Children use simple lap looms and shuttles to create a plain weave fabric. Examples of plain weaves are examined, options for pattern discussed. And techniques for attaching the warp to the loom and winding the shuttle with the weft yarns are demonstrated. Increasingly complex origami folds and pop-up folds are used in sculptures and book making projects. Students create a template of their own combination of folds which they use to make four identical pop-up images on heavy paper stock, which are then joined to make a vertical tower sculpture.
Students review primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and the use of the color wheel.
Students make wearable dragon masks of heavy poster board which they decorate using their own ideas, inspired by looking at images from dragons around the world in paintings and book illustrations. Asian art is compared to Western art in this research. Students continue to be given the opportunity to discover their own methods for expression with a variety of tools and materials. The methods used in Grade Two continue in Grade Three with Promenades and Learnables with the children using knowledge of French to read and write in French. Three projects require creation of booklets in which students show use of vocabulary in full sentences with appropriate illustrations.