A Musical Day

Longleaf 1st grade students created art inspired by the books, A Musical Day and Before John was a Jazz Giant. After reading the stories, Ms. Clark's students listened to jazz music and then created art that showed how the music made them feel. I love how each drawing is very colorful and unique. I can almost feel the music jumping off the page! 

In Ms. Moore's art class, all of the 1st grade students created multimedia art inspired by the story. I love how each background is unique! 

In Ms. Harvey's class, the students created instruments using objects they found around the classroom! They listened to jazz music and then made their own music! 

In Ms. Soberoski and Ms. Bloomingburg's class, the students created art inspired by Henri Matisse! These are so cool!  

I love how the first grade teachers incorporated both visual arts and music into these language arts lessons. I'm sure these stories really "came to life" for the first grade students!  

Benjamin Franklin, Printer

While studying about the life and times of Benjamin Franklin, Longleaf EXCEL students created their own block print using scratch foam. Students applied their knowledge of reflection transformations by making a mirror image of their initial. Line designs were added for elaboration. Just for fun…the students brainstormed words that could be spelled using only the letters in the prints. 

Space Camp

Longleaf 2nd grade students had lots of fun at Space Camp! The students learned all about space through arts integrated activities! As I walked through the 2nd grade hall, I felt as if I had landed on Mars! The halls were decorated to look like outer space! The costumes that the teachers and kids created were out of this world! I saw everything from astronauts to aliens! 

Longleaf Lemonade Wars

After reading the novel The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies, Longleaf 4th grade students had their own Lemonade War…Longleaf Style! Teams of 4th grade students created lemonade stands and sold lemonade to the students of Longleaf. These 4th grade students were responsible for the design of their stand, marketing, and promotion. The stands were in competition with one another, and all the proceeds went to "Alex's Lemonade Stand," a non-profit organization that raises money for childhood cancer research. The kids raised over $1000.00! 

I love how the 4th grade teachers integrated the arts into this fabulous project! Not only did the kids create the lemonade stands, but they also created posters promoting their stands. Although the kids learned lots of math, science, language arts, and social studies skills during this project, I think the greatest lesson that they learned was the importance of helping others!