Grade 1/2 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
We read the above-named book, by Giles Andreae and had a discussion on how we can all do things to the sound of our own music. Students then followed a directed drawing lesson creating their own unique ‘Geralds’ on yellow construction paper. They decorated their blue background paper, cut out, and mounted their giraffes, adding a string tail. These are on the bulletin board in our hallway.
Our first Art lesson introduced the six elements (building blocks) of Art: line, shape, colour, form, texture, and value. Line, shape, colour, and form are fairly obvious, although many students did not know that black, brown, and white are not considered to be true colours. Texture is how something feels, or how it looks like it feels. Value is lightness and darkness. In its basic form, value is white and black and all the gradients in between. With colour, value is the addition of white and black to show different shades and tints of the basic colours.
Students were to use a variety of wax coloured crayons to show these elements. There were rubbing plates and plastic tracers that they could use. Their work is displayed on the bulletin board in our classroom.
Here are some ‘in progress’ photos:
We all made shoes which were placed on the walls in the hallways by the Leadership students. We also created Marathon of Hope t-shirts.
This is our bulletin board by the Office.
You are able to donate to the Terry Fox fund online.
During our first week back we rotated through five different classrooms doing lessons with five different teachers. In Mrs. Temple’s class we discussed and created our Friend Ship. It is on the bulletin board on the wall outside our classroom. A big thank you to the Grade Sevens who made the base ship and added on our sailor hats.
