Ramaz Art Curriculum Timeline 2024-2025
1st Grade Lines
Review the art element line, recall different types of lines and create new lines
2nd Grade Pinch Pots
Create a pinch pot sculpture using organic shapes and tactile texture
3rd Grade Robots Review
geometric shapes and elaborate on an imaginative idea
4th Grade Logos
Complete the design process, create a work of art based on personal interests
Grant Wood
Review the visual element of space, create a landscape with liquid watercolor
Chumash
Animal Masks
Design wearable performance art recreating animal patterns, textures, colors
Illustrated
Cityscapes
Create a work of art inspired by where we live, using layering, line variety, pattern
Zentangles
Create artwork that emphasizes black and white patterns, low contrast, high contrast, blending
Jasper Johns
Compare and contrast abstract artworks, create a work of art with a pattern
Siddur Bookmarks
Observe, identify symbols, create a design incorporating fine lines, patterns
Van Gogh
Create an illusion of space and elaborate on an imaginative idea Paper
Weaving Define warp and weft weaving components, demonstrate an A/B or over/under pattern
Grandma Moses Paintings
Define
Folk Art and create a landscape emphasizing form
Layered Leaves
Identify organic shapes, create art work emphasizing layering, composition, colors
Mixed Media
Collage
Create and illustrative artwork using multiple materials
Challah Covers
Explore shibori fabric dyeing techniques, in preparation for Shabbat Shirah
Gra ti
Identify gra ti designs, brainstorm multiple ideas, and revise artwork in progress to create a work or art that emphasizes lettering, shadows, and visual textures
Printmaking
Identify printmaking tools and implementing processes to create multiples
Kandinsky
Explore cross connections between music and the visual arts
Matzah
Covers
Create a design utilizing chosen symbols, understand how to transfer words using stencils
Collage Self-Portraits
Construct a self-portrait using proportion, symmetry, layers, and multiple collage techniques, sharpen perseverance stamina by working on a project over an extended time period
Winter Collage
Create multiple painted papers in preparation for a large collage
Northern Lights
Create a winter landscape using a variety of materials and techniques
Monet
Explore wet on wet watercolor techniques, oil resist, and 3D collage elements
Romero Britto
Create a work of art using pattern, bright colors, expressions
Poetry Artifacts
Utilize digital images and contour lines to create a visual representation of a chosen family artifact in connection with GS poetry unit
Chinese New Year
Create a 2D and a 3D version of an imaginative dragon eye emphasizing shape, repetition, form, and tactile texture
American Revolution
Create artwork collaboration with personal research
completed in Social Studies
Community Workers
Identify tools and draw from observation to prepare artworks for presentation
Sunflowers
Create a work of art from an underpainting emphasizing patterns and lines
Symmetrical Prints
Build on prior printmaking knowledge to create a monoprint
Ocean
Mixed-Media
Create a multi layered artwork with chalk pastels covering opacity, gradients
Ocean Life
Explore ideas pertaining to underwater life
Metal Tooling
Explore metal tooling, chasing, repousse, to create a relief artwork
Zimriyah
Create a self portrait for presentation at the end of the year celebration, review facial proportions and add unique details