ADST – Applied Designs, Skills + Technologies 

Our marble runs were a HUGE hit. Students worked on their communication and problem solving skills while simultaneously respectfully and diplomatically navigating their group’s dynamics. Students worked on respectfully listening to one another’s ideas and insights, and building upon each other’s ideas, ensuring that all members agreed to the proposed plan.

Check out your child’s blog for their ADST reflection on the process. What worked well? What was challenging? How did they problem solve? What would they change if they were to do this challenge again?

 

Our Pointillism artwork has brightened our hallways. They all turned out great – colourful, original and unique!

Language Arts:

This week we participated in our independent school-wide-write. Students worked on their composition skills independently. We read several picture books that inspired class discussions that reflected the topic, how to make the world a better place. As a gradual release, I modelled and orally discussed ways that we can make the world a better place. The following day, students generated their own brainstorm reflecting on their own generated independent thoughts. Our next step was referring to our graphic organizer (brainstorm web) and expanding upon those ideas into full sentences. You will be able to find your child’s independent school-wide-write up on their blogfolios in the coming days.

This week in Art, students created their own vegetable/fruit water colour wash portrait. Our intention was to create a portrait that showed the perspective of vegetables growing in the soil and the variation in their roots, and what is visible above ground. In my modelled example, I grew a carrot, beet and garlic. It was great fun to see the ideas that the young budding artists came up with. Some examples included, eggplant bushes, cabbage, spinach, radish, potatoes, purple carrots, watermelon, cucumber and avocados. Our steps included, sketching our image first, colouring in the vegetables/fruits with crayons and then applying a watercolour wash over the portrait.

 

Have a wonderful, safe and restful long weekend everyone!