Farewell to Faubion: 4th Grade

Faubion's building, which opened in 1950, will be getting demolished this summer for a complete rebuild. While the new school is being constructed, all Faubion staff, students, & even furniture will be temporarily placed at Tubman School. To help the students with the transition and to reflect on their positive experiences at Faubion, all K-5 students worked on school tribute art projects for the final weeks of the year.

4th graders wrote essays about what Faubion means to them and what their most memorable experiences at school were. I used these essays as a jumping off point for their first Faubion tribute project: school pride shrinky dink keychains! Students designed keychains representing their favorite people or activities at Faubion. Some drew the playground or gym, some drew their friends or teachers, and some used symbols to represent their favorite field trip or subject area.

The 4th graders also created one giant Faubion banner, with each student completing one small piece. The rectangular pieces were arranged vertically and horizontally to create a woven, quilt-like appearance. This collaborative tribute artwork is on display in the Faubion Writing Gallery, and will be displayed again at Tubman next school year!

Farewell to Faubion: 3rd Grade

Faubion's building, which opened in 1950, will be getting demolished this summer for a complete rebuild. While the new school is being constructed, all Faubion staff, students, & even furniture will be temporarily placed at Tubman School. To help the students with the transition and to reflect on their positive experiences at Faubion, all K-5 students worked on school tribute art projects for the final weeks of the year.

3rd graders learned about Keith Haring and created stylized figures for a collaborative mural. You can read a more detailed description of this lesson's objective below, along with close ups of the final artwork (sorry for the glare-it's laminated!). This beautiful mural is on display in the Faubion Writing Gallery, and will be displayed again at Tubman next school year!

Farewell to Faubion: 1st Grade

Faubion's building, which opened in 1950, will be getting demolished this summer for a complete rebuild. While the new school is being constructed, all Faubion staff, students, & even furniture will be temporarily placed at Tubman School. To help the students with the transition and to reflect on their positive experiences at Faubion, all K-5 students worked on school tribute art projects for the final weeks of the year.

  

1st grade students discussed the purpose of mascots and reasons why they are proud to be Faubion bulldogs. They wrote down these reasons, along with what makes them happy to come to school, on the back of their soon-to-be-painted-on canvases. Their responses were darling! Many kids wrote about specific teachers, the friends they have, or what the building gives them access to, such as the gym's rock wall or the library's book inventory.

I carved a bulldog portrait into a linoleum block and printed it onto each 6x6" canvas. Before painting their bulldogs, the students learned about & looked at artwork by Andy Warhol. They mimicked his bright, colorful style when painting these mascot masterpieces :] You can see these on display in the Faubion Writing Gallery up until the last day of school.

2nd Grade Monochromatic Ice Cream Scoops!

Faubion's 2nd graders have learned an awful lot about color theory this year! They could tell you all about primary, secondary, & tertiary colors, as well as the difference between warm & cool colors. Most recently, they discovered how to create tints & shades by adding different amounts of white & black paint to any color. They created a set of monochromatic ice cream scoops (plus a waffle cone!) & then cut/glued them down onto a long, skinny paper. For their background, students picked paper that was the complimentary color of their ice cream scoops. I really love how Pop Art-esque these fun, colorful artworks turned out! Well done, 2nd grade!

  

Tree Weavings on Landscape Looms

Faubion's students completed these beautiful tree weavings just in time for Mother's Day! Weaving projects are so delightful, because there's something therapeutic about the tactile, repetitive process of it. Not to mention my heart would swell every time I overheard a student use important weaving vocabulary like weft, warp, or loom. To make these beauties, the students painted a landscape of their choice onto their looms & cut notches around the edge for the warp yarn. This yarn became the tree trunk and branches within the landscape. Students then added the weft yarn (in any color!) & began to "weave the leaves" across the branches. Most students stuck with the traditional tabby stitch, but some ventured into using the soumak stitch. Don't they look amazing?!

 

  

Pinwheels for Peace

A while back, all students at Faubion did an art project based around the theme of "peace". 4th grade created these colorful & unique pinwheels with symbols & imagery of what "peace" means specifically to them. Some pinwheels had clear expressions of activities & actions that make the student feel peaceful, while others were more abstract, with calming color schemes & patterns. After being displayed as a giant peace sign, these Pinwheels for Peace were attached to dowels before being sent home :]

 

  

"Swimmy" Printmaking Project!

  

  

Kindergarteners at Faubion and Irvington Schools read "Swimmy" and learned about Leo Lionni's printmaking technique to make the beautiful illustrations in the book. First, they created their blue & purple watery backgrounds by blowing bubbles through a straw into soapy paint water. They LOVE "catching" the bubbles onto their paper, treating the bubbles like stamps. Next, students used homemade stamps (sponges, doilies, & curlers) to create prints of fish, seaweed, & other imagery from the book. They're even more beautiful in person! Faubion's artwork is on display in the kindergarten hallway & in the photos above. Irvington's artwork can be seen outside room 108A & in the photos below :]

 

 

2nd grade portrait collages!

Faubion's 2nd graders have finished their portrait collages! Click the link to learn more about this lesson :] All of their artwork can be seen on display in the hallway near the 2nd grade classrooms. I can't help but smile when I see these bright & colorful (& sometimes silly) collages!