Grade 1/2 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
Clouds were added to our growth chart for each student at their current height. Penguins were also added at their typical height.
Students enjoyed seeing how they ‘measured up’ to both their classmates and the penguins.
Students will be measured again in June to see how much they will have grown in height.
Last week we painted colourful background papers onto which we (this week) mounted the penguins that were made from construction paper. Some students decided to add extra feathers and colourings to make their penguins into Rockhopper or Macaroni penguins. These are on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of our classroom.
Pringle, the Penguin arrived on January 13 in a very cold box from the South Pole. Along with Pringle we received the novel “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”. Due to Covid-19 restrictions this year we are not able to send home the actual stuffy. Instead students are taking home a laminated photo with an individual Journal page for students to record their fun and experiences with Pringle. When they bring them back the next day they share their Journal entry with the class as part of our daily Calendar time.
Along with Pringle, a few other penguins have joined our class for the next two months while we study all about penguins.
We read the book The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. We created booklets with our own drawings from parts of the story. We also watched the movie after which we had a discussion on the differences between the two.
This was from our Art lesson the week before last; sorry for the delay in getting it posted. Students learned how to make tertiary colours by using secondary colours. These colours (russet, slate, and bronze) are more muted and less vibrant than the primary and secondary colours.
Students were to use wax crayons and create an Autumn picture with a tree with colour changing leaves. Here are the individual pictures:
And all together on the bulletin board in our room …
After looking at several pictures of Georgia O’Keefe’s artwork students had a directed drawing lesson to create their own poppies in pencil. They then used china markers to outline these poppies. Painting came next. When the pieces were dry the next day they were re-outlined, cut out, and glued onto green construction paper.
Amongst their individual poppies are the Indigenous poppies created by Robin Roberts, a Tsimshian/Haida artist, and coloured by the students.
As we have been discussing since the beginning of the school year, each poppy is unique unto itself just as each artist is unique unto themselves. Here they are individually:
Our class created poppies from construction paper which were attached to a frame to form our wreath for today’s assembly. It looks lovely! We enjoyed the wonderful and touching assembly put on by Ms. Branco’s class. Well done, Division 3! I hope some of you were able to watch it via Zoom.
We read the book, “A Creepy Countdown” and students then wrote their own versions of this poem. These are on our bulletin board in our classroom.
With their knowledge of colour theory, students then heard the story about Bernard, the Butterfly and his interactions with Mother Nature. They then created their own butterflies using the three Primary colours and working to make their butterflies symmetrical.
Students experimented with the three Primary colours – yellow, blue, and red – and created the three Secondary colours – orange, green, and purple.
