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!

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Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday last week. This week we began our final unit of inquiry for the year. Our Central Idea is Products can go through a process of change before they are distributed and consumed. We completed a number of learning experiences about where our food comes from and how it has changed. Go Bananas To start the unit the students were given a photo of one stage of the process bananas go through from seed in Columbia to the shop in the UK. First the students needed to think of all the questions they had about this photo. After this the students were given a different photos and needed to think and draw the stage before and after the photo they had. This really made the students think about the photo and what would happen before and after. When all the groups had finished the students arranged the photos in the correct order. Provocation On Wednesday the students had the opportunity to explore a range of food products. ...