4th Grade: Myths & Masks
Once again, GIS 4th grade art students, as part of the Arts Integration Focus Schools, created paper mache masks representing their Super Hero or Mythical character. This has become a 'tradition' of arts integration at G.I.S! Third grade students look forward to creating the masks in 4th grade. The students created their characters in their ELA classroom as part of a unit of study on Myths and Legends. They brought their character description folders to art class and created a mask design (2D). They then learned to recreate their design in 3 dimensional form with paper mache as a mask. Students were very creative in designing and constructing their Super Hero characters. They also created 'catch phrases' and 'action verbs' that are displayed with their masks. Ms. Brown's and Mrs. McRae's classes included their stories in the Greyhound Intermediate Student Art Show ("Gallery of Inspired Students"). Super!