Art+Classes

MRS. IGNATOWICZ- Grades 1 & 2
Grades 1 and 2 - **"This Town is Your Town, This Town is My Town"** For Pomfret’s 300th Anniversary, Mrs. Ignatowicz and Miss Michaud created a cross-curricular lesson for art and music classes in grades one and two. They chose five buildings in Pomfret, one for each class in first and second grade. In art class, students created architectural drawings of important town landmarks. In music class, students wrote verses about their town landmarks to the tune of “This Land is Your Land” by Woodie Guthrie.

MRS. LAMEIRO- Grades Pre-K, K, 3-8
For the first project of the year for all of my classes in art, I have chosen a project related to Pomfret that is appropriate to the different grade levels and teaches them concepts in drawing and design that are also appropriate to the art curriculum for their grade level. Some of the projects will be completed in time to be submitted to the Republican Town Committee’s Art Contest at the Old Town Hall. The remainder will be ready to be displayed on art boards for viewing by parents and visitors to the school during the first round of parent-teacher conferences in November 2012. This curriculum will be continued in future years, so that as students progress through the grades they will be exposed to the Pomfret and art curriculum projects appropriate to their grade level throughout their PCS experience.


 * PK – Drawing Rainbow Fish**. Students learn about basic shapes and colors. They are read the story of the “Rainbow Fish” and learn about Rainbow Trout which is a type of fish that live in streams, brooks, and lakes. We can find the rainbow trout in the Mashamoquet Brook at the Mashamoquet State Park in Pomfret.
 * K- Drawing Red Tail Hawks** – Learning about birds of prey and how to draw birds using simple shapes of ovals, triangles, how to use line to indicate texture and motion. In addition to using visual models, the students took a trip to the Audubon where they observed not only a mounted specimen, but saw the real thing in flight!
 * Grade 3 - Wolf Den Story pamphlet and final drawing**. Co-taught by Mrs. Bartholic, Primary reading specialist, Mrs. Lameiro and Mrs. Pierce Fortin, Computer Specialist. This project starts with a one page story about the Wolf Den. The story is reinforced by a [[file:pomfret-ct/Gen.Putnam&WolfDenSS.pps|power point presentation]] created by Ms. Pierce-Fortin and the 7th grade students about the Wolf Den. Students make thumbnail sketches of a possible story illustration focusing on the focal points of the story – Isreal Putnam, the Wolf Den and the Wolf. They choose their favorite focal point sketch and turn it into a finished drawing. This lesson reinforces reading for content, and developing a drawing in the same way you develop a story – start with the idea, do an outline, a draft and a final copy. In the Wolf Den drawings, the students start with the story idea, do sketches as drafts of content and organization and then complete the final drawing.
 * Grade 4 – Farms in Connecticut**. A discussion of the role of farming in Pomfret, past and present, is the introduction to exposing them to the drawings of Grandma Moses. Students start with a list of the objects/activities they want to include in their farm drawing and then complete it. At the end of the project, students will then look at the farm drawings of Vincent Van Gogh to identify the differences in style, technique and organization in his farm drawings vs. those done by Grandma Moses. This lesson combines Pomfret history with art history.
 * Grade 5 – Churches in Pomfret** – Students are shown photos of the four churches in Pomfret and taught the basics of creating distance in a drawing. They are also taught to look at the texture of building materials and how to use line to re-create that texture. Some teaching about the design of stained glass windows and the treasures we have in Pomfret also takes place. The students then work on completing a two dimensional drawing of the church of their choice, including landscape elements.
 * Grade 6 – Information on the textile industry** in our area and the role of the mills in the history of Pomfret, especially in the early years when the Cargill Falls area in Putnam was still part of Pomfret are presented to the class. Using colored construction and wrapping paper, each student makes a small paper quilt, using skills in fractions, geometry and design. The individual quilt pieces will eventually be combined to make three Grade 6 class paper quilts.
 * Grade 7 – Early American Graves** – the location of the various cemeteries in Pomfret are reviewed. By reviewing photos of different styles of headstones, students learn about the symbolism of the design elements, the craftsmanship that goes into the carving, and how family status and religion affects gravestone design. Students then create a drawing of a gravestone, choosing a favorite quote to include on the stone. Thinking about the craftsmanship required to turn their design ideas into a carved stone headstone is part of the lesson learned in this project.
 * Grade 8 –** **Historic Buildings in Pomfret** - Students reviewed photographs of various historic buildings in Pomfret. They select a historic building in Pomfret to draw. They are then taught to do an architectural rendering of that building, using two point perspectives and including landscape in the final product.

MRS. LAMEIRO- Grades Pre-K, K, 3-8
**Town Wide Art Contest** The Republican Town Committee and Silver Circle sponsored the Pomfret 300th Celebration Art Contest. The contest was open to all residents of Pomfret ages 5 and up. Lisa Andrews and Pam Johnson organized and planned an extraordinary event. There was a reception for all the winners at the Old Town Hall on November 9th. The artwork had to represent Pomfret in some way (landscape, landmark, historical reference). The winning artwork will be used for a Pomfret Anniversary Calendar and it will be on a rotat-ing display throughout Pomfret. Congratulations to the following students for their winning artwork! Way to Go PCS students! You Shine! Artwork can be viewed in the December issue of the Pomfret Times. [|PDF version].



Grace D. (k), Ella G.(k), Maggie J. (Gr. 3), Megan D. (Gr. 3), Leah C. (Gr. 3), Lily W. (Gr. 4), Kelsey K. (Gr. 4), Megan K. (Gr. 4), Mckenna G. (Gr. 6), Jacob I. (Gr. 6), Elizabeth G. (Gr. 7), Cassie G. (Gr. 7), Rebecca B. (Gr. 8), Sofia C. (Gr. 8), Carli S. (Gr. 8)