Ms Courtney's Class

Art- Grade 2- Unit 4 During this unit, we learned how to use elements of art to create abstract artworks with meaning.  Did you know that artists choose specific lines, shapes, and colors to repeat or emphasize in order to make their artworks more interesting?  Artists can also communicate their personal experiences in abstract art using simple symbols.  We practiced these skills by making our own stamps and printmaking.  We added several layers to our artworks to experiment with how to organize abstract artworks.  Ask me about the meanings of the lines, shapes, colors, emphasis and repetition in my abstract artworks!

My Playlist (describes who I am and what I like) You belong with me: I chose this song because it is calm and a little crazy Pretty little Psycho: because the background music sounds crazy Waka waka: I chose Waka waka because it is really fun and crazy like me My song is like me because it is soft and then it turns into crazy My song that I create about myself is: My Composition

Art- Grade 2- Unit 3 During our “Responsible Design” unit in art class, we learned about how to think like a designer by using the creative cycle.  We investigated objects and their functions (purposes).  We planned ideas for new objects, considered our audiences and how best to help them.  We created prototypes to show our designs using recycled materials.  We evaluated our designs by sharing with our friends, thinking of ways to improve, or adding new parts to our art pieces.  Here are some photos of my creative process:

For this unit we wrote lyrics for a song.  The song was about one of the learner profile.  Parents came to help us at Spotlight with some ideas for our verses.  Here are my lyrics. Friends come and go by Anna B I don’t care if you’re not kind I never leave you behind I’ll always be your friend This is a promise without end I see my friends come and go All the time My friends come and go You will help me and I will help you When we are together we are true Let’s go outside and play And make today a perfect day I see my friends come and go All the time My friends come and go My learning profile is caring. I wrote this song because everywhere I have lied my friends have cared and are good.

This unit in art was all about public art.  We found locations around ISPP that needed public art and used the creative cycle to investigate, plan, create and evaluate our own ideas.  Here are some pictures of me exploring how to create public art for our school community.

We are getting very close to the end of semester. If you are leaving for holidays before the 16th December please let me know. Your child's report was made available on Managebac this morning, if you are having trouble viewing this please let me know. 3 Way Conferences Next week is a busy week. On Tuesday the students will have their 3 way conference. They have been working hard this past week to select work they are proud of and writing learning goals for next semester. At your child's conference we will meet with your child to discuss the goals, look at work samples and discuss ways we can support your child in achieving their goals. After the conference please take some time to visit Art, music, PE and your child's foreign language teacher. If you are unsure of your conference time please let me know. Anna's Birthday We celebrated Anna's birthday last week. Art We have been working with Art during this unit to create some public art to display aroun...

In art classes we learned about how artists use the creative cycle to investigate, plan, create, and evaluate.  I used the cycle to make multiple artworks that were inspired by what I saw, imagined, and wondered.  Here is some of my art making process using the creative cycle.

It is about the ocean.  It is calm.

We have had another fantastic week of school. The students were busy with a guest speaker, reseraching inquiry questions, Dot Day and assembly. Next week we are looking forward to celebrating Peace One Day on Wednesday. It is also our last week of school before the Pchum Ben Holiday. Dot Day This week we celebrated International Dot Day . Dot Day is a day to celebrate creativity, courage and collaboration. We combined with Ms Dana in Art and Ms Rachel in the Knowledge Centre to celebrate this at ISPP. Art On Monday we went to the Art Room to create some Dot Day art with Ms Dana. We took a Grade 2 photo with our Art on Thursday and the art work will be on display in the Knowledge Centre. Knowledge Centre In the Knowledge Centre Ms Rachel explained Dot Day and the author, Peter Reynolds. We sang the Dot Day song and checked out the live Twitter Feed at #DotDay2016 Classroom In the classroom we used the Quivervision App to create our own 3D augmented reality ...

After an extra day to the weekend, we started on week on Tuesday. It was a jammed pack week. Welcome to Anna On Thursday we welcomed Anna to our class. Library We have been going to the library on Tuesdays for borrowing and independent reading. Students have time to explore a range of literature in the library and can select upto three books of interest for the week. Math In math we continued to looking into place value by expanding numbers into the thousands and hundreds and modeling numbers with MAB blocks. We also started looking at tallies and bar graphs. Students have made graphs on their favourite fruits and sports. We will continue with this into next week. Buddies We spent some time with our buddies in their classroom. We worked on cooperation skills by playing some games with them. In the coming weeks our buddies will help us with our unit of inquiry and presentation skills. UoI Germs Our bread continued to grow some interesting mould and th...