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!

On 26th of May 2017 we went to Blue Pumpkin. We went to Blue Pumpkin because we were going to learn how Blue Pumpkin made foods. We went there and meet the staff. We got to make bread and eat ice cream. Here is some photo of us                             

My Playlist (describes who I am and what I like) Can’t stop the feeling: This song sounds like me because it is crazy Funky monkey baby: I chose funky because it is my favorite sounds monkey baby Holiday green day: I chose Holiday green day because I like the part when they did cool things This song sound like me because I am loud fast sport and funny My song that I create about myself is: My Composition

    Zombie tag How to play : first we do black and white. Next we do rock paper scissor shoot and the loser is gona be it. Then the it person counts to 20 and when the it is counting we need to run away from the it. After that the it goes and run to get the other person's. Finely if you get tagged you will be it with the it. It is fun because when we play we all are peace.                                                      Minecraft How to play : in Minecraft w in going front d is right and s is back words and a is left. we all play marketplace in minecraft it is fun to play minecraft because we can sale and make foods By Eito

This week's blog has been made by Eito and Jona. Please note the 10am start on Monday.  This Wednesday is Student Led Conferences. The students have been very busy preparing for this. I am looking forward to seeing you then.

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. Caring by Eito A boy is crying I ask what happen He said “I feel lonely” Don’t worry I always stay with you You are helpful you are kind Every time it was hard You were my best friend Good morning my dad Good morning my mum Good morning brother I greet my family every morning Let’s start the great day You are helpful you are kind Every time it was hard You were my best friend My learning profile is caring. I wrote this song because sometimes people are mean. I like my song because I worked hard with my parents.

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.

This week's blog post is brought to you by Jona, Panha, Alethea, Itzia, Helmi, Naomi, Elsa, Eito and Takuto. Book Creator - Alethea and Itzia We have been working with a partner this unit and have been putting all our art work into book creator. This week we painted a banana and took a photo of it. Then we put the photo in the banana in book creator and recorded our artist statement. At the end of the unit we will publish our book creators on the blog. Picmonkey - Elsa, Helmi, Naomi We used Pic Monkey to change pictures and design new images. You can change the picture to show another feeling. We used Pic Monkey for the front cover of our book on Book Creator. Book Review - Eito, Takuto We wrote a book review to tell others the main part of a book and if it is a good book to read. I liked the book The Hotel is haunted and I liked the book The hunters of the great forest. MRISA Volleyball - Jona, Panha This week we watched MRISA volleyball. ISPP won a...

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.

This music was about the storm is coming and the storm is going away.  The music of the middle was a thunder but it soon stops so we could go to recess.

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...

We are at the end of another busy week of learning. We were very lucky to be apart of some amazing events this week. Germs We spent some time this week investigating germs. The highlight of this was going to the secondary science lab and working with the Grade 7 students. When we went to the science lab the Grade 7 students expanded to the Grade 2's what we were going to do and about the equipment they were going to use. The students went for a walk around the secondary buildings and took four different swab samples to investigate where the dirtiest places in the school were. Students took samples of the hand rails, toilets, water coolers, the floor, teacher's mugs and some lockers of older siblings in our class. We went back two days later to see what had happened. The Grade 7 students did a fantastic job explaining to the Grade 2's what they were doing and the changes that happened. In the classroom we conducted our own experiment to see how much bacteria ...

Our first full week of school was a lot of fun. The students have continued to settle into Grade 2 and we welcomed Elsa back from Holidays and welcomed Alethea to our class. Our intentions for the week On Monday morning we talked about having a focus for our learning this week. Each student chose a word that described what they were going to try and do this week. These were displayed in the classroom as a reminder during the week for the students. On Friday we reflected on how we went this week. Student Reflections: "I am really proud of myself because I have been a risk - taker. I have been a risk-taker because I raise my hand a lot". - Itzia "I am really proud of myself because I worked very hard and listened to everybody". Eito "I am really proud being happy all the week! Now I need to be happy for another week". Jona  "I am really proud of making new friends". - James "I am really proud of myself because I worked really ...