- Watch students from Mrs. Vaughan’s class (our buddy class) do the morning announcements.
- Watch I am Jackie Robinson
- Watch Stolen Words
- Watch Ms. Peters’ video for today
- Watch the song Sedna by Kelly Fraser from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.
- Look at LessLIE’s art Spinning Whorl(d). This is what LessLIE says about his art piece.
- Spinning Whorl (d)-With the concentric circles of your eyes, focus on the black circle in
the center of this design. After a minute or two, notice how a spinning feeling is evoked
through the concentric crescent rings of the design. Looking at another point in the
room after this can also alter your perception of reality. This is one of the intentions of
this work, to alter perceptions of reality and notions of Coast Salish art. With this work, I
wanted to evoke the spinning feeling of spindle whorls through a graphic medium. I
wanted the image to have life and be interactive. I wanted the work to holistically be
perceived beyond the aesthetic confines of the paper, ink and frame. I was inspired to
create this design as a result of the exhibition Out of the Frame, curated by Dr. Andrea
Walsh. The optical art influence should be obvious. I wanted a contemporary Coast
Salish graphic work with cross-cultural influences which would challenge people’s
notions of indigenous art forms as static.
- Spinning Whorl (d)-With the concentric circles of your eyes, focus on the black circle in
- Reading: Grade 1’s read a book on Raz Kids, Kindergarten’s spend 15-20 minutes listening to stories.
- Writing: complete a writing page about something you learned about this week, it could be from one of the books I read, one of the facts I shared, one of the songs you listened to, or one of the art pieces you looked at.
Optional Activities:
- Play a math card game
- Compete some addition and subtraction questions
- Practice skip counting
- Complete a my favourite part, or a connection page for a story you read or listened to
- Create another Coast Salish inspired piece of art work.