3rd and 4th grade students attend art class once every six days, where they learn about artists and art techniques, art in different cultures and throughout time, and how to evaluate artworks of self, peers, and historical and contemporary artists. 3rd and 4th grade students learn to use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, balance, proportion, and unity. Students produce drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, and other art forms such as ceramics, fiber art, constructions, mixed media, installation art, digital art and media, and photographic imagery using a variety of materials. Each trimester, students will focus on one time period in art history—Renaissance for the 1st trimester, Impressionism for the 2nd trimester, and Modernism for the 3rd trimester.