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!

Today we went to Blue Pumpkin. The man told the us the three main ingredients in croissants salt, butter, flour, egg to make it. We went to the ice cream room he told us what degrees we need to put it at for ice cream then we went to make croissants. We rolled the dough. Next he let us eat two scoops of ice cream. Finally we waited for everyone to finish their ice cream then we went back to school.

My Playlist (describes who I am and what I like) I choose holiday I choose sing This fun sing to me to sleep Brak on sleep because Computer fristam its calm and Music brak on I like the music And loud maps I choose maps I choose trias - onslaught because at the start its quiet This song sounds like me because I am crazy and I like loud music   My song that I create about myself is: My Composition

RULES No tricking that you're not it. No going to the end of the school. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How to play Step 1 We do black and white there will be to 2 people left, they do rock paper scissors who wins need to count to 10 Step 2 We run away from the tagger Step 3 If one of us get tagged we’re with the tagger to tag other people Step 4 If all of us are tagged we let the last player who is tagged be tagged.

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 is Sharing by Sammy I want to be gentle Because it’s a nice thing to do And being gentle will get you rewards Or let you be a happy person You were the best You were all the feeling Caring, reflective, open-minded Thinker risk-taker You were the best Sharing is good People might need something And they will tell the teacher That guy is caring and sharing And keep sharing so you can be a nice person You were the best You were all the feeling Caring, reflective, open-minded Thinker risk-taker You were the best My learning profile is caring. I wrote this song because I am happy with it. I want to be caring to others.

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 have two weeks left of this unit. The students are making great progress in their understanding of the central idea. We will begin our summative assessment towards the end of next week.  Image Editing Math We continued with our inquiry into 2D and 3D shapes. We identified shapes with the saying 'What does the SHAPE say'. Students matched the picture of the shape, the name and the definition of the shape as a whole class and then made their own. We created our own 3D shapes by working out how to make our own nets and folding them into 3D shapes. Unit of Inquiry Inspiration boards The students have been very engaged creating their inspiration boards. There are a lot of strong themes coming from the boards and will help the students when creating a piece of art or their summative assessment. Best Friend Writing On Monday the students write a personal narrative of their best friend. They all did 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 ...