Students outlined their drawings with markers and colored in with crayons and colored pencils.

November 2017:

Students created a fall inspired piece of artwork. They created a pumpkin on a checkerboard background. They learned about the analogous color scheme by using orange, yellow-orange, and red-orange. They created a background using secondary color scheme of green, orange, and violet with neutral color of black. They then created a three-dimensional drawing of a pumpkin and colored it in using the orange analogous color scheme. They created a collage by gluing the pumpkin on top of the checkerboard.

September/October 2017:

Students worked on creating an artwork to showcase their name. Students drew their name in block/bubble letter form. Around their name they created a patchwork area of designs and patterns. Their designs and patterns were outlined in crayon and watercolor painted on top to create a crayon resist. Their Name Tag will be used later in the year to hang up their artwork in the hallway.

August 2017:

Students will work collaborative to create a Hands Flower. Each student will trace their hand and create designs inside their hand. Students will use lines, shapes, color, value, texture, and space to create their design. They must use lines to create a stripe pattern in one of their fingers, and use shapes to create a pattern in another finger. They must include their name on the thumb of their hand. Their hand will be put together with the other students in their class to create a 3D like flower that will be put on display in the hallway.

2016-2017 School Year:

May 2017:

Students have been working on creating a Chinese Lantern. They learned about the Chinese calendar, culture, and zodiacs. They created a watercolor painting using warm and color colors, and drew their Chinese zodiac on top. Then we created a 3D Lantern with the paper with a hanger.

April 2017:

Students have learned about recycled art and have created a hand print key chain. We recycled the lid from the yogurt/fruit tray at lunch. We traced their hands, added their name in the palm, and colored some patter/design using permanent markers. The plastic was then shrink by Miss Becker in a craft oven, and a jump ring and split ring were added to make it a key chain.

February/March 2017:

Students have been participating in an Art March Madness. Click Here to find out more.

January 2017:

Students work on their fine motor skills of cutting and coloring with creating a Pokemon Character. They have been put together as a class group.

Students have also been working on creating a collage of paper to decorate a bag for their Valentine's Day party coming up next month.

December 2016:

Students have been working on creating a 'tasty' collage painting of a Popsicle, an Ice Cream cone, and a cupcake. They learn about colors including primary and secondary colors. They learned how to mix paint to create secondary colors of orange, green, and violet from the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. They also created a background painting using complementary colors. They used glue and scissors to create the collage along with Sharpie markers to outline and add details to their Popsicle, Ice Cream cone, and cupcake.

November 2016:

Students have been working on creating a collage snowman sun catcher. Students used wax paper and construction paper with added decoration of glitter to create a winter inspired artwork.

October 2016:

Students will create their own architecture drawing inspired by artist Paul Klee. They will learn about the artist Paul Klee and his architecture artwork. Students will use pencil to draw, and oil pastels to color. Students will create a city scape.

September 2016:

Students worked on creating an artwork to showcase their name. Students drew their name in block/bubble letter form. Around their name they created a patchwork area of designs and patterns. Their designs and patterns were outlined in crayon and watercolor painted on top to create a crayon resist. Their Name Tag will be used later in the year to hang up their artwork in the hallway.

August 2016:

Students worked on a collaborative artwork as a class creating a paper quilt. Each student received 1/4 of a heart to decorate using lines, shapes, and colored using markers to outline, and crayons and colored pencils to color in. The paper pieces were taped together to create hearts that were grouped together into paper quilts.

2015-2016 School Year:

April/May 2016:

Student have been working on creating a Foil Bas Relief. They learned about sculputure and bas relief. They created it using mat board, yarn, and glue then colored the designs with permanent markers.

March 2016:

Students worked on creating a collaborative artwork of their class in Minion form. It will be on display during May in the display by the office. Students have also finished up a Pop Art drawing they have been working on off and on since November.

February 2016:

Students worked on creating their own Kandinsky Abstract drawing with the use of shape stencils and a ruler. They then practice their outlining skills with markers, and fine motor skills of coloring in with crayons.

January 2016:

Students created a Kandinsky Tree together as a class. They are hung in the hallway on display. Students have also create their Valentine's Day Bags for the Spring party on February 12th.

November/December 2015:

Students started creating a Pop Art Painting inspired by Andy Warhol. This was put on hold to create a Winter Snow Globe. Students learned about three-dimensional art, and how to create landscape using a foreground and background.

Mr. Auschwitzs' Class:

Mrs. Thomasons' Class:

October 2015:

Students have complete their second project of the year, a Picasso Self-Portrait. Each student created a Pablo Picasso inspired artwork of themselves. Students learned about Pablo Picasso and the Cubism art movement.

Mr. Auschwitzs' Class:

Mrs. Thomasons' Class:

September 2015:

Students worked on creating an artwork to showcase their name. Students worked on their fine motor skills of coloring inside the lines to create a Name Tag that will be used later in the year to hang up their artwork in the hallway.

Mr. Auschwitzs' Class;

Mrs. Thomasons' Class:

August 2015:

At the beginning of the school year the students will be participating in creating a collaborative piece of artwork with their classmates. Each student will receive a crayon template to color using their favorite color and any other colors they want. See my example below. The students crayons will be put together in a crayon pack and be on display in the hallway outside the art room.