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) I choose maps because it is really a good song I choose tristam and braken flight even it is computer music and I like computer music I choose light it up because it is crazy and I could dance to it I choose lucky strike because it makes me happy     This sounds like me because it is cool and some parts are 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. Caring and friends by Takuto We all are friendly We all are kind We all are gentle You are caring Everyone likes you Some people care for other people Some friends are not friends Sometime we are friends Friends play friends’ work Some friends are bad You are caring Everyone likes you Some people care for other people My learning profile is caring. I am inspired because it is caring your feeling about the song. The song is good because for school is nice.

We started our new unit on inquiry this week, Where we are in Place and Time. The students are very engaged in the discussions and activities they have taken part in this week. All the students summative assessments are in their individual page, please have a look at their understanding from the last unit of inquiry. The Grade 2s shared some of their learning on this weeks ISPP TV. We watch ISPP TV each Monday morning, the students look forward to it and very eager to be in it. Provocation We started looking at our next unit of inquiry on Monday. Six teachers brought three artifacts that represent something about them to school and the students had to guess which artifacts belonged to each teacher and why. The students demonstrated some excellent thinking and reasoning skills trying to guess which table belonged to each teacher. Can you guess which teacher the artifacts belong to?  The teachers are Ms Anita, Ms Karyn, Ms Dee, Mr Jon, and Ms Courtney.  ...

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...

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...