Grade 1/2 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
Last week we began our bat study with the reading of this great book. Students then did a sequencing activity which resulted in the creation of their own little booklets. Through this story students learned a lot of valuable information about bats – and the differences between them and birds. We will continue to explore these differences as we learn more about these flying mammals – bats.
As part of our exploration of bats, today we did a survey of how we feel about these interesting – and sometimes scary looking – animals. Students decorated their own bat (with whatever colours they wanted) and then we placed these in one of three columns in our bulletin board bat cave. Students had the choice of “I like bats . . .”, “I don’t like bats . . . “, and “I am not sure how I feel (about bats) . . .”
I have been encouraging students to make up their own minds and not to choose the option that their friends – or the majority of the class – chooses. This has been a bit of an issue with our morning sign-in graph as many students just put their ‘doodle bug’ name where they see everyone else answering – oftentimes without even reading the question. We will continue to work on this.
We have been learning about one of the elements of art – colour theory. Students were directed to use only the three primary colours – red, yellow, and blue – to create the three intermediate colours – orange, purple, and green. Students began by creating a design of a variety of shapes with a felt marker. They then filled these shapes in by blending the primary colour wax crayons to create the intermediate colours. They experimented with differing degrees of pressure (for darker and lighter hues) and different amounts of each primary to create a variety of shades and tints.
