Arts
A Charlie Brown Christmas!
We had a great time today travelling to the Carousal Theatre to see a live production of A Charlie Brown Christmas! We had an early lunch, then headed with the 5 other primary classes onto the school buses. For some of us it was our first trip on a school bus–that alone was worth the trip!!! … Continue reading
Musical Dancing Math
This past month we’ve been very busy learning about patterns in Math. We’ve been reading stories with ‘ascending’ patterns like the ones below… We’ve been practising finding the “core” of patterns (that’s the part that repeats) that we make, our classmates make, and our teacher makes. We’ve also been learning about ways … Continue reading
Taiko Drumming Presentation
Today we had an awesome performance in the gym by Uzume Taiko Drumming. We learned a lot about the use of drums in the Japanese culture, how the drums are made, and what each drum sound is called. When asked what they had learned, noticed or liked about the performance, the students had this to say: … Continue reading
Designing A Door
Our latest project has been a collaborative painting project–also related to our work ‘Under The Sea’ . We have started to design a door panel for Room 3. If you are interested, you can come and see the completed door panels in Room 6 (Mrs. Safarik) and the Music Room (Mrs. Ishii). In creating our panel, … Continue reading
Creating A ‘Stuffie’
After working with our Artist in Residence-Donna, I was inspired to try some sewing with the class… Because we have been consumed with The Little Mermaid…(dance, sing, perform!!!) I thought we should use the ocean as our inspiration for an animal we would like to make into a ‘stuffie’. We read a book called The … Continue reading
Picasso’s Petite Fleurs
As we continue to study the works of the great artist Picasso—we tried our hands at making a reproduction. This project was based on Picasso’s PETITE FLEURS. Our materials: Sharpies & Liquid Water colours Our results: [metaslider id=1848]
“Doubles Aren’t Trouble!”
Our current math unit is addition and subtraction to 12. The grade ones have been learning a number of ‘mental math’ strategies to help solve math problems. counting on (or up) doubles counting back We have been using games to practice our strategies… Double Trouble Doubles Snakes & Ladders Doubles +1 Connect 4 The Kindergarten … Continue reading
Quilting
We have been working with our buddy class on our quilted wall hanging with our artist in residence this past month. Our quilt’s theme is “Community”. So far… we made a drawing with a partner of something in our community we transferred that drawing onto fabric we coloured our drawing with fabric crayons we painted … Continue reading
Picasso
We have traveled to a new country…we are now in Málaga, Spain–the birthplace of Pablo Picasso! We have been studying his wonderful, varied works of art…and learning about his life. His blue period, his rose period, and his invention of cubism. He had an amazing life and lived to be 92 years old! In art … Continue reading
Role Playing…
In drama this week we have begun to use puppets to role play problem solving situations. We have focussed on problems that happen outside at recess and lunch so far. Some of the problems we have practiced solving include: asking someone to share equipment or take turns (the swings) what to do if you see … Continue reading