Page 4 - De Anza Community Ed Summer Academy Catalog 2020

June 15-July 10
GRADES 1-5
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
PREP FOR SUCCESS – GRADE 1
(4 hours and 25 minutes) ★
Entering Grade 1 – This course is designed to ease the student transition from kindergarten to the first grade. Students will follow an integrated reading readiness and language arts program as well as develop critical thinking skills through mathematics. This all-morning option allows first-grade students to work with the same teacher and in the same classroom throughout the day.
ART and DESIGN
ART AND SCIENCE
Entering Grades 3-5 – Both science and art involve examining and explaining the world around us. This class will focus on creativity, curiosity, imagination and attention to details – traits that artists and scientists share. Students will learn about patterns in nature, animals and habitats, the Earth and space, and scientific investigation through artistic processes.
Register at deanza.edu/academy 408.864.8817 • communityeducation@deanza.edu
ARTISTS’ STUDIO
(2 hours)
Entering Grades 3-5 – Young artists in this after-school class will explore a variety of fine art media, including drawing, painting, clay and sculpture. Students will learn to communicate their ideas in both two and three dimensions, while improving their core learning skills and focus. Projects will be presented in a step-by-step manner and build on prior knowledge. Students will also learn about artists and art forms from around the world.
CLAY AND SCULPTURE
Entering Grades 3-5 – Students will learn to work with clay and other materials to create original works of art. Students will practice a variety of clay and sculpture construction techniques and improve their three- dimensional visual thinking and problem-solving skills. Projects will include relief tiles, action figures, animal habitats and much more. Clay projects will be fired and glazed.
★ Meets Common Core standards
Art and Design courses are offered in partnership with the Euphrat Museum of Art
deanza.edu/euphrat
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